History & Criticism
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A Critical Companion to Medieval Motets [Paperback]
Jared C. Hartt(Editor)
$24.95ISBN: 9781783276080
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music
Volume: 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 devoted exclusively to m... .... Learn More -
Canonic Repertories and the French Musical Press: Lully to Wagner [Hardback]
William Weber(Author); Beverly Wilcox(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781648250163
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 177
This long-awaited book by a leading historian of European music life offers a fresh reading of concert and operatic life by showing how certain musical works in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France came to be considered "canonic": t... .... Learn More -
Arnold Schoenberg and Egon Wellesz: A Fraught Relationship [Paperback]
Bojan Bujic(Author); Christopher Wintle(Author)
$24.95ISBN: 9780993198380
Published by : Plumbago Books
Egon Wellesz studied music only briefly with Arnold Schoenberg but remained forever captivated by his personality. Yet, unlike Alban Berg or Anton Webern, he never wholly succumbed to his master but developed his own style: in the 1920s he emerged... .... Learn More -
Arnold Schoenberg and Egon Wellesz: A Fraught Relationship [Hardback]
Bojan Bujic(Author); Christopher Wintle(Author)
$65.00ISBN: 9780993198373
Published by : Plumbago Books
Egon Wellesz studied music only briefly with Arnold Schoenberg but remained forever captivated by his personality. Yet, unlike Alban Berg or Anton Webern, he never wholly succumbed to his master but developed his own style: in the 1920s he emerged... .... Learn More -
Richard Wagner’s Essays on Conducting: A New Translation with Critical Commentary [Paperback]
Chris Walton(Author)
$29.95ISBN: 9781648250125
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 175
Richard Wagner was one of the leading conductors of his time. Through his disciples Hans von Bülow, Hans Richter, Anton Seidl, Felix Mottl, Arthur Nikisch, and their many notable protégés, a Wagnerian art of interpretation becam... .... Learn More -
Bernstein and Robbins: The Early Ballets [Hardback]
Sophie Redfern(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781648250057
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 173
Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins stand as giants of the musical-theatre world, but it was ballet that launched their stage careers and established their relationship. With Fancy Free (1944), their triumphant debut collabor... .... Learn More -
J. S. Bach's Material and Spiritual Treasures: A Theological Perspective [Hardback]
Noelle M. Heber(Author)
$90.00ISBN: 9781783275717
Published by : Boydell Press
In Johann Sebastian Bach's Lutheran church setting, various biblical ideas were communicated through sermons and songs to encourage parishioners to emulate Christian doctrine in their own lives. Such narratives are based on an understanding that o... .... Learn More -
Music, Liturgy, and Confraternity Devotions in Paris and Tournai, 1300-1550 [Hardback]
Sarah Ann Long(Author)
$110.00ISBN: 9781580469968
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 174
Starting in the fourteenth century, northern France saw the rise of confraternities and other lay communities of men and women, organized around trades and religious devotions dedicated to specific patron saints. The composition of new plainchant ... .... Learn More -
I Manoscritti Miniati del Museo di San Marco a Firenze: Corali Francescani (1440-1530) [Hardback]
Ada Labriola(Author)
$85.00ISBN: 9788859620884
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
This volume presents and analyzes a selection of twenty-two choir books, created for Franciscan Observance convents, and kept inside the Museum of San Marco in Florence. The books cover the span of a century: the oldest volume is dated 1438, the m... .... Learn More -
The Brecht Yearbook / Das Brecht-Jahrbuch 45 [Paperback]
Markus Wessendorf(Editor)
$59.00ISBN: 9780985195687
Published by : Camden House
Series: Brecht Yearbook
Volume: Volume 45
Published for the International Brecht Society by Camden House, the Brecht Yearbook is the central scholarly forum for discussion of Brecht's life and work and of topics of particular interest to him, especially the politics of literature a... .... Learn More
