Art music, orchestral and formal music Books

Book SynopsisThe Music Road (the western half of the famous "Silk Road") explores transmissions, migrations and discourses of music, dance and theatre in the area between the Mediterranean and India, from the first to the 20th century. This scholarly panorama explores this cultural world and considers its fascinating inner diversity.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Reinhard Strohm: The Music Road: an expedition across time and space Keynote 2: Martin Stokes: The Middle East in music history: An ethnomusicological perspective Alexandrian Tracks 3: Gabriela Currie: Sonic entanglements, visual records and the Gandharan nexus 4: Ciro Lo Muzio: Persian 'snap': Iranian dancers in Gandhra 5: Donatella Restani: Listening between the lines: Alexander's musical legacy in Italy (13th-15th centuries) Intercultural Islam 6: Andrew Hicks: Mysticism's musical modalities: Philosophies of audition in medieval Persian Sufism 7: Lisa Nielson: Samac intertwined in practice: Eight treatises from the ninth to fifteenth centuries 8: Slawomira Zeranska-Kominek: Writing the history of unwritten music: On the treatise of Darwesh 'Ali Changi (17th c.) 9: Owen Wright: Bridging the Safavid-Ottoman divide 10: Kevin Dawe: Musical instruments and world history: A case study of the guitar in the Republic of Turkey Indian Encounters 11: Margaret Walker: 11 The 'Nautch', the Veil, and the Bayadère: The Indian dance as musical nexus 12: Nalini Ghuman: Maud MacCarthy: 'The musicking body' Hellas between West and East 13: Katy Romanou: The music of the modern Greeks in Western and Eastern music literature, from the ninth to the 19th century 14: Walter Puchner: A typology of Western music and theatre activity in South-East Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea region in premodern times (16th-19th century) 15: Kostas Kardamis: Orientalism in the art music of the Ionian islands 16: Avra Xepapadakou: European itinerant opera and operetta companies touring in the Near and Middle East A Gypsy Epilogue 17: Anna G. Piotrowska: From 'rhapsodic gypsy' to 'gypsy rhapsody' General bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis two-volume collection transforms our understanding of the discipline of ethnomusicology by exploring how ethnomusicologists can contribute to positive social and environmental change within institutional frameworks. The second volume focuses on the intersection of ecological and social issues and features a variety of Indigenous perspectivesTrade ReviewA highly original and unusually rewarding read. If anyone wondered what twenty-first century ethnomusicology could become, Transforming Ethnomusicology provides creative ideas and inspiration. Bursting with fresh insights, it speaks to issues of major concern and defines the field. * Lee Tong Soon, Lehigh University, general editor of the Yearbook for Traditional Music *A testament to the labor of activism, advocacy, and community involvement, Transforming Ethnomusicology lays the groundwork for contemporary practices in applied research that frame the multidimensional roles of scholarly involvement in music-driven social justice — a timely contribution to the field. * Adriana Helbig, Associate Professor of Music, University of Pittsburgh *Table of ContentsEthnomusicological Praxis: An Introduction Beverley Diamond and Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco Chapter 1: A Sound Economy Jeff Todd Titon Chapter 2: Music for Global Human Development Michael Frishkopf Chapter 3: Reengaging Sound Praxis in the Real World: Politico-Epistemological Dimensions of Dialogue and Participation in Knowledge Production Samuel Araujo Chapter 4: Silenced Registers of Ethnomusicological Academic Labor under Neoliberalism Ana Hofman Chapter 5: Sonic Mapping and Critical Citizenship: Reflections on LimerickSoundscapes Aileen Dillane and Tony Langlois Chapter 6: The Earth Is (Still) Our Mother: Traversing Indigenous Landscapes through Sacred Geographies of Song Chad Hamill Chapter 7: The Modernity of the Songlines Rhoda Roberts Chapter 8: Music Endangerment, Repatriation and Intercultural Collaboration in an Australian Discomfort Zone Sally Treloyn and Rona Goonginda Charles Chapter 9: Dancing Domba: Intersections of Ethnomusicology, Music Education, and Research with Children and Young People Andrea Emberly and Mudzunga Junniah Davhula Chapter 10: Ethical Friction: IRBs, Ethnolmusicological Ethics, and Music in an American Jail Andy McGraw Chapter 11: Ethnomusicology and the Meeting of Knowledges in Music: The Inclusion of Masters of Traditional Musics as Lecturers in Higher Education Institutions José Jorge de Carvalho

