Music-History & Criticism

Despite the incredible diversity in Brahms's scherzo-type movements, there has been no comprehensive consideration of this aspect of his oeuvre. Professor Ryan McClelland provides an in-depth study of these movements that also contributes significantly to an understanding of Brahms's compositional language and his creative...

Thomas Ravenscroft is best-known as a composer of rounds owing to his three published collections: Pammelia and Deuteromelia (both 1609), and Melismata (1611), in addition to his harmonizations of the Whole Booke of Psalmes (1621) and his original sacred works. A theorist as well...

As the first comprehensive study of MacCunn's life, this book illustrates how social and cultural situations, as well as personal relationships, influenced his career. Having risen to fame in the late 1880s with a string of Scottish works, MacCunn further highlighted his Caledonian background...

Filling a significant gap in current scholarship, the fourteen original essays that make up this volume individually and collectively reflect on the relationship between music and Orientalism in the British Empire over the course of the long nineteenth century. Four different themes are explored,...

This collection of essays and interviews addresses important theoretical, philosophical and creative issues in Western art music at the end of the twentieth- and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries. The book offers a wide range of international perspectives from prominent musicologists, philosophers and...

Julian Young presents Richard Wagner as an important philosopher of art and life, first as a utopian anarchist-communist and then as a Schopenhauerian pessimist. Understanding Wagner's philosophy is crucial to understanding his operas, as it is to understanding Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Heidegger.Author: Julian YoungISBN-10:...

A History of the Handel Choir of Baltimore (1935-2013): Music, Spread Thy Voice Around chronicles the history of one of America's longstanding volunteer choral organizations, one that has followed in the footsteps of venerable ensembles such as the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), the...

In a lively exploration of Jacques Offenbach's final masterpiece, Heather Hadlock shows how Les Contes d'Hoffmann summed up not only the composer's career but also a century of Romantic culture. A strange fusion of irony and profundity, frivolity and nightmare, the opera unfolds as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) represents the highpoint of the recording career of the Beatles. This is a detailed study of this album, and it demonstrates how serious discussion of popular music can be undertaken without failing either the approach or the...

Film Music: A History explains the development of film music by considering large-scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic, technological, cultural, and philosophical circumstances. The book's four large parts are given over to Music and the "Silent" Film (1894--1927), Music and the Early...

Music in Horror Film is a collection of essays that examine the effects of music and its ability to provoke or intensify fear in this particular genre of film. Frightening images and ideas can be made even more intense when accompanied with frightening musical...

This book explores the relationship between three African American women's dance-art-music sensibilities within the context of a Pan African aesthetic.Author: Melanie E. BratcherISBN-10: 0415980291ISBN-13: 9780415980296Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2007Pages: 278Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.37w x 0.77d

This book analyzes the history of contemporary or 'new' music in the twentieth-century through the lens of the sociology of modern culture, linking the paradoxical aspects of twentieth-century music to the central processes in modern culture that are analyzed by sociology and social theory.Author:...

This volume examines the location of memories and histories of popular music and its multiple pasts, exploring the different 'places' in which popular music can be situated, including the local physical site, the museum storeroom and exhibition space, and the digitized archive and display...

This book brings together the category of religion, Hip Hop cultural modalities and the demographic of youth. By using postmodern theory and critical approaches in the study of religion on Hip Hop cultural practices, the project examines how scholars in religious and theological studies...

Made in Finland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, culture, and musicology of twentieth and twenty-first century popular music in Finland. The volume consists of essays by leading scholars in the field, and covers the major...

This comprehensive book documents the nearly half-century-long story of The Rolling Stones--the group many regard as the most eminent rock band ever. By 1964 the United States had been "invaded" by a number of British bands, led by the Beatles. The Rolling Stones were...

This history aims to strike a mean between the abstruse and the elementary, the scientific and the educational. The first topic is the Gregorian Chant followed by surveys of French, Italian, English, and Russian music.Author: Cecil GrayISBN-10: 0313206554ISBN-13: 9780313206559Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/1979Pages: 294Format: HardcoverWeight:...

"A brilliant and fascinating reflection on the stories behind 100 significant modern worship songs." Tim HughesFrom How Great Thou Art to The Blessing, Hallelujah invites you on a journey through 100 of the world's most beloved worship songs - songs that have shaped church...

The German lied, or art song, is considered one of the most intimate of all musical genres--often focused on the poetic speaker's inner world and best suited for private and semi-private performance in the home or salon. Yet, problematically, any sense of inwardness in...

Who inspired Johannes Brahms in his art of writing music? In this book, Jacquelyn E. C. Sholes provides a fresh look at the ways in which Brahms employed musical references to works of earlier composers in his own instrumental music. By analyzing newly identified...

The study of music is always, to some extent, "empirical," in that it involves testing ideas and interpretations against some kind of external reality. But in musicology, the kinds of empirical approaches familiar in the social sciences have played a relatively marginal role, being...

