Humanities & Culture
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Songs for Cabo Verde: Norberto Tavares's Musical Visions for a New Republic [Hardback]
Susan Hurley-Glowa(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781648250217
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman/Rochester Studies Ethnomusicology
Volume: 10
Based on twenty years of collaborative fieldwork, Songs for Cabo Verde: Norberto Tavares's Musical Visions for a New Republic focuses on the musician Norberto Tavares but also tells a larger story about postcolonial nation building, musical... .... Learn More -
Debating English Music in the Long Nineteenth Century [Hardback]
John Ling(Author)
$130.00ISBN: 9781783276165
Published by : Boydell Press
Throughout the nineteenth century a fierce debate about the future of English music was raging in Britain. Just as English music was appearing to advance in quality, the impact of Richard Wagner altered the course of the debate. Alarmed at the Wag... .... Learn More -
Gerald Finzi's Letters, 1915-1956 [Hardback]
Diana McVeagh(Editor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783275724
Published by : Boydell Press
Gerald Finzi's (1901-1956) masterpiece is the radiant and touching cantata Dies Natalis. He is also highly regarded for his Thomas Hardy song-settings, for his Intimations of Immortality, and for his fine cello and clarinet concertos... .... Learn More -
In My Own Time: An Autobiography [Hardback]
Humphrey Burton(Author)
$34.95ISBN: 9781783274819
Published by : Boydell Press
Sir Humphrey Burton is one of Britain's most influential post-war music and arts broadcasters. Witty, humorous and full of humanity, Burton's account presents us with never before recorded perspectives on the world of British cultural broadcasting... .... Learn More -
Portuguese Cinema (1960-2010): Consumption, Circulation and Commerce [Hardback]
André Rui Graça(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781855663435
Published by : Tamesis Books
Series: Monografías A
Volume: 395
This book traces the evolution of Portuguese cinema between the beginning of the New Cinema movement in 1960 and the height of the economic crisis in 2010 from a socio-cultural and economic perspective. It aims to explain why this vibrant and crea... .... Learn More -
A Critical Companion to Medieval Motets [Paperback]
Jared C. Hartt(Editor); Alice V. Clark(Contributor); Anna Zayaruznaya(Contributor); Catherine Bradley(Contributor); Dolores Pesce(Contributor); Jared C. Hartt(Contributor); Elizabeth Eva Leach(Contributor)
$24.95ISBN: 9781783276080
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music
Volume: 17
Motets constitute the most important polyphonic genre of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Moreover, these compositions are intrinsically involved in the early development of polyphony. This volume - the first to be devotedexclusively to me... .... Learn More -
Medieval English Theatre 42: Religious Drama and Community [Paperback]
Elisabeth Dutton(Editor); Olivia Robinson(Editor); Aurélie Blanc(Contributor); Camille Marshall(Contributor); E. Lucy Deacon(Contributor); Elisabeth Dutton(Contributor); Olivia Robinson(Contributor); George Gandy(Contributor)
$60.00ISBN: 9781843845942
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Medieval English Theatre
Volume: 42
Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of interest: it publishes articles on theatre and pageantry from across the British Isles up to the opening of the London playhouses an... .... Learn More -
Musical Analyses and Musical Exegesis: The Shepherd's Melody in Richard Wagner's Tristan and Isolde [Hardback]
Jean-Jacques Nattiez(Author); Joan Huguet(Author); Joan Campbell Huguet(Editor)
$150.00ISBN: 9781580469999
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: 180
The field of musicology has in recent decades branched out to incorporate methods from a wide range of other fields. But, when scholars examine a musical work, to what extent should they emphasize immanent (purely internal) features, and to what e... .... Learn More -
Experimental Women: Mapping Cinema and Video Practices from the Post-War Period up to Present [Paperback]
Sarah Keller(Editor); Elena Marcheschi(Editor); Giulia Simi()
$18.00ISBN: 9788869773129
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Cinéma & Cie
Experimental cinema, as well as experimental video practices, have always been art forms widely explored by women. Yet, while the field of cinema studies has devoted research — although only recently — to women involved in narrative an... .... Learn More -
Nikolay Myaskovsky: A Composer and his Times [Hardback]
Patrick Zuk(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783275755
Published by : Boydell Press
Drawing on a wealth of unexplored documentation, this biography reappraises the life and work of Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881-1950) - a central figure in twentieth-century Russian musical culture.
The story of Myaskovsky'sunlikely rise to pro... .... Learn More