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Book SynopsisThe Voice of Virtue illuminates the musical practices at the heart of the Neostoic movement that spread across French lands during the Wars of Religion in the latter half of the sixteenth century. Guided by twin reparative traditions granting music and philosophy therapeutic power, composers and performers across the embattled Catholic and Protestant confessions turned to moral song as a means of repairing personal and collective virtue damaged by the ongoing conflict. Moral song collections enlarged interest in Stoic philosophy by circulating its ethical program to a broader audience through attractive paraphrases of Stoic maxims set to music. Even more importantly, this skillfully composed repertoire of polyphonic song offered a multi-sensory moral practice that would have resonated powerfully for those well-versed in the paradoxes of the Stoic tradition. Bringing together a repertoire of little-known music prints, a rich visual culture, and an impressive body of literary and philosoTrade ReviewThis vividly-written and strikingly original study shows how song could act as a crucial tool for individual and collective moral repair at a time when France was riven by war and religious dispute. Through a meticulously researched exploration of Stoic currents in musical culture, Latour convincingly argues that moral song became a significant mode of informal philosophy as early modern French people sought to live well, to cultivate virtue, and to face adversity. * Jeanice Brooks, Professor of Music, University of Southampton *The Voice of Virtue is a superb study of the French poetry and music that Melinda Latour aptly calls 'singing Stoicism.' With impeccable scholarship and infectious enthusiasm, she illuminates an unfamiliar and remarkable phase of Neostoic thought * A.A. Long, Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Hellenistic Philosophy and Stoic Studies *Can music make us better people? In this fascinating and groundbreaking book, Melinda Latour demonstrates how the understudied genre of moral song in the late French Renaissance created a distinctive Stoic sonic world to repair religious conflict and civil strife. The Voice of Virtue makes important links between late Renaissance moral philosophy, devotional poetry, painting, and musical expression. With its wide range of musical illustrations and online links it enables us to appreciate for the first time the intimate beauty of a body of music that has so often been overlooked, and to understand its serious purpose. * Mark Greengrass, Centre Roland Mousnier, Sorbonne Université *Table of ContentsList of Tables, Figures, and Examples List of Web Examples Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Neostoic Remedies Chapter 2: Imprinting Virtue Chapter 3: The Exercise of Harmony Chapter 4: Musical Paradoxes Chapter 5: Sensing Beauty Chapter 6: Sound Judgment Chapter 7: Moral Ordering Chapter 8: Rehearsing Death Conclusion: Suspensions of Desire Appendix Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe book is devoted to Shostakovich''s most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin''s Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perplexed by its ambiguities, especially at the end of the Symphony: some imagined it as the joyful final victory of socialism, while others heard the triumph instead of a sinister and oppressive force. The second interpretation was pushed into the background, but the controversy persisted, with the further complication of two very different tempo markings for the closing section, both of which seemed to be approved by the composer. The authors give an authoritative account of the tempo controversy and the effect of the different tempos on the reception of the work in the West. Shostakovich''s Symphony No. 5 delves into the history of the work''s composition, the pressures Shostakovich experienced at the time, and the cultural environment from the time the composer began work on Symphony through to the settling of its official critical reception. At the center of this exploration is the musical score itself, which is full of secrets that have taken decades to uncover, the most colorful of which is the case for Shostakovich''s extensive references to Bizet''s Carmen, and the connection between these and Shostakovich''s lover of the mid-30s, Lala Carmen (Elena Konstantinovskaya). The authors show how Shostakovich largely (but not entirely) set aside his influences from Mahler and German modernists, and in replacement absorbed Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with the same ingenuity as his previous influences. Shostakovich decided to make a virtue of a necessity, and created one of the richest of symphonic scores, allowing himself to retain his artistic pride while winning the official approval necessary for regaining his livelihood. These events all unfolded in the atmosphere of terror created by Stalin''s Great Purge. This book is the first to be devoted to this watershed symphony, and includes secrets of the score that took decades to uncover.

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Book SynopsisA Performer''s Guide to Transcribing, Editing, and Arranging Early Music provides instruction on three important tasks that early music performers often undertake in order to make their work more noticeable and appealing to their audiences. First, the book provides instruction on using early sources-manuscripts, prints, and treatises-in score, parts, or tablature. It then illuminates priorities behind basic editorial decisions-determining what constitutes a version of a musical piece, how to choose a version, and how to choose the source for that version. Lastly, the book offers advice about arranging both early and new music for early instruments, including how to consider instruments'' ranges and various registers, how to exploit the unique characteristics of period instruments, and how to produce convincing textures of accompaniment. Drawing on methods based on early models (for example, how baroque composers arranged the music of their contemporaries), Alon Schab pays tribute to thTrade ReviewA comprehensive and insightful examination of the origins of the historical performance phenomenon, what it has become today, and where it might be going in the future. Highly recommended. * Mark Kroll, Harpsichordist and Fortepianist; Professor Emeritus, Boston University; Editor, The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord *Alon Schab urges performers of early music to cultivate a 'historic curiosity.' His book should inspire many to do so. With well-chosen examples and lucid explanations, Schab gets readers into the inner workings of processes often taken for granted to the detriment of truly knowledgeable and committed music-making. No one who follows him on the paths he sets forth will fail to come out with greater enlightenment * whether playing Van Eyck's recorder solos, recapturing the spirit of Ortiz's glosadas, reading critical editions critically, or mediating between new and old with arrangements and even original compositions.Joshua Rifkin, Director, The Bach Ensemble *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Historical Sources on the Concert Stage 2. The Musical Text as a Point of Departure 3. Different Works, Different Versions, Neither or Both? 4. "The ear must be chief umpire" (Intuition and Critical Editing) 5. Historically Informed Arrangement 6. Writing for Early Instruments Today Bibliography

