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During the years preceding the composition of Tristan and Isolde, Wagner's aesthetics underwent a momentous turnaround, principally as a result of his discovery of Schopenhauer. …

In June of 1964, three young, white blues fans set out from New York City in a Volkswagen, heading for the Mississippi Delta in search of a musical legend. So begins Preachin' the …

Performing edition of Walton's first String Quartet, based on the edition published in the Walton Edition Chamber Music volume. Following the addition of a second movement, the …

for SATB or SSA and string orchestra, with optional organ Set of parts for John Rutter's much-loved Nativity Carol, one of the composer's earliest pieces. The string accompaniment …

Classical composers seeking to create an American sound enjoyed unprecedented success during the 1930s and 1940s. Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Howard Hanson and others brought …

From 1922 until his death in 1954, Wilhelm Furtw"e;angler was the foremost cultural music figure of the German-speaking world, conductor of both the Berlin and Vienna …

Written more than a century ago and initially regarded even by their creators as nothing more than light entertainment, the fourteen operas of Gilbert & Sullivan emerged over the …

Described by music critic Alex Ross as "e;the most original musical thinker of our time"e; and having received innumerable accolades in a career spanning over fifty years, …

This revised, updated, and expanded edition of the definitive catalogue of works by Sir William Walton (1902-83) follows the completion of the William Walton Edition. A …

Few people these days would question Mozart's rating as the most popular of all classical composers. Yet there exists no substantial, up-to-date English-language study of the man …