Benedict Taylor 
Mendelssohn, Time and Memory [EPUB ebook] 
The Romantic Conception of Cyclic Form

Isaac Albéniz is one of the most important figures in the history of Spanish music. A legendary child prodigy, he went on to become one of the leading concert pianists of his generation in Europe. Ho …

The silent attentiveness expected of concert audiences is one of the most distinctive characteristics of modern Western musical culture. This is the first book to examine the concept of attention in …

 With their complex textures, rich harmonies, and elaborate use of leitmotifs, the operas of German composer Richard Wagner (1813–83) remain some of the most influential—and contentious—in the h …

DVD Authoring and Production is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to publishing content in the DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and Web DVD formats. Readers learn everything they need to create, produce, a …

First conceived in 1966 but only completed in 2004, Brian Wilson Presents Smile has been called ‘the best-known unreleased album in pop music history’ and ‘an American Sergeant Pepper.’ Reading Smile …

Music as a narrative drama is an intriguing idea, which has captured explicit music theoretical attention since the nineteenth century. Investigations into narrative characters or personae has evolve …

Eargle »s Microphone Book is the only guide you will ever need for the latest in microphone technology, application and technique. This new edition features more on microphone arrays and wireless mic …

Baroque composer George Frideric Handel easily ranks among the world »s greatest composers. The first edition of this research guide on Handel appeared in 1988; since that time a great deal of schola …

A colorful, historically accurate biography of William B. Gill, a famous musical-comedy playwright and comedy performer of the late-19th-century who is now mostly forgotten, but who changed the cours …