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Book SynopsisVoices for Change in the Classical Music Profession lays the groundwork for empirically-founded, theoretically-informed, and practice-based approaches to tackling inequalities in the classical music profession.Trade ReviewVoices for Change in the Classical Music Profession: New Ideas for Tackling Inequalities and Exclusions, implies that rather than wholly a new approach, diversity has long been an implicit theme of the lyric stage. * Opera Now Magazine *The classical music industry is finally beginning to grapple the issues of diversity, equality, and justice. But what are the real issues, barriers, and stakes? With a combination of empirical data, incisive analysis, and first-person voices on the ground, this immensely important volume pushes the debate far beyond benevolent inclusion and token diversity to reckon with the societal, economic, and institutional underpinnings of 'classical music. * Mari Yoshihara, Professor of American Studies, University of Hawai'i *Finally, a volume that tackles the issue of inequality in classical music. Compelling and beautifully curated, this is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of music and those who work within it. * Professor Dawn Bennett, Assistant Provost, Bond University and Founder of the Employ-ability Initiative *A closed world of elite artforms, whether for performers or for audiences, is not a sustainable future for the cultural sector. How to open up the arts is a crucial question. Voices for Change in the Classical Music Profession is essential reading for anyone hoping that classical music, and indeed many other parts of the cultural world, can be open to all. * Dave O'Brien, Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, University of Sheffield *Table of ContentsIntroduction Anna Bull and Christina Scharff PART I THE MAKING OF CLASSICAL MUSICIANS 1. Class and Gender Inequalities in the Recruitment of Classical Musicians: Reflections on the Case of Italian Music Conservatoires Clementina Casula 2. The Role of Music Conservatoires in the Making of Classical Music Careers Rainer Prokop and Rosa Reitsamer 3. Social Inclusion in Contemporary British Conservatoires: Alumni Perspectives Jennie Joy Porton 4. Inside Looking In: Strategies to Counteract Misconduct in Artistic Teaching within Higher Music Education David-Emil Wickström PART II PROBLEMATIZING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE 5. (Un)settling Institutional Hegemony: Challenges of Diversity Strategies in the "Western" Classical Music Sector Kristina Kolbe 6. "To Share Music with Children": The LA Phil and Neoliberal Philanthropy in Inglewood Mina Yang 7. A Critical Perspective on Diversity and Inclusion in US Classical Music Discourse Marianna Ritchey 8. Staging a Loose Canon: Scripture, Tradition, and Embedded Exclusion in Opera Production Caitlin Vincent 9. Disability Representation in Opera Charlotte Armstrong PART III MARGINALIZED VOICES 10. Gender and Class: An Account of a Female Percussionist in the Classical Music Industry Beth Higham-Edwards 11. Making Space for Disability and Music to Interact: An Interview with Composer Oliver Vibrans Oliver Vibrans 12. Black on the Podium: An Interview with Conductor Brandon Keith Brown Brandon Keith Brown 13. Creolization, Mixing, and Plurality: An Interview with Composer Hannah Kendall Hannah Kendall PART IV RACIAL INEQUALITIES 14. The New "Yellow Peril" in "Western" European Symphony Orchestras Maiko Kawabata 15. Irreconcilable Senses of Belonging: Transnational Japanese Artists in the Quest for Authenticity in the World of Classical Music Beata M. Kowalczyk 16. [Re- ]training Classical Musicians Toward Polymusicality and Hybridization: An Interview with Jon Silpayamanant Jon Silpayamanant 17. Inclusion and Diversity in the Early Music Scene in the US: A Conversation with Patricia Ann Neely Patricia Ann Neely 18. On Leaving Classical Music: An Interview with Anthony Gray Anthony Gray PART V ACTIVISM STARTING WITH THE SELF 19. (Dis)orient Yourself!: Disrupting White Ontologies in Classical Music Eleanor Ryan 20. Everyday Bridges: A View from the Field Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey 21. Illuminating Women's Music: Exploring the Canonic Ethos behind the Illuminate Women's Music Concert Series Angela Elizabeth Slater 22. Changing Classical Music from the Inside: An Interview with Chi- chi Nwanoku Chi-chi Nwanoku PART VI ACTIVISM: BUILDING NETWORKS FOR CHANGE 23. (Un)Silencing Blacktivism in Opera: An Interview with Quodesia Johnson about the Letter to the Opera Field from Black Administrators Antonio C. Cuyler 24. Reflecting on the Work of Gender Relations in New Music: Institutional Critique and Activist Strategies Brandon Farnsworth and Rosanna Lovell 25. Addressing Inequalities in the Music Industry before, during, and after COVID- 19: The Campaigning Work of the UK's Independent Society of Musicians Deborah Annetts, Vick Bain, Chris Collins, Vinota Karunasaagarar, and Dr. Kathryn Williams 26. "A Community of 30,000 Musicians behind You": An Interview with John Shortell from the UK Musicians' Union John Shortell Afterword Gillian Moore Discussion Questions for Teachers, Students, Reading Groups, and Industry Leaders References Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by one of the best-known academic writers on African music, On African Music is a collection of seven essays addressing various techniques, influences, and scholarly approaches to African music. After a concise introduction spelling out the rationale for the book, successive chapters develop answers to questions such as: How does a minimalist impulse animate creativity in Africa, and does Western minimalism differ from African minimalism? How do we explain the prevalence of iconic effects in African expressive forms? How has (European) tonality functioned as a colonizing force in African music? Why is the (written) art music of the continent talked about so little when it has been in existence since the middle of the nineteenth century? How might the discipline of music theory be rejuvenated by aid from Africa? What are the strengths and limitations of ethnotheory as a methodology? Who is who in theorizations of African rhythm, and how might we explain the shape of the existingTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The minimalist impulse 2. Iconicity in musical thought and expression 3. Tonality as a colonizing force 4. African pianism and the challenge of art music 5. Rethinking music theory, with African aid 6. Against ethno-theory 7. African rhythm studies: A sketch and a critique Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThere is a widespread feeling among music lovers today that 'Bach is a good friend of mine,' and that if he were alive in this era, he would surely be an 'ultra-modern' person who was good at Facebook and Twitter—after all, his music appeals so much to us! I find Michael Marissen's new book discussing Bach, rather, in opposition to modernity to be a wonderful model of historically-informed analytic criticism, not only against 'modernism,' but also against the current easy-going commercialism and triumphalistic secularism that prevent us from truly deepening our understanding and enjoyment of Bach. Wholeheartedly welcome! * Masaaki Suzuki, music director of Bach Collegium Japan *This is a thought-provoking, incisive, and hugely enlightening collection of essays from one of the most respected and original thinkers in Bach studies today. Marissen's razor-sharp wit and crystal-clear prose cut through some of the enduring myths of modern Bach reception to reveal different, unexpected, and sometimes uncomfortable facets of the man and his music. * Bettina Varwig, University of Cambridge *Table of ContentsPreface Credits Part I - Constraints of History on Interpretation 1. Bach Against Modernity 2. Bach's Handwritten Entries in his Bible Part II - Brief Commentaries 3. Fractal Gavottes and the Ephemeral World in Bach's Cantata 64 4. Time and Eternities in Bach's Cantata 23 5. Bach's Christmas Oratorio and a Blessed End 6. Bach and Art and Mammon Part III - Texts 7. Historically Informed Renderings of the Librettos from Bach's Cantatas (co-author, Daniel R. Melamed) Part IV - Jews and Judaism 8. On the Jews and their So-Called Lies in the Fourth Gospel and Bach's St. John Passion 9. Bach and Sons in the Jewish Salon Culture of 19th-Century Berlin Part V - Theological Character of Secular Instrumental Music 10. Bach's Sacred Brandenburg Concertos 11. The Serious Nature of the Quodlibet in Bach's Goldberg Variations Works Cited Index of Bach's Works Index of Names and Subjects

