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Increasingly, it is becoming evident that those involved in socio-musical studies must focus their investigative lens on musical practice and articulation of the self, on music and community involve……続きを見る

In The World of William Byrd John Harley builds on his previous work, William Byrd: Gentleman of the Chapel Royal (Ashgate, 1997), in order to place the composer more clearly in his social context. ……続きを見る

This book offers compelling new perspectives on the revolutionary potential of improvisation pedagogy. Bringing together contributions from leading musicians, scholars, and teachers from around the ……続きを見る

Stuart Sutcliffe is the most famous contender for the crown of 'fifth Beatle'. One of the founding members, a close friend of Lennon, he left the band after their Hamburg sojourn in order to pursue ……続きを見る

ANTHOLOGIE " Vous les femmes... ", " Je n'ai pas changé "... Qui n'a jamais entendu ou fredonné les refrains inoubliables du chanteur à la voix de velours ? Ses succès sont trop nombreux pour que no……続きを見る

El rock es algo más que música. Sin embargo, nunca ha sido sencillo definir ese "algo" excedente. Forma híbrida de arte, espectáculo y mercancía, liturgia y fiesta, el rock es, en sí mismo, un modo ……続きを見る

Ramon Gener és un apassionat de la música. De fet, només hi ha una cosa que l’apassioni més: compartir aquesta dèria, fer-nos còmplices d’aquesta manera de viure i de sentir. Perquè, com ens explica……続きを見る

La improvisació en la música es manifesta en una multiplicitat de situacions i modalitats. És una pràctica força viva en l?actualitat i amb unes profundes arrels històriques que li permeten assumir ……続きを見る

Els himnes nacionals són un instrument polític, una música al servei dels estats, de les nacions, dels països, dels pobles. Però també són una proclama col·lectiva, un signe heràldic, un cant revolu……続きを見る

«La música es la mejor compañera de viaje que hubiera podido soñar. Una compañera que nunca ha dejado de enseñarme algo nuevo cada día. He llegado hasta aquí gracias a ella y siguiendo siempre el di……続きを見る

A history of the English music festival is long overdue. Dr Pippa Drummond argues that these festivals represented the most significant cultural events in provincial England during the nineteenth ce……続きを見る

More than forty years after the composer's death, the music of Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970) continues to be recorded and performed and to attract international scholarly interest. The Roberto Gerhard……続きを見る

Seeking to extend discussions of 9/11 music beyond the acts typically associated with the September 11th attacks”U2, Toby Keith, The Dixie Chicks, Bruce Springsteen”this collection interrogates the ……続きを見る

Richard Wagner has arguably the greatest and most long-term influence on wider European culture of all nineteenth-century composers. And yet, among the copious English-language literature examining ……続きを見る

Written from the perspective of a scholar and performer, Traditional Music and Irish Society investigates the relation of traditional music to Irish modernity. The opening chapter integrates a thoro……続きを見る

Understanding the Classical Music Profession is an essential resource for educators, practitioners and researchers who seek to understand the careers of classically-trained musicians, and the extent……続きを見る

Mozart's piano sonatas are among the most familiar of his works and stand alongside those of Haydn and Beethoven as staples of the pianist's repertoire. In this study, John Irving looks at a wide se……続きを見る

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the cross-pollenization of world musical materials and practices has accelerated precipitously, due in large part to advances in higher-speed communicat……続きを見る

Towards a Twenty-First-Century Feminist Politics of Music opens up a new way of thinking about the absence of women's music. It does not aim to find 'a solution' in a liberal feminist sense, but to ……続きを見る

When Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's music was performed during his lifetime, it always elicited ecstatic responses from the listeners. Wilhelm Gericke, conductor of the Vienna opera, rushed backs……続きを見る

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) was perhaps the twentieth century’s most feted composer, a leading light of modernism and a restlessly creative artist. This book traces the story of Stravinsky’s life an……続きを見る

For more than a century, urban North Africans have sought to protect and revive Andalusi music, a prestigious Arabic-language performance tradition said to originate in the “lost paradise” of mediev……続きを見る

1977 is usually associated with West German terrorism, but it witnessed another cultural watershed: punk music. A new reckoning with the legacy of political and aesthetic spaces, this book argues th……続きを見る

In this book the Classical Music Collection presents the sheet music for 'Enigma' Variations - Op.37 By Edward Elgar. Comprising of 15 pieces. A fantastic edition to the repertoire of anyone interes……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

This little book contains tlie convictions which are the summing up of my whole artistic life. I have written it, first and foremost, for myself. I felt that the only way to recognize fully and clea……続きを見る

A history of the organ, from its birth as the ancient flute through to its full modern configuration. This is a helpful guide for anybody with an interest in organs or organ playing, with chapters o……続きを見る

This present work had it's origin in two series of twelve public lectures on music as part of the general culture, given at Harvard University between 1934 and 1935. Since these lectures this subjec……続きを見る

"Piano Sonata No. 17 - Op. 31/No. 2", usually referred to as The Tempest, was composed in 1801–02 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) was a seminal German composer. He had a ……続きを見る