Muziek

Made in Poland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary Polish popular music. Each essay, written by a leading schola …

Patrice Larroque hypothesizes that early blues singers may have been influenced by the trochaic rhythm of English. English is stressed and timed, which means that there is a regular beat to the langu …

Meet the most musically gifted family in the world ‘I was entranced… Beautifully written and hugely enjoyable.’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other Seven brothers and sisters. All of …

"Chopin: the Man and His Music" by James Huneker is a comprehensive biography that delves into the life and musical genius of the renowned composer Frederic Chopin. Huneker’s book serves as …

The punk underground has repeatedly insisted that ”anyone can do it”, grounding itself in a politics of empowerment that claims to be anarchistic in character. How valid is punk”s faith in anarchi …

William Byrd’s Gradualia is one of the most unusual and elaborate musical works of the English Renaissance. This large collection of liturgical music, 109 pieces in all, was written for clandestine u …

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the cross-pollenization of world musical materials and practices has accelerated precipitously, due in large part to advances in higher-speed communicati …

A history of the English music festival is long overdue. Dr Pippa Drummond argues that these festivals represented the most significant cultural events in provincial England during the nineteenth cen …

The New Bruckner provides a valuable study of Bruckner”s music, focusing on the interaction of biography, textual scholarship, reception history and analysis. Dr Dermot Gault conveys a broad chronol …

Eric Coates (1886-1957) is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music. Sir Charles Groves said that ”his music crackled with enthusiasm and vitality. He could write tunes and …