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Book SynopsisAlfonso X (1221-84) ruled over the Crown of Castile from 1252 until his death. Known as the Wise, he oversaw the production of a wealth of literature in his scriptorium. One of the most impressive of these literary outputs is the collection of songs known as the Cantigas de Santa Maria, which by most counts comprises 429 songs preserved in four manuscripts. The miracle songs (or cantigas de miragre) form the focus of this book. While the Cantigas have been the subject of much scholarly attention, only a handful of studies have looked at the repertory through an interdisciplinary lens. Fewer still have probed how the Cantigas use the power of song as a communicative medium, one that functions as a social tool within the erudite environment of the Alfonsine court.This book offers a new perspective to the song collection, probing how the Cantigas use their music and text, together with rhetorical devices, to communicate with their desired audience. Author Henry T. Drummond builds upon previous methodologies, adopting a novel and holistic assessment of the songs'' melodies, poetic features, and narrative logic to assess a wide selection of songs. He presents a nuanced understanding of a song form that effectively conveys its narratives to its listeners via a diverse combination of tools, embracing medieval rhetoric, rhyme-based play, and song''s inherent ludic potential. Such devices, Drummond argues, allow for the Cantigas to loom large as propaganda pieces, designed to dignify Alfonso X through an elaborately devised courtly ritual.

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Book SynopsisSince the 1990s, migrant musicians have become increasingly prominent in New York City''s jazz scene. Challenging norms about who can be a jazz musician and what immigrant music should sound like, these musicians create mobile and diverse notions of jazz while inadvertently contributing to processes of gentrification and cultural institutionalization. In Jazz Migrations, author Ofer Gazit discusses the impact of contemporary transnational migration on New York jazz, examining its effects on educational institutions, club scenes, and jam sessions. Drawing on four years of musical participation in the scene, as well as interviews with musicians, audience members, venue owners, industry professionals, and institutional actors, Gazit transports readers from music schools in Japan, Israel, and India to rehearsals and private lessons in American jazz programs, and to New York''s immigrant jazz hangouts: an immigrant-owned music school in the Bronx; a weekly jam session in a Haitian bar in central Brooklyn; a Colombian-owned jazz room in Jackson Heights, Queens; and a members-only club in Manhattan. Along the way, he introduces the improvisatory practices of a cast of well-known and aspiring musicians: a South Indian guitarist''s visions of John Coltrane and Carnatic music; a Chilean saxophonist''s intimate dialogue with the sound of Sonny Rollins; an Israeli clarinetist finding a home in Brazilian Choro and in Louis Armstrong''s legacy; and a multiple Grammy-nominated Cuban drummer from the Bronx. Jazz Migrations concludes with a call for a collective reconsideration of the meaning of genre boundaries, senses of belonging, and ethnic identity in American music.

