Western Classical Music

The Technique of Orchestration, Seventh Edition, is the definitive textbook on the study of orchestration, offering a concise, straight-to-the-poin...

Theological Stains offers the first in-depth study of the development of art music in Israel from the mid-twentieth century to the turn of the twen...

The liturgical chant sung in the churches of Southern Italy between the ninth and thirteenth centuries reflects the multiculturalism of a territory...

Valeria Z. Nollans biography of perhaps the finest pianist of the twentieth century plunges readers into Rachmaninoffs complex inner world. Sergei ...

In Opera as Art: Philosophical Sketches, Paul Thom argues for opera as an art, standing alongside other artforms that employ visual and sonic media...

Satiricized by Strauss II to highlight the deceptive aristocratic class, under Schoenberg, Mahler, and Weberns pens the waltz became the pivot betw...

Since the 1990s, migrant musicians have become increasingly prominent in New York City's jazz scene. Challenging norms about who can be a jazz musi...

Since the 1990s, migrant musicians have become increasingly prominent in New York City's jazz scene. Challenging norms about who can be a jazz musi...

Nigel Kennedy changed the course of classical music in the late 1980s with his interpretation of Vivaldis Four Seasons. He was revolutionary: in hi...

The Faber Music Night Time Piano Anthology is a timeless collection of peaceful piano solos inspired by the night. Featuring over 50 lullabies, pea...

Featuring 102 music examples, this edited collection features contributions by leading scholars from the UK, United States, Australasia and Europe ...

The Castrato is a nuanced exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. I...

On March 10, 1948, world-renowned composer and pianist Ernst von Dohnányi (18771960) embarked for the United States, leaving Europe for good. Only ...

Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Song is a kaleidosope of music for solo cello, cello and piano, plus a beautiful cello duet and trio, from the award-winning an...

ÊLeading TonesÊ is a glimpse into several aspects of the musical world. There are portions devoted to Leonard Slatkin's life as a musician and cond...