Music-History & Criticism

""Mozart Writes His Own Requiem"" is a book written by Sigmund Spaeth that tells the story of the final days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the most celebrated composers in history. The book describes how Mozart, despite being in poor health and facing...

The Art of Breathing as the Basis of Tone-Production by Leo Kofler is a comprehensive guide to the importance of proper breathing techniques in achieving optimal tone production. The book delves into the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system and explains how the...

The German actress Minna Planer (1809-66) was Wagner's first wife. Though it lasted until her death, their marriage, never an easy one, was punctuated by long periods of separation, and during its early years Minna was the main breadwinner. William Ashton Ellis (1852-1919) abandoned...

Francis Hueffer (1845-89) was born and studied music in Germany, but moved to London in 1869 to pursue a career as a critic and writer on music. He edited the series 'The Great Musicians' for Novello and Co., was music critic of The Times,...

Fleeing the Nazis, Theodor W. Adorno lived in New York City as a refugee from 1938 until 1941. During these years, he was intensively involved in a study of how the recently developed techniques for the nation-wide transmission of music over radio were transforming...

This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor of a European cosmopolitanism. Richard Taruskin has refused to take the composer at his word. In this long-awaited study, he...

This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor of a European cosmopolitanism. Richard Taruskin has refused to take the composer at his word. In this long-awaited study, he...

During his lifetime, the sounds of Handel's music reached from court to theater, echoed in cathedrals, and filled crowded taverns, but the man himself--known to most as the composer of Messiah--is a bit of a mystery. Though he took meticulous care of his musical...

Made in Puerto Rico: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, culture, and musicology of 20th and 21st century popular music in Puerto Rico. The essays in this volume, written by both local experts and leading scholars, contextualize under-researched...

Walls Come Tumbling Down charts the pivotal period between 1976 and 1992 that saw politics and pop music come together for the first time in Britain's musical history; musicians and their fans suddenly became instigators of social change, and the political persuasion of musicians...

The Small Faces epitomised the maxim, "Never mind the width, feel the quality." In their brief original lifespan, they released just three official albums and a dozen-and-a-half authorised non-album singles and B-sides. Yet more than five decades after the London quartet's split the phenomenal...

Discover the Music that Changed Everything Embark on a complex and inspiring journey through the last 101 years as told through some of the most memorable hits and the artists behind them. Noah Lefevre, creator of Polyphonic, explores how our favorite music does more...

A reflection on the idea of the "composer" in the medieval period, including a study of the individuals and groups active in the creation of medieval music. The modern concept of the individual composer is central to accounts of Western music, and continues to...

New interpretations of different aspects of troubadour texts and lyrics, from their main themes and motifs to their reception and influence. Nearly a millennium after their songs of love, politics, war, satire, and redemption began to fill the courts of Europe, the troubadours continue...

Charting the history of the Royal Musical Association over 150 years: from scientific roots and the long resistance of British universities to music study, to bringing UK musicology to worldwide recognition. This book is the first comprehensive history of the Royal Musical Association. Drawing...

Charting the history of the Royal Musical Association over 150 years: from scientific roots and the long resistance of British universities to music study, to bringing UK musicology to worldwide recognition. This book is the first comprehensive history of the Royal Musical Association. Drawing...

Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music--from Beyonc? to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton--featuring excerpts of archival interviews, essays, and best album and song...

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.In his views on the music of other composers, Benjamin Britten had strong preferences, and his particularly active life as a performer meant that these preferences were often expressed in his...

This comprehensive history of opera covers its development from its origins in the baroque period to the 20th century, with detailed examinations of individual composers, schools, and stylistic trends. With music criticism, cultural commentary, and historical context, this book is a must-read for opera...

K-Pop sensation Red Velvet released their first single in 2014 and have since released two Korean language studio albums and one Japanese language studio album (as of 2022). They are a five piece female group whose members are Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy and Yeri....

During the late eighteenth century, a musical-cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano-invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London-not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also inspired the creation of an expressive and...

'A great writer' 'A music journalist of integrity' 'There's only one Ted Kessler!'Paul Weller Billy Childish Liam Gallagher Paper Cuts is the inside story of the slow death of the British music press. But it's also a love letter to it, the tale of...

The late Dennis Carlson uses the alternative nature of the Burlington, Vermont-bred band, Phish, and the larger impact of rock n' roll to look at youth and revolutionary music culture. A History of Progressive Music and Youth Culture is designed for those who work...

The Art of Transcribing for the Organ is a comprehensive textbook written by Herbert F. Ellingford in 1922. The book is designed to guide organists in arranging choral and instrumental music for the organ. It covers various techniques and principles of transcribing, including harmonization,...

Olden Time Music: A Compilation From Newspapers And Books is a book written by Henry M. Brooks. This book is a compilation of old music pieces that were published in various newspapers and books. The book contains a variety of songs including ballads, hymns,...

From its beginnings in 1946 to today, Furman Singers has been a vital part of Furman University campus life and cultural life in the Carolinas. Dr. Troy David Robertson's research gives insight into the the forces shaping Furman and the evolution of Furman Singers...