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Book SynopsisContemporary popular musics such as hip hop, techno, grime, EDM, drill, house and so on are among the most listened to in the world and yet, typically, they are barely covered in the music classroom if at all. This needs to be better reflected in educational, cultural, and social terms. In wider society, these musics are often treated as if they are the causative for the social dysfunction that, in fact, they merely reflect. At the same time, projects, programmes and practices of such contemporary popular musics can and have supported wellness and healing. Editors Pete Dale, Pamela Burnard, and Raphael Travis Jr. argue that there is huge potential here for enhanced inclusion. Music for Inclusion and Healing in Schools and Beyond explains that when this music is included in the school curriculum or utilised in therapeutic contexts, huge leaps in healing and wellness can be achieved, as well as educational attainment and enjoyment in school contexts. This unique book seeks to account for those positive impacts, theorise them and help to extend and advance their impact. Contributing authors invite readers to re-think the possibilities and potentials for contemporary popular musics to gain the prestige that their actual popularity would suggest they should already command. The various contributors of this book are from diverse ethnic, social and academic backgrounds, and this title includes several chapters from practitioners who have not written about the work they do before now. Readers will learn not only about the impact of projects that utilize such music but also ideas about how that impact can best be measured.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction List of Contributors Glossary Part One: Curriculum and Music Education 1. Beat(s) For Blame: UK Drill Music, 'Race' and Criminal Injustice Lambros Fatsis 2. DJ School UK and Beyond: My Journey As a DJ and DJ Educator Jim Reiss 3. 'Bildung Life' - Holistic Ideals of Hip Hop Education Johan Söderman 4. Technology and the Music Curriculum: Maximising Inclusion, Diversifying Options Pete Dale 5. Musical Futures and Music Technology in Mainstream Music Education Fran Hannan & Martin Ainscough 6. Rethinking the curriculum with Future DJs and Virtuoso Austen Smart & Scott Smart Part Two: Healing and Wellness 7. Power and Connection Rawz 8. Intentional Uses of Music: Hip Hop, Healing, and Empowerment for Youth Self-Care and Community Well-Being Raphael Travis, Alex Crooke, and Ian Levy 9. Becoming a Therapeutic Hip Hop Mentor Kiran Manley 10. Global Inclusion and Healing through Therapeutic Beat Making Elliot Gann and Alex Crooke 11. The Sound Pad Project: Co-creation of Breakin, Dance Education, and an Inclusive Educational Technology Nathan Geering and Simon Hayhoe 12. Using Social Media to Cultivate Connected Learning and Social and Emotional Support through a Hip Hop Based Education Programme Jabari Evans Part Three: Evaluation and Impact 13. The Hip Hopification of Education and its Evaluation BREIS 14. Translating Evaluation and Research into Practice: What Matters for Socially Engaged Arts Programmes in and Beyond Schools? Pamela Burnard 15. Untangling Earphones - Voice and Agency in Participatory Music Impact Evaluation Douglas Lonie 16. Evaluating Young People's Spoken Word: Popular Music Projects Beate Peter 17. Evaluating Well-being Outcomes of the Social Enterprise 'Noise Solution': Digital Approaches to Outcome Capture Simon Glenister 18. Who is Heard and Who Gets to Belong in Hip Hop? The Counterspaces of Women and Gender Minority Rappers in Finland Inka Rantakallio Index

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Book SynopsisA comedy of Aristophanes was in large measure a musical performance, and his lyric verse covers a wide range of styles - from popular song to parody of tragedy. The music is lost, and our only way of recovering something of the experience of an Athenian audience is by studying the rhythms of the poetry. This book provides a full text, with scansions, of the lyric of the surviving plays, and an introduction to the different rhythms used by Aristophanes, their origins, and literary associations. Dr Parker pays particular attention to showing the role played by lyric metre in the structure of the plays and to distinguishing the different levels of musical style, thus illustrating the integral part metre plays in Aristophanes'' dramatic art and satire. She also discusses fully the metrical aspects of textual problems in Aristophanes'' lyric, and a section of the introduction traces the evolution of the study of Aristophanes'' metres and the influence this has on the text.Trade ReviewA major addition to the specialist literature on the author ... There is an enormous amount of scrupulous, carefully pondered scholarship here, used to highlight both large scale features ... and the rhythmic effects of particular passages ... Parker's work represents a superb achievement; it will be indispensable to all who want to pick the finer threads in the fabric of Aristophanic comedy. * Greece & Rome *This book testifies to extraordinary scholarly zeal, offering an abundance of detailed analyses, observations and readings of all lyric passages in Aristophanes' complete works ... the book provides a good insight into the metrical techniques employed in the comedies of this period ... By giving the book a clear structure and by offering a comprehensive study of Aristophanes' poetry and to some extent of the entire Attic poetry of the time, Parket has successfully provided us with another commendable basis for research. * Christoph Kugelmeier, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *The explanatory text is highly readable because of its refreshingly low amount of footnotes. Important quotations and bibliographical references are integrated into the text, giving the impression of a lively discussion ... Parker incorporates her scholarly knowledge into the discussion and evaluates opposing views only where absolutely vital. She offers sensitive observations and readings without ever exceeding the self-imposed limits. * Christoph Kugelmeier, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to the genesis, transmission, structure, meaning and performance considerations of Bach's "St John Passion". One of Bach's most fascinating works, its text demonstrates a profound understanding of St John's Gospel.Trade ReviewDürr writes illuminatingly and perceptively on topics such as the theology of St John's Gospel and its relationship to Bach's setting, questions of overall design and tonal architecture * Early Music *Presents in convenient form many of the findings of Bach scholarship on the genesis and transmission of the work * Early Music *If it is reliable information on this remarkable work that you want, Dürr's study is the obvious place to start. Bach could have no more faithful servant * John Butt, Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsAPPENDICES: PROBLEMATICAL POINTS

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Book SynopsisThis study identifies and describes the two early types of mandolin and presents the full extent of their repertoires, including works by Handel, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Hummel, Beethoven and Sammartini, whose recently-discovered sonata is published here for the first time.Trade Reviewelegantly-produced volume ... an essential resource for players and scholars of plucked instruments ... a fascinating and well-researched book * Tim Crawford, Early Music *

