This book, first collection of essays in English on Bruno Maderna, brings the reader closer to one of the greatest European composer and conductor of the last century. …
A novel approach to biography, drawing on interview material and other sources, all extensively annotated.This book is a major source of information about one of the most …
The first English work dealing in detail with the life and musical influences of the Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975).Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) was one of the …
The story of a fascinating, controversial man who influenced almost every sphere of musical life in Britain and helped to change the face of music performance and education in this …
An innovative contribution to Scriabin studies, covering aspects of Scriabin's life, personality, beliefs, training, creative output, and interaction with contemporary Russian …
The first biography of the composer Gerard Grisey shows how the artist's sensuality and rigor came together to form the musical genre known as spectralism. The French composer …
Reconstructs the socio-political history of the heroic in music through case studies spanning the middle ages to the twenty-first centuryThe first part of this volume reconstructs …
Stravinsky's influence on Debussy in 1910-13, rarely discussed, is demonstrated here in the many modernistic features of such works as the Preludes Book II, Khamma, and Jeux. This …
Places the Swiss composer Schoeck, master of a late-Romantic style both sensuous and stringent, in context and gives insight into his increasingly popular musical works.The work of …
Collection of critical and analytical scholarly essays on the music of Ravel by prominent scholars.Unmasking Ravel: New Perspectives on the Music fills a unique place in Ravel …