Drawing on Timothy Cutler's extensive pedagogical experience, this anthology provides ideal examples for any theory class. Consisting of excerpts organized by topic, the anthology is designed to support any theory text and contains the perfect examples to illustrate every theoretical concept. The Anthology of...

Author: Paul Henry LangISBN-10: 0393001997ISBN-13: 9780393001990Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1963Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d

In what ways is music implicated in the politics of belonging? How is the proper at stake in listening? What role does the ear play in forming a sense of community? Music and Belonging argues that music, at the level of style and form,...

Performing Antiquity: Ancient Greek Music and Dance from Paris to Delphi, 1890-1930 investigates collaborations between French and American scholars of Greek antiquity (archaeologists, philologists, classicists, and musicologists), and the performing artists (dancers, composers, choreographers and musicians) who brought their research to life at the...

The strange tale of America's best pianist and the Australian lipstick salesman who immortalised his genius. A compelling and surprising tale of musical passion, tragedy and revival. In his prime, William Kapell was acknowledged to be 'the greatest pianistic talent since Horowitz'. Yet his...

A veteran music journalist argues that the rise of music streaming and the consolidation of digital platforms is decimating the musical landscape, with dire consequences for the future of our culture ... In The Endless Refrain, former Washington Post writer and editor David Rowell...

The music of the Dutch composer Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921) is one of the glories of European late-Romantic culture, although is hardly known outside his native Netherlands. This translation makes Leo Samama's masterly study of Diepenbrock available to non-Dutch readers for the first time. The...

Rush. In their own words, 'The World's Biggest Cult Band', started from humble beginnings: three suburban teenagers. Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and John Rutsey formed a Led Zeppelin-influenced trio, eventually scratching a living playing the bars and clubs of their native Toronto. A hard...

'Just a city boy. Born and raised in South Detroit...' so begins the iconic 'Don't Stop Believin'' heard in countless karaoke bars and classic rock stations around the world. It is one of over 250 tracks discussed in Journey: On Track, which covers 50...

Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music--from Beyonc? to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton--featuring excerpts of archival interviews, essays, and best album and song...

In 1999, Modest Mouse struck out for Chicago to record their major-label debut for Epic Records. Amid indie circle cries of "sellouts," a largely untested producer, and a half-built studio, the trio recorded the instrumental basics of The Moon & Antarctica ... and then...

How Welsh bands and musicians soared up the music charts in the 1990s. The 1970s and '80s were a bleak time for much of Wales: the closure of steel works and coal mines led to mass unemployment while the country's culture and language were...

The definitive guide to the band offering song-by-song analysis, full chronology and gig guide, full bootleg guide, and exclusive interviews with surviving members Pink Floyd formed in London in 1965, signed with EMI in 1967, and recorded their first album, The Piper at the...

In Listening to Art Song, Margaret Olson offers an easy-to-read, fresh perspective on the remarkably diverse musical genre of art song, surveying for readers such topics as the development of song, the elements that make up song, and the art of listening to song....

Antislavery Melodies: For The Friends Of Freedom is a book of songs and hymns compiled by Jairus Lincoln in 1843. The book contains 43 songs that were written to promote the abolition of slavery and to inspire the antislavery movement in the United States....

""Apollo of Song"" is a music textbook written by S. G. Smith and published in 1897. The book is designed as a carefully graded rudimental work for public schools and singing classes. It includes a comprehensive collection of songs, exercises, and drills for students...

""An Account of the Game of Curling: With Songs for the Canon-Mills Curling Club"" is a book written by John Macnair and published in 1882. The book provides a comprehensive description of the sport of curling, including its history, rules, and techniques. It also...

The Life of Sidney Lanier is a biography written by Lincoln Lorenz that chronicles the life and achievements of Sidney Lanier, an American musician, poet, and author. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Lanier's life, beginning with his childhood in Georgia and following...

Program music was one of the most flexible and contentious novelties of the long nineteenth century, covering a diverse range that included the overtures of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, the literary music of Berlioz and Schumann, Liszt's symphonic poems, the tone poems of Strauss and...

The contributors to Negotiated Moments explore how subjectivity is formed and expressed through musical improvisation, tracing the ways the transmission and reception of sound occur within and between bodies in real and virtual time and across memory, history, and space. They place the gendered,...

Microgroove continues John Corbett's exploration of diverse musics, with essays, interviews, and musician profiles that focus on jazz, improvised music, contemporary classical, rock, folk, blues, post-punk, and cartoon music. Corbett's approach to writing is as polymorphous as the music, ranging from oral history and...

Since its emergence in sixteenth-century Germany, the magician Faust's quest has become one of the most profound themes in Western history. Though variants are found across all media, few adaptations have met with greater acclaim than in music. Bringing together more than two dozen...

This is an analysis of popular music from a musical, as opposed to a sociological, biographical or political point of view. The author surveys Western popular music in all its forms - blues, ragtime, music hall, waltzes, marches, parlour ballads and folk music -...

This book challenges the widely held view of Haydn as an inspired instrumental musician who composed in isolation from eighteenth-century enlightened thinking. Schroeder presents Haydn as a culturally and politically sensitive representative of the Age of Enlightenment, arguing that Haydn's awareness of contemporary aesthetic...