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Book SynopsisCarl Schmidt's catalogue of Poulenc's works lists and describes the musical works of one of France's most important 20th-century composers. The book reveals a wealth of information about a composer whose music is heard constantly in concert halls and on record around the world, and adds the names of a small group of works to his musical canon for the first time.Trade ReviewNow we have the most complete reference source yet on the music, Carl B. Schmidt's catalogue. This monumental study provides Poulenc performers and scholars with a wealth of information about every known composition (complete or incomplete, published or unpublished) ... Schmidt has made a monumental contribution to Poulenc studies, especially because the volume is so much more than a catalogue of works. In addition, the author's scholarship is so thorough that it takes the most careful investigation to uncover even a minor error. "My music is my portrait!," Poulenc stated, and Schmidt has lovingly interpreted that portrait in this work, one likely to remain definitive for many years to come. * George Keck, Ouachita Baptist University, Notes, March 1997 *

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Book SynopsisBrahms has long been considered an arch-conservative, the last Classical master, but modern research reveals a troubled and self-critical Romantic whose genius united the emotionalism of his times with Classical principles. Malcolm MacDonald demonstrates how the musical and personal character of this great composer are inextricably intwined: how the man speaks in his music.Trade ReviewThere is no better book on Brahms in print, and all its succesors will be deeply in its debt ... inaugurates a new era in Brahms studies. * The Musical Times *Table of ContentsPREFACE; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; 1. YOUNG KREISLER (1833-54); APPENDICES; INDEX

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Book SynopsisOf crucial importance to scholars has been the re-emergence in Krakow of the large number of Mendelssohn manuscripts considered lost since their removal from Berlin for safekeeping during World War II. This title presents the composer's manuscripts.Trade Reviewuseful as a reference book ... thorough in its musical analysis. * Hi-Fi News *

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Book SynopsisVivaldi has emerged during the last decades as a truly major composer of the early eighteenth-century. Taking account of recent research, to which he himself has made important contributions-including the discovery in 1973 of an unknown set of violin sonatas-Michael Talbot examines the life and works of this remarkable musician in their Venetian, Italian, and international settings.Trade Reviewa very well balanced, closely researched "life and works" of Vivaldi. * The Literary Review *

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Book SynopsisFew 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 and his works. In this new study of Mozart''s early years, Stanley Sadie aims to fill this gap in the form of a traditional biography on a straightforward chronological basis. The volume covers the period up to 1781, the year of Idomeneo and Mozart''s settling in Vienna. Individual works are discussed in sequence and related to the events of his life. Stanley Sadie draws substantially on the family correspondence, quoting the letters and discussing what they tell us about Mozart and his world and his relationships with his family and his professional colleagues. Also included is a discussion of all aspects of Mozart''s life and his music, relating them to the environment in which he worked, social, economic and cultural as well as musical. Much new material connected with Mozart has come to light in recent yeTrade ReviewMozart: The Early Years is a work of consolidation and synthesis...supported by a good index and a fine introduction by Neal Zaslaw, the volume will serve as the standard reference on its subject for many years to come. * David Black, Music and Letters Journal *...this monumental, engrossing study is founded on meticulous use of the most recent, abundant research ... this fascinating, scholarly yet readable book discusses every aspect of the young composer's life and works in their cultural, economic, musical, and social contexts ... It is a definitive work about Mozart's life until he became established in Vienna. * Stefano Gera, Day by Day *Highly detailed, eminently level-headed, blessedly non-academic in tone, scrupulously thorough and objective, absolutely up-to-date musicologically... There is no fuller, richer or more reliably accurate account of Mozart's early life, nor any that brings his life and times more vividly into focus. * Piano Magazine *...the most up-to-date, exhaustive and sanely reliable biographical and musical study now available in the English language, a superb achievement that will surely stand the test of time. * Brian Robins, Goldberg *Mozartians will respond to this book with the awe it rightfully deserves... the ideal response to this book would be to rush out and buy 50 CDs and to read and listen simultaneously. * Jane Stevenson, The Observer *Stanley Sadie brings us closer to the composer's skin; Mozart: The Early Years 1756-1781 is the most balanced guide to Mozart's youth ever published in English. * Andrew Clark, Financial Times *A lasting monument to scholarship. * Lucasta Miller, The Guardian *A musicological landmark... Sadie has a real flair for elucidation, wears his massive learning lightly, and writes in a style that is unfailingly easy-going and personable. * The Scotsman *magisterially detailed book... Sadie's vast book will be essential to serious Mozartians, especially his superb evaluation of the early works. * Richard Morrison, The Times *This book is meticulous, solid and useful. * Rupert Christiansen, Sunday Telegraph *A new narrative biography for our time. * Nicholas Kenyon, TLS *Had he lived to complete it, Stanley Sadie's would probably have been the most exhaustive, and certainly the most level-headed, Mozart biography in English. * Misha Donat, BBC Music Magazine *An imbeccably balanced account. * Richard Morrison, The Times *Table of Contents1. Salzburg and the Mozart Family ; 2. Childhood and First Travels ; 3. The Road to Paris ; 4. Playing for the King and Queen of England ; 5. The Homeward Journey ; 6. The Eleven-Year-Old in Salzburg ; 7. Disappointment in Vienna ; 8. Salzburg, 1769 ; 9. Italy without Nannerl ; 10. Mitridate at Milan ; 11. Success in Milan ; 12. Working for the Prince-Archbishop ; 13. Vain Hopes in Vienna ; 14. A Stable Period at the Salzburg Court ; 15. Operas, Sonatas, Serenades, Concertos ; 16. Frustration ; 17. Mannheim ; 18. 'Off with you to Paris!' ; 19. Salzburg Concertmaster-Organist ; 20. Idomeneo at Munich ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisEditing Early Music is designed as a guide to editorial procedures suitable for music written from the Middle Ages to about 1830. In this revised edition the opportunity has been taken to make a number of corrections and to add a Postscript entitled `Stemmatics and Textual Criticism'. The bibliography has been updated.Trade ReviewShould be owned, not just read once, by aspiring editors and by all who direct performances of early music....Brief, but packed with sound advice, sensible admonitions, useful information, observation and common sense. * Early Music *

