Finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Biography, this landmark book has been updated and expanded with recent scholarship. Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still c...Loe edasi...
The first guide to research on Telemann in any language.The Telemann Renaissance is now more than half-century old. The veritable explosion of performances, both live and recorded, of the composers music in recent decades has won hi...Loe edasi...
Donald Burrows, Helen Coffey, John Greenacombe, Anthony Hicks
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Jan-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781107080249)
The life and career of George Frideric Handel, one of the most frequently performed Baroque composers, are thoroughly documented in a wide variety of contemporary sources. This multi-volume publication, the most up-to-date, fully annotated collection...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1967, in this book the author delves deeply into the fascinating field of Bach’s music and the reasons for his ‘borrowing’, and adaptation within his oeuvre. This book, scrupulously uncontroversial in its manner, contains e...Loe edasi...
When this volume was originally published in 1954 it was the first complete history of the Bach family from the 16th Century miller Veit to Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (1759-1845), Johann Sebastian’s grandson. When this volu...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1970 this collection of essays by a renowned international musicologist is both imaginative in scope and authoritative in scholarship. The works of such famous composers as Joseph Haydn, Handel, J.S. Bach and C.P.E. Bach ar...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1963 and with a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin, this book begins with a study of the historical scene and the conditions under which Bach and his player colleagues lived, wrote and worked. It discusses the instruments then in u...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1924, and authored by a renowned pianist and musicologist, this book is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of pianoforte music from its origins in the early 18th century to modern times. The book begins wit...Loe edasi...
When it was originally published in 1967, this study of J.S. Bach was the first important work on the composer in nearly a generation. When it was originally published in 1967, this study of J.S. Bach was the first important work o...Loe edasi...
This book offers a deep analysis of Handels Twelve Grand Concertos, Op. 6, an element of Handels repertoire which has remained relatively understudied. Bringing together an analytical approach to the concertos with their historical context, the au...Loe edasi...
This book establishes the cultural background to the productions of Milton’s Comus that were staged in the 1740s by Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough, at Exton Hall, his country seat in the East Midlands of England. ...Loe edasi...
This volume explores the possibilities of cognate music theory, a concept introduced by the musicologist John Walter Hill to describe culturally and historically situated music theory. This volume explores the possibilities of cogna...Loe edasi...
This book presents a social history of the violin in Australia from 1788 to 1914, exploring its pivotal role in colonial society and influence on local music-making and culture. It provides scholars with new insights into how musical instruments lik...Loe edasi...
This Element explores the similarities between Wagners early aesthetic writings and Delsartes Cours desthétique appliquée. It also details the rise of François Delsarte (18111871) as a celebrated teacher of aesthetics and interpreter of Glucks...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-May-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009608770)
This Element explores the similarities between Wagners early aesthetic writings and Delsartes Cours desthétique appliquée. It also details the rise of François Delsarte (18111871) as a celebrated teacher of aesthetics and interpreter of Glucks...Loe edasi...
Authorship is a pertinent issue for historical musicology and musicians more widely.The discovery of new sources and methodologies has also opened up opportunities for reassessing specific authorship problems. This book aims to build on what has a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Apr-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Amsterdam University Press, ISBN-13: 9789048564132)
Marin Mersenne and the Study of Harmony delves into the central role of music among the early modern sciences by focusing on the work of the French polymath Marin Mersenne (1588–1648). Although now regarded more as an art than a science,...Loe edasi...
This Element describes the history of the Neapolitan Cappella Reale in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is based on primary sources, reconstructing the entire personnel of the ensemble, recovering unstudied contractual agreements, offeri...Loe edasi...
