History & Criticism
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Liszt and Virtuosity [Hardback]
Robert Doran(Editor)
$125.00ISBN: 9781580469395
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 168
In the annals of music history, few figures have dominated the discussion of virtuosity as much as Franz Liszt. A flamboyant performer whose hair-raising technical feats at the piano created a sense of awe-inspiring excitement and an icon whose st... .... Learn More -
Heinrich Schenker's Conception of Harmony [Hardback]
Robert W. Wason(Author); Matthew Brown(Author)
$135.00ISBN: 9781580465755
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 163
What makes the compositions of Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and Brahms stand out as great works of art? Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935) set out to answer this question in a series of treatises, beginning with a... .... Learn More -
Greek and Latin Music Theory: Principles and Challenges [Hardback]
Edward Nowacki(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781580469951
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 171
Long recognized as a foundation of musical composition, criticism, pedagogy, and appreciation, the literature of ancient and medieval music theory has maintained its strong position in the academic curriculum up to the present day. Now blessed wit... .... Learn More -
The Music of Leos Janácek: Motive, Rhythm, Structure [Hardback]
Zdenek Skoumal(Author)
$125.00ISBN: 9781580469944
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 170
The works of Leos Jancek, including Jenufa and several of his other operas, have been widely performed in recent years. But they have rarely been investigated closely from a theoretical perspective, and their musical language remains only p... .... Learn More -
Revisiting the Codex Buranus: Contents, Contexts, Composition [Hardback]
Tristan E. Franklinos(Editor); Henry Hope(Editor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783273799
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music
Volume: Volume 21
The Codex Buranus, compiled, in all likelihood, in South Tyrol in the first half of the thirteenth century, has fascinated modern scholars and performers ever since its rediscovery in 1803. Its diverse range of texts (some famously featuring in Ca... .... Learn More -
The Symphonic Poem in Britain, 1850-1950 [Hardback]
Michael Allis(Editor); Paul Watt(Editor)
$120.00ISBN: 9781783275281
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000
Volume: Volume 26
The Symphonic Poem in Britain 1850-1950 aims to raise the status of the genre generally and in Britain specifically. The volume reaffirms British composers' confidence in dealing with literary texts and takes advantage of the contributors' ... .... Learn More -
Humperdinck: A Life of the Composer of Hänsel und Gretel [Hardback]
William Melton(Author)
$59.00ISBN: 9780907689928
Published by : Toccata Press
Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel is one of the best-known in the repertoire, its melodies as familiar as folk-tunes - and yet no full-length biography of Humperdinck (1854-1921) has ever been published in English: althou... .... Learn More -
Aaron Copland's Hollywood Film Scores [Hardback]
Paula Musegades(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781580469913
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 169
One of the most influential and beloved American composers, Aaron Copland played a critical role in shaping what is often recognized as the "American sound." He is best known for achieving this through his works for the concert hall and ... .... Learn More -
Allegri's Miserere' in the Sistine Chapel [Hardback]
Graham O'Reilly(Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781783274871
Published by : Boydell Press
The Miserere attributed to the Italian composer Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) is one of the most popular, often performed and recorded choral pieces of late Renaissance/early Baroque music. It was composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII... .... Learn More -
Brahms's A German Requiem: Reconsidering Its Biblical, Historical, and Musical Contexts [Hardback]
R. Allen Lott(Author)
$125.00ISBN: 9781580469869
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: Volume 162
Despite its entirely biblical text, Brahms's long-beloved A German Requiem is now widely considered a work in which the composer espoused a theologically universal view. R. Allen Lott's comprehensive reconsideration of the work's various co... .... Learn More