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Book SynopsisThe difficulties of interpreting Berlioz are interestingly explained by a conductor of legendary knowledge and understanding. For the students of conducting this book is nothing short of invaluable, being a guide to technique as well as to the confusions arising from Berlioz's imaginative orchestration.

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Book SynopsisA study of problems surrounding the interpretation of Bach's keyboard music, this work looks at rhythm, tempo, articulation and dynamics, as well as the instruments for which Bach's music was intended. It also includes a discussion of ornamentation.Trade ReviewBadura-Skoda's ability to sustain a propulsive melodic line amid wells of sound become a hallmark of his virtuosity * Benjamin Ivry, International Piano *it is a relief to turn to the passionate advocacy of Paul Badura-Skoda ... he points the way to useful conclusions, marrying musicology with performance * Gillian Weir *Table of ContentsPART 1. GENERAL PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETATION ; PART II. STUDIES IN ORNAMENTATION

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Book SynopsisThis is the largest life-and-works of Musorgsky ever to have appeared outside Russia. Musorgsky created stunning masterpieces in such creations as his opera Boris Godunov and piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition - yet his life was tragic. It is this pathetic tale, interlaced with critical discussion of music, that is this book's concern.Trade ReviewThe qualities of clarity and thoroughness familiar to readers of Professor Brown's earlier work are also in evidence here ... his style is straightforward and elegant without pretentiousness, apparently aimed at music lovers as much as those with a scholarly interest. * SEER *... excellent monograph ... David Brown has done an excellent job in treating Musorgsky in such a lively and yet learned manner ... His magisterial study deserves to be purchased by many music lovers who will find the narrative fluent and the musical analysis approachable. It should also attract musicians and musical scholars who will also discover some new ideas, approaches and materials in its pages. * SEER *... a no-holds barred biography ... Brown traces his entire output in a rich historical and social context. He ... gives us a new vision of the composer. * New York Times *... the general reader and specialist alike will value the breadth, clear exposition and enthusiasm in Brown's discussion. * Geoffrey Norris, BBC Music Magazine *Table of ContentsPREFACE ; ILLUSTRATIONS ; APPENDICES ; INDEX

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Book SynopsisThe Music of Berlioz offers an overall view of Berlioz's musical achievement as we approach the bicentary of his birth in 2003, and in doing so is the first such study to deal fully with the rediscovered Messe solennelle. It synthesizes previous scholarship, including the author's own, adding many new observations, together with information and insight into all the composer's works.Trade Review...magnificent study... * Andrew Thomson, Musical Times *Rushton shows his true vocation as pedagogue, for the musical detail contained within these sections forms a fine analytical study for Berlioz's major works which every university library should have on its shelves. * Clair Rowden, Nineteenth-Century Music Review *... carefully researched, often provocative ... interesting new views. * Music and Letters *Julian Rushton is well known and highly regarded as a leading Berlioz scholar ... whose detailed knowledge of Berlioz's oeuvre is astonishing. * Music and Letters *... carefully written. * Musical Times *Rushton's generous humanity and emotional maturity constantly shine through the constant stream of marvellous insights. * Musical Times *A most distinguished and penetrating study. * Musical Times *Fascinating ... Rushton has superbly perceptive pages on works he particularly admires. * BBC Music Magazine *Table of ContentsPreface ; List of Abbreviations ; I: A BIOGRAPHY OF BERLIOZ'S MUSIC ; 1. Provincial to Prize-Winner ; 2. The Romantic Decade ; 3. Damnation and After ; II: TECHNIQUES AND MEANINGS ; 4. Implications of a Musical Biography ; 5. Techniques of Composition ; 6. Signs and Evocations ; III: THE WORKS ; 7. The Lyric Berlioz ; 8. Architecture, Patriotism, and the End of the World ; 9. A Fantastic Symphonist ; 10. Berlioz Dramatist ; Bibliography ; Index of Berlioz's Works ; General Index

