David Beard & Kenneth Gloag 
Harrison Birtwistle Studies [EPUB ebook] 

Beginning with an introductory essay on his achievements, it continues with annotations on Bernstein”s voluminous writings, performances, educational work, and major secondary sources. …

The Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music is the most comprehensive index of music written for orchestra with chorus in print today.Offering performance information about choral works by more than 900 …

How has the history of rock ‘n’ roll been told? Has it become formulaic? Or remained, like the music itself, open to outside influences? Who have been the genre’s primary historians? What common fram …

Thai classical singing is a genre that blossomed during the golden age of music in the royal court at Bangkok during the nineteenth century. It took a variety of forms including unaccompanied songs u …

Discussion of tonal structure has been one of the most problematic and controversial aspects of modern study of Medieval and Renaissance polyphony. These new essays written specifically for this volu …

The Operatic Problem delves into various issues surrounding opera as a form of musical and theatrical performance. The book offers an in-depth analysis of the challenges and artistic dilemmas faced i …

‘Voices of the Country’ presents interviews with innovative musicians, producers, and songwriters who shaped the last fifty years of country music. From Eddy Arnold”s new, smoother approach to song …

The original essays in this collection chronicle the transformation of Arnold Schoenberg”s works from music as pure art to music as a vehicle of religious and political ideas, during the first half …

Justice as Improvisation: The Law of the Extempore theorises the relationship between justice and improvisation through the case of the New York City cabaret laws. Discourses around improvisation oft …

First Published in 1999. This is the first supplement to the initial Song Cite publication and serves as an index to recently published collections of popular songs. 201 music books have been include …