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Liszt's Transcultural Modernism and the Hungarian-Gypsy Tradition
The first thorough study of Liszt's use of the musical style associated with the Hungarian Roma ["Gypsies"] in his renowned Hungarian Rhapsodies and less overtly Hungarian works. …
Music in German Immigrant Theater
A history -- the first ever -- of the abundant traditions of German-American musical theater in New York, and a treasure trove of songs and information. Nineteenth-century New York …
Dane Rudhyar
The first full-length study of a remarkable composer, writer, painter, and expert on astrology, based on Rudhyar's personal archives. Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985) was a unique figure …
Elliott Carter: Collected Essays and Lectures, 1937-1995
Elliott Carter [b.1908] is now generally acknowledged as America's most eminent living composer. This definitive volume of his essays and lectures -- many previously unpublished …
Music in Print and Beyond
Fresh and innovative takes on the dissemination of music in manuscript, print, and, now, electronic formats, revealing how the world has experienced music from the sixteenth …
The Music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
In this first comprehensive examination of the music of the most prolific Bach son, David Schulenberg offers new perspectives on the career, style, and originality of Carl Philipp …
Schubert in the European Imagination
In Schubert in the European Imagination, Volume 1: The Romantic and Victorian Eras, Scott Messing examines the historical reception of Franz Schubert as conveyed through the …
Variations on the Canon
Masterful essays honoring the great pianist and critic Charles Rosen, on masterpieces from Bach and Beethoven to Chopin, Verdi, and Stockhausen. Charles Rosen, the pianist and man …
The Art of Musical Phrasing in the Eighteenth Century
Practical suggestions, and documentary evidence, for performers wishing to understand the gestures and nuances embedded in eighteenth-century musical notation. There are, of …
Aaron Copland's Hollywood Film Scores
A pioneering study of how American composer Aaron Copland helped shape the sound of the Hollywood film industry and introduced the moviegoing public to modern musical styles. One …
The Music of the Moravian Church in America
The Moravians, or Bohemian Brethren, early Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania and North Carolina in the eighteenth century, brought a musical repertoire that included hymns, …