History & Criticism
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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: 170
The works of Leos Janácek, 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 remain... .... Learn More -
Revisiting the Codex Buranus: Contents, Contexts, Composition [Hardback]
Tristan E. Franklinos(Editor); Henry Hope(Editor); Albrecht Classen(Contributor); Carmen Cardelle de Hartmann(Contributor); Charles E. Brewer(Contributor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783273799
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music
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); Anne-Marie Forbes(Contributor); Barbara L. Kelly(Contributor); Benedict Taylor(Contributor)
$120.00ISBN: 9781783275281
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000
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: 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 -
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: 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 -
Self-Quotation in Schubert: Ave Maria, the Second Piano Trio, and Other Works [Hardback]
Scott Messing(Author)
$110.00ISBN: 9781580469654
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: 165
Enthusiasts and experts have long relished Schubert's quotations of his own music. This study centers on a previously unidentified pairing: "Ave Maria," one of his most beloved songs, and the Piano Trio no. 2, a masterpiece that holds a ... .... Learn More -
Augusta Browne: Composer and Woman of Letters in Nineteenth-Century America [Hardback]
Bonny H. Miller(Author); Bonny H Miller(Author)
$125.00ISBN: 9781580469722
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: 164
Augusta Browne's five-decade career in music and letters reveals a gifted composer and author. Hailed as "one of the most prolific women composers in the USA before 1870," Augusta Browne Garrett (c. 1820-1882) was also a dedicatedmusic e... .... Learn More -
British Music after Britten [Hardback]
Arnold Whittall(Author)
$115.00ISBN: 9781783274970
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music
Volume: 14
This collection of revised reprints of essays, reviews and analyses first published between 1995 and 2018 surveys a cross-section of contemporary classical composition in the UK. The governing perspective is the impact of the lifeand work of Benja... .... Learn More -
From Silence to Sound: Beethoven's Beginnings [Hardback]
Jeremy Yudkin(Author)
$115.00ISBN: 9781783274796
Published by : Boydell Press
No classical composer put more drama or originality into his opening ideas than Beethoven, so this first special study of these musical beginnings is particularly welcome. LEWIS LOCKWOOD
This book discusses the myriadways in which Beethov... .... Learn More
