Western Classical Music

The organ is one of the oldest instruments in Western music, and its sound has inspired many of the greatest composers from the past half a millenn...

In this expanded and updated edition, The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide features over 3200 compositions, from duos to octets, by mo...

Schöffer's Cantiones tell a fascinating story of South-North, Catholic-Protestant co-operation. The Cantiones quinque vocum selectissimæ (Strasbo...

Sounds, Ecologies, Musics poses exciting challenges and provides fresh opportunities for scholars, scientists, environmental activists, musicians, ...

Alfonso X (1221-84) ruled over the Crown of Castile from 1252 until his death. Known as the Wise, he oversaw the production of a wealth of literatu...

What did Tallis and Byrd mean to convey by their use of the word argument in their title, Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur? Thomas Tal...

Johann Sebastian Bach has loomed large in the imagination of scholars, performers, and audiences since the late nineteenth century.This new book, e...

Richard Wagner is one of the most controversial figures in Western cultural history. He revolutionized not only opera but the very concept of art, ...

Christopher Fifield's remarkable study explores the personality, life and work of a conductor who influenced and inspired the leading composers, si...

The first full-length study devoted to Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), pianist, conductor and composer. This book, the first full-length study devote...

Examines the genesis of Ernest Newman's major publications in the context of prevailing intellectual trends in history, criticism and biography. E...

Exploring the emotional and cultural influences on Pierre Boulez's early works as well as the role surrealism and French culture of the 1930s and 4...

Warren Roberts has discovered a Rossini that others have not seen, a composer who commented ironically and satirically on religion and politics in ...

For centuries, the sea and those who sail upon it have inspired the imaginations of British musicians. For centuries, the sea and those who sail u...

During a period of tumultuous change in English political, religious and cultural life, music signified the unspeakable presence of the divine in t...

Written by a leading authority and artist of the historical transverse flute, The Notation Is Not the Music offers invaluable insight into the issu...

Erik Satie (1866-1925) gilt allgemein als eine Ikone der Moderne. Nach mehreren Jahrzehnten erscheint nun erstmals wieder eine deutschsprachige Ges...