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

One Hundred Years of Music provides a full account of the history of music from the death of Beethoven to the modern eraAuthor: Gerald AbrahamISBN-10: 0202361942ISBN-13: 9780202361949Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2008Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 5.99w x 0.85dReview Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk News...

The ultimate book for the ultimate fan of the ultimate band: Led Zeppelin, who continues to enthrall every new generation who encounters their music, now updated and revised. Led Zeppelin fans of all ages will covet this in-depth, lushly illustrated coffee-table book on their...

Author: Richard HoughtonISBN-10: 1915858569ISBN-13: 9781915858566Publisher: Spenwood Books LimitedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/24/2026Pages: 192Format: Hardcover

Clear, concise, practical, and up-to-date, Music Research: A Handbook, Fourth Edition, focuses on the three pillars of the graduate music bibliography course: research, writing, and citation. Drawing upon her lengthy experience teaching this class, author Laurie J. Sampsel has thoroughly updated her staple text....

Imagined instruments reveal how we shape music--and how music shapes us. The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments is a guided tour through centuries of instruments that never existed. From ancient myths to futuristic media, these imagined devices appear in literature, theory, video games, and...

Based on empirical research on hip-hop cultures, scenes, and artists in the Nordic countries, this book provides new perspectives on how hip-hop has been intertwined with wider societal and political contexts and discussions.Author: Susan LindholmISBN-10: 1032165014ISBN-13: 9781032165011Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2026Pages: 214Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.21h...

“Hail Columbia, the Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy” delves into the history and significance of three iconic American patriotic songs. William Thomas Roberts Saffell meticulously traces the origins and evolution of each song, providing valuable insights into their cultural context and enduring appeal. This...

We only ever get glimpses of Ian Dury; nothing is as it seems. From irascible rogue to national treasure, pop star to social commentator, cockney geezer to artist, he was a man greater than the sum of his parts. Part teddy boy, part punk,...

This book traces the evolving relationship between the abstract moving image and music, from the eighteenth century to the present, across media including film, concert projections, and kaleidoscopes. Although the term visual music has become widespread among artists, curators, and scholars over the past...

This volume focuses on the musicscapes that contest, critique, and rethink Mediterraneidad (Mediterraneaness) in Contemporary Spain, and understands it as a fluid and elusive sociological, cultural, and artistic category. The volume argues that since the 1990s we have witnessed a shift in which the...

This collection of essays by some of the leading scholars in the field looks at various aspects of musical life in eighteenth-century Britain. The significant roles played by institutions such as the Freemasons and foreign embassy chapels in promoting music making and introducing foreign...

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

Most classical musicians, whether in orchestral or ensemble situations, will have to face a piece by composers such as Ligeti, Messiaen, Varèse or Xenakis, while improvisers face music influenced by Dave Holland, Steve Coleman, Aka Moon, Weather Report, Irakere or elements from the Balkans,...

Unaccountably, Percy Grainger has remained on the margins of both American music history and twentieth-century modernism. This volume reveals the well-known composer of popular gems to be a self-described 'hyper-modernist' who composed works of uncompromising dissonance, challenged the conventions of folk song collection and...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

A Second Book of Operas by Henry Edward Krehbiel is a comprehensive guide to the world of opera. This book is a follow-up to Krehbiel's first book, A Book of Operas, and includes detailed descriptions of 25 additional operas. The book covers a range...

Located between the great Victorian museums of South Kensington and the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal College of Music, founded in 1883, has been a central influence on British musical life ever since. This wide-ranging account places the College within its musical and educational...

"Oxford Musical Essays Class Singing" by W. G. Whittaker delves into the principles and practices of teaching singing in a classroom environment. Published in 1924, this work offers insights into vocal instruction and choral techniques relevant to educators and students alike. It provides guidance...

The Routledge Handbook of Popular Music and Politics of the Balkans is a comprehensive overview of major topics, established debates and new directions in the study of popular music and politics in this region.Author: Catherine BakerISBN-10: 1032357150ISBN-13: 9781032357157Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2024Pages: 640Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.98lbsSize:...

Grime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs, it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners, on pirate radio and at raves. Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process...

Makis Solomos explores the ecologies of music and sound, inspired by Felix Guattari, for whom environmental destruction caused by capitalism goes hand in hand with deteriorating ways of living and feeling, and for whom an ecosophical stance, combining various ecological registers, offers a glimpse...

Discover the captivating world of chamber music in "The Story of Chamber Music" by Nicholas Kilburn. This meticulously prepared edition explores the rich history and enduring appeal of this intimate and expressive art form. Delve into the evolution of string quartets and other chamber...

Delve into the formative years of a musical giant with "The Life of Johannes Brahms," Volume 1 of 2, by Florence May. This meticulously prepared biography explores the early life and artistic development of Johannes Brahms, one of history's most influential composers of classical...

A missed phone call. A misheard word. An indiscernible noise. All these can make the difference between life and death. Failures to listen are frequently at the root of the marginalization and exclusion of certain forms of life. Audibility decides livability. Shattering Biopolitics elaborates...