Music Reviews & Criticism

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as California Dreamin, the iconic folk music single that catap...

Listening and Longing explores the emergence of music listening in the United States, from its early stages in the antebellum era, when entrepreneu...

This book is a study of the thematic, narrative, and musical structure of Yuanqu xuan [A Selection of Yuan Plays] edition of the Yuan zaju (variety...

An account of nineteenth-century music in Atlantic worlds told through the history of the arts elemental medium, the air. Often experienced as univ...

In January 1969, the Beatles abandoned the familiar confines of EMI Studios on Abbey Road by rehearsing at Twickenham Film Studios and recording an...

This collection uncovers how music criticism contributed to national and transnational preoccupations and agendas. Music Criticism in France exami...

Stravinsky in Context offers an alternative to chronological biography. Thirty-five short, specially commissioned essays explore the eventful life-...

This innovative book continues David Damschroder's radical reformulation of harmonic theory, presenting a dynamic exploration of harmony in the com...

***Nominated for the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize***A Times Book of the YearA Telegraph Book of the YearA Waterstones Book of the YearA Mojo Musi...

A radical new book by journalist, critic and BBC Radio 3 broadcaster Kate Molleson, which fundamentally changes the way we think about classical mu...