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Recent scholarship has vanquished the traditional perception of nineteenth-century Britain as a musical wasteland. In addition to attempting more balanced assessments of the achievements of British ……続きを見る

One of the greats of blues music, Willie Dixon was a recording artist whose abilities extended beyond that of bass player. A singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer, Dixon's work influenced count……続きを見る

Brings to life a passionate poet-turned-musician and what compels him and his work. Why is it that Leonard Cohen receives the sort of reverence we reserve for a precious few living artists? Why are ……続きを見る

Adulé ou détesté, Pierre Boulez a passé sa vie à diviser les esprits en deux camps irréconciliables. Visionnaire et fer de lance de la modernité pour les uns, dictateur ayant imposé une esthétique u……続きを見る

Le compositeur Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) a toujours aimé les mots, comme en témoignent ses mélodies et opéras sur des textes de grands écrivains de son temps. Il a saisi également toutes les occas……続きを見る

This collection of specially commissioned essays offers an accessible introduction to the history of the piano, performance styles, and its vast repertoire. Part 1 reviews the evolution of the piano……続きを見る

Since the 1980s, when she re-emerged from the peripheries into a more central position in music studies, Clara Schumann (1819–1896) has exerted an enduring fascination over the scholarly and popular……続きを見る

Hans von Bülow is a key figure in 19th century music whose career path was as broad as it was successful. Music history's first virtuoso orchestral conductor, Bülow created the model for the profess……続きを見る

Twelve-tone and serial music were dominant forms of composition following World War II and remained so at least through the mid-1970s. In 1961, Ann Phillips Basart published the pioneering bibliogra……続きを見る

Roots in Reverse explores how Latin music contributed to the formation of the négritude movement in the 1930s. Taking Senegal and Cuba as its primary research areas, this work uses oral histories, p……続きを見る

“Elegant and authoritative.” ーThomas Brothers, author of Help!: The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration New York City native and gifted pianist George Gershwin (1898–1937) bloss……続きを見る

For the first time, the Band's legendary Richard Manuel's compositions and performances are analyzed with expert commentary while shining a light on his contributions to all of his bandsーand on the……続きを見る

UPDATED FOR 2017 WITH A NEW CHAPTER The definitive history of Pink Floyd, one of the world's great bands, by founder member Nick Mason. Pink Floyd is one of the most creative, successful and endurin……続きを見る

Serving Genius tells the life story of Carlo Maria Giulini, one of the most renowned and beloved conductors of the twentieth century. Detailing Giulini's extraordinary professional career, Thomas D.……続きを見る

UN VIAJE APASIONANTE POR LA HISTORIA DEL ROCK PERUANO A TRAVÉS DE 50 DISCOS ESENCIALES 続きを見る

This book is the first comprehensive account of classical music on all British radio stations, BBC and commercial, between 1945 and 1995. It narrates the shifting development of those services, from……続きを見る

Le Classcompilé n° 87 contient les oeuvres de Romain Rolland. Romain Rolland, né à Clamecy (Nièvre) le 29 janvier 1866 et mort à Vézelay le 30 décembre 1944, est un écrivain français, lauréat du pri……続きを見る

The ancient Greek myth of Prometheus, the primordial Titan who defied the Olympian gods by stealing fire from the heavens as a gift for humanity, enjoyed unprecedented popularity during the Romantic……続きを見る

In "Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke" widmet sich Johann Nikolaus Forkel der umfassenden Analyse des Lebens, der Schaffensweise und der herausragenden Werke des großen Kompon……続きを見る

This Companion provides an up-to-date view of the music of Franz Liszt, its contemporary context and performance practice, written by some of the leading specialists in the field of nineteenth-centu……続きを見る

What is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common -- their ideas, beliefs, commitments, and ……続きを見る

Everything You Need To Know About Making Music In One Place! Not so long ago, studio quality recording, mixing and music production was only available to the rich and famous artists. However these d……続きを見る

La scena musicale italiana con cui si apre il ventesimo secolo è ancorata, agli occhi di alcuni interpreti e critici coevi, a un sentimento di tradizione melodrammatica e a una provincialità «piccol……続きを見る

Handel is recognised as one of the principal creative figures in Baroque music. In this Companion acknowledged experts on Handel make their expertise accessible to the interested general reader and ……続きを見る

Since the publication of The London Pianoforte School (ed. Nicholas Temperley) twenty years ago, research has proliferated in the area of music for the piano during the late eighteenth and nineteent……続きを見る

Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops-the sterile products of a lab environment-rep……続きを見る

Hungarian composer and musician Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967) is best known for his pedagogical system, the Kodály Method, which has been influential in the development of music education around the wor……続きを見る

Chopping Wood is Pete Seeger up close and personal like never before. Derived from years of conversations between Seeger and his close friend and collaborator David Bernz, it takes readers on a uniq……続きを見る

An illuminating new biography of one of the most beloved of all composers, published on the hundredth anniversary of his death, brilliantly written by a finalist for the 1996 National Book Critics C……続きを見る

A unique account of the Japanese rock phenomenon from a legendary rock musician with an army of fans 'The most obscenely enjoyable book of the year ... enlightening, thrilling and occasionally hilar……続きを見る