In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener’s Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional view......more
In this book, Kenneth LaFave guides readers past Bernstein’s famously tortured personal problems and into the clarity an......more
In The Clash: The Only Band That Matters, respected music critic Sean Egan examines The Clash’s career and art through t......more
In Experiencing Rush: A Listener’s Companion, music scholar Durrell Bowman guides readers through Rush’s long career, ex......more
"Libretto-bashing has a distinguished tradition in the blood sport of opera," writes Arthur Groos in the introduction to......more
The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed "if you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn". This quote ......more
Supported with practical examples, case studies and resources exploring effective practice, Teaching Secondary Music cov......more
An introductory textbook which uses short bite-sized snap shots to introduce the key debates & approaches, technologies ......more
Part 1 Part One and Part Two Chapter 2 Chapter 1. So You Want to Be a Band Director! Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Building a Pro......more
This book offers both a rationale for the presence of composition in the music education program and a thorough review o......more
The job of the theater manager has always been an intricate part of the theatrical community. Collins investigates the j......more
So, You’re the New Musical Director! is aimed at the person who has music training but little or no experience with musi......more
This is the first collection of Claudio Monteverdi’s madrigal and song texts published in parallel Italian and English v......more
Twelve internationally-known keyboard artists discuss their daily lives of practicing and performing....more
Many musicians have enjoyed the solo and chamber music of Robert Valentine, especially that for flute or recorder, but f......more
There are many books on counterpoint and harmony, but few indeed on the theory of rhythm. Those few approach it through ......more
Harmonic Development and Contrapuntal Techniques for the Jazz Pianist serves as a guide for harmonic expansion and devel......more
Drawing on 30 years of teaching experience, author Timothy Cheek demonstrates how a university lyric diction class-tradi......more
Congregational music can be an act of praise, a vehicle for theology, an action of embodied community, as well as a mean......more
AWARD WINNER OF THE 2018 SOCIETY OF ETHNOMUSICLOGY ELLEN KOSKOFF PRIZE This volume is the first sustained examination of......more
"Music triggered a healing process from within me. I started singing for the joy of singing myself and it helped me carr......more
Lyndon Jenkins provides the first in-depth study of the extraordinary creative relationship between Beecham and Delius. ......more
This book is intended as a survey history of the American record business as it developed during its first full century.......more
This book is the first extensive guide to the life, music, and writings of Carlos Ch vez (1899-1978), Mexico’s most infl......more
The eleven essays that comprise this volume represent some of the most significant strands of current Schubert research.......more
The Music of Hugh Wood provides the first ever in-depth study of this well-known, yet only briefly documented composer. ......more
In nineteenth-century British society music and musicians were organized as they had never been before. This organizatio......more
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These essays offer a range of approaches central to the performance of French piano music of the nineteenth and twentiet......more
Max Reger (1873-1916) was a celebrated German composer, performer on piano and organ, and conductor. Well known for his ......more
This collection of new essays focuses on the crucial period at the end of the 19th and early 20th century when American ......more
The African Diaspora presents musical case studies from various regions of the African diaspora, including Africa, the C......more
Divided into three sections, Linda Phyllis Austern collects eighteen, cross-disciplinary essays written by some of the m......more
The literature of American music librarianship has been around since the 19th century when public libraries began to kee......more
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The 12 new essays in this volume explore the relationship between text and music in Alban Berg’s works. The book examine......more
These new essays written specifically for this volume explore the various aspects of Olivier Messiaen’s spiritually comm......more
The first new survey of the field in more than 60 years, this study concentrates on the basics of music criticism. Becau......more
The study of the Armenian system of notation called Khazs (Neumes) is of significance both for Armenian and Byzantine mu......more
First Published in 1988. Though many standard musicological reference works document the use of the trombone from its be......more
Music and Modern Art adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the relationship between these two fields of creative endea......more
Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000 addresses the question: What happened to American popu......more
Alberto Ginastera: A Research and Information Guide is the first bio-bibliographic study of the composer and the only pu......more
Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide provides a detailed outline of resources available for research and/or ......more
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, such songs as We Shall Overcome, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize, and Do What the Spirit ......more
A timely addition to Routledge’s Criticism and Analysis of Early Music series, this collection of essays examines the co......more
This collection addresses questions of gender and sexuality as they relate to music from the middle ages to the early se......more
Giochino Rossini: A Research and Information Guide is designed as a tool for those beginning to study the life and works......more
This comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently available on Vincenzo Bellini, the It......more
Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sour......more
The Language of the Modes provides a study of modes in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different a......more
Frederick Delius is among the most celebrated English composers of the 20th century. Widely studied and performed, his w......more
Gaetano Donizetti: A Research and Information Guide offers an annotated reference guide to the life and works of this im......more
This research guide is an annotated bibliography of sources dealing with the string quartet. This second edition is orga......more
Contributors explore new aspects of composition and performance in this comprehensive examination of the repertory, inst......more
The eighteenth century arguably boasts a more remarkable group of significant musical figures, and a more engaging combi......more
This book offers the first in-depth study of experimental and popular music scenes in Beirut, looking at musicians worki......more
Why do people attach importance to the wordless language we call music? Musical Cognition suggests that music is a game.......more
This authoritative biography of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 1827) was a landmark in its meticulous research and use of so......more
This authoritative biography of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 1827) was a landmark in its meticulous research and use of so......more
Clara Schumann (1819 1896), child prodigy, celebrated concert pianist, composer, and friend of Brahms, was also the wife......more
In terms of musical composition, all but the first five of his thirty-five years were astoundingly productive for Wolfga......more
In terms of musical composition, all but the first five of his thirty-five years were astoundingly productive for Wolfga......more
Clara Schumann (1819 1896), child prodigy, celebrated concert pianist, composer, and friend of Brahms, was also the wife......more
Marie-Henri Beyle (1783 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal, is remembered today for such novels as Le Rouge et......more
Beloved not only in Britain, George Frideric Handel (1685 1759) is admired as a composer the world over. His inventive a......more
The writer, composer and organist Thomas Busby (1754 1838) is best remembered for his highly entertaining Concert Room a......more
The writer, composer and organist Thomas Busby (1754 1838) is best remembered for his highly entertaining Concert Room a......more
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This book provides an insider view of worlds of popular music. It shows the relationship between music, creativity, ide......more
This is the definitive reference for microphones and loudspeakers, your one-stop reference covering in great detail all ......more
This is a reissue of the first edition of George Grove s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which has since evolved to b......more
This 1874 account of the music of ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome was the only volume of the author s proposed history of......more
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Disruptive Divas focuses on four female musicians: Tori Amos, Courtney Love, Me’Shell Ndegéeacute;ocello and P. J. Harve......more
This collection of articles by leading scholars traces the history of Brazilian pop music through the twentieth-century....more
Music is central to any film, creating a tone for the movie that is just as vital as the visual and narrative components......more
The work, entitled The Language of Czech and Polish Civil Law Contracts: A Comparative Study Based on Corpus Research, i......more
The topic "Big Data" represents a major challenge for companies and there is an enormous need for "data intelligence" in......more
The book investigates the phenomenon of Frontism (a Swiss far-right movement) in the period between 1933 and 1945. Resea......more
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Written for a "civilian parent," not a college-educated musical professional, Growing Your Musician: A Practical Guide f......more
This collection of 11 essays lays a foundation for a proper understanding of Shostakovich s musical language as well as ......more
Histories of these songs, biographical information about the composers and lyricists, and background on each song’s entr......more
An Unsung Cat explores the life and music of jazz saxophonist, Warne Marsh. Safford Chamberlain follows the artist from ......more
Tchaikovsky’s death in October 1893 in St. Petersburg, shortly after the first performance of his masterpiece, the Pathé......more