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Book SynopsisThe fundamental changes resulting in the development of the Baroque style around the turn of the 17th century had a profound effect on music theory. This work explores the metamorphosis in England where, because of a traditional emphasis on practicality, there was willingness to accept new ideas.Trade ReviewOn every page a complex network of filiations is traced among many English authors. It is this kind of meticulous research in which Herissone excels, and to which subsequent generations of scholars will gratefully refer ... Her meticulous account is unusually lucid ... There is no comparable account in the English language that offers such a comprehensive and detailed overview of English music theory from the seventeenth century, and her book will surely become the standard reference work on this subject. * Journal of the American Musicological Society *This welcome survey covers a great deal of ground ... Clarity of organization is only the most immediately obvious of the book's strengths. The author scrutinizes all her materials with a critical eye, and charts an astonishing number of disagreements, confusions and self-contradictions. * Early Music *A full and invaluable account of English theoretical writing over the period ... A particularly valuable contribution of the book to English music history is the four full appendices. * Musical Times *Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; List of Plates ; List of Tables ; List of Examples ; Sources ; Time ; Pitch Structure ; Harmony ; Harmonic and Contraptual Compositional rules ; Tonality ; Texture and Form ; Conclusion ; Appendix I: Alphabetical List of Treatises ; Appendix II: Chronological List of Treatises ; Appendix III: Editions of Playford's Introduction to the Skill of Musick ; Appendix IV: Origins of Material ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the only English translation of this important book by the world''s most distinguished Bach scholar. This work is widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive treatment of the Bach cantatas. It begins with a historical survey of the seventeenth-century background to the cantatas, and performance practice issues. The core of the book is a work-by-work study in which each cantata in turn is represented by its libretto, a synopsis of its movements, and a detailed analytical commentary. This format makes it extremely useful as a reference work for anyone listening to, performing in, or studying any of the Bach cantatas.In this edition all the cantata librettos are given in German-English parallel text. The most recent (sixth) German edition appeared in 1995. For the English edition the text has been carefully revised to bring it up to date, taking account of Bach scholarship since that date.Trade ReviewFor students studying Bach's cantatas, this book is the best reading material currently available. This is a book that every university library must have on its shelf. * Bach Bibliography Book Review03/12/06 *Table of ContentsPART 1 INTRODUCTION TO BACH'S CANTATAS; PART 2 CHURCH CANTATAS; PART 3 SECULAR CANTATAS

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Book SynopsisPhilosophy of music has flourished in the last 30 years, with great advances made in the understanding of the nature of music and its aesthetics. Peter Kivy now offers his personal introduction to philosophy of music, a clear and lively explanation of how he sees the most important and interesting philosophical issues relating to music.Trade ReviewThough not a textbook, Kivy's book neatly covers the history of musical aesthetics from Plato onwards, and thus could easily be used in philosophy of music classes. * The Philosophical Quarterly *Written clearly and engagingly, Peter Kivy's introduction to musical aesthetics usefully summarizes his own influential views on various issues in the philosophy of music. * The Philosophical Quarterly *Peter Kivy is the most influential and prolific author on the philosophy of music within the analytical tradition ... Kivy has written a very readable and elegantly composed philosophy of music, which requires no prior knowledge of musicological terminology. The treasures of the book are the keen analyses of the issues, the sophisticated argumentations, and the wealth of relevant arguments ... It is a most valuable book for those who want to confront their views of music with one of the best-argued positions in musical aesthetics. * British Journal of Aesthetics *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Philosophy of... ; 2. A Little History ; 3. Emotions in the Music ; 4. A Little More History ; 5. Formalism ; 6. Enhanced Formalism ; 7. The Emotions in You ; 8. Foes of Formalism ; 9. First the Words: Then the Music ; 10. Words without Songs ; 11. The Work ; 12. And the Performace Thereof ; 13. Why Should you Listen? ; Readings and References, Index

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Book SynopsisThis first of a two-volume study deals with the earlier part of Bach's career, and examines the output of his youth and its may external influences, before moving on to study he first great masterpieces in which Bach's own personal voice begins to emerge.Table of ContentsPART I: FORMATIVE YEARS (1695-C.1709); PART II: FIRST MATURITY (C.1709-1717)

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Book SynopsisHow do the arts give us pleasure? Covering a very wide range of artistic works, from Auden to David Lynch, Rembrandt to Edward Weston, and Richard Strauss to Keith Jarrett, Pleasure and the Arts offers us an explanation of our enjoyable emotional engagements with literature, music, and painting.The arts direct us to intimate and particularized relationships - with the people represented in the works, or with those we imagine produced them. When we listen to music or look at a purely abstract painting, or when we drink a glass of wine, can we enjoy the experience without verbalizing our response? Do our interpretative assumptions, our awareness of technique, and our attitudes to fantasy, get in the way of our appreciation of art, or enhance it? As the book examines these questions and more, we discover how curiosity drives us to enjoy narratives, ordinary jokes, metaphors, and modernist epiphanies, and how narrative in all the arts can order and provoke intense enjoyment. Pleasurable inTable of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Jokes, Poems, Understanding ; 2. Emotions and Narrative ; 3. Beyond Words: Sensation, Abstraction, and Form ; 4. Specificity, Fantasy, and Critique

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Book SynopsisMahler's Symphonic Sonatas investigates Gustav Mahler's dynamic and career-long engagement with sonata-allegro form.Trade ReviewMahler's Symphonic Sonatas contains the most detailed, sophisticated, and insightful analytical readings of Mahler's music in existence. From every one of the book's analyses, the reader comes away with the intensely satisfying feeling of having come to know, indeed understand, a great piece of music better. If only more music theory were like this! For those reasons alone, the book is a milestone. * Steven Vande Moortele, Music Theory Spectrum *Table of ContentsContents ; Acknowledgements ; On the Accompanying Short Scores ; Introduction ; Part I ; Interpreting Mahler's Sonata Forms ; Chapter 1: Sonata Form in Mahler's Narrative Imagination ; Chapter 2: Adorno's Novel-Symphony: The Dialectic of Freedom and Determinism ; Chapter 3: Issues in Mahlerian Narrative ; Part II ; Mahler's "Classical" Sonatas ; Chapter 4: "A Demonic Haydn": Mahler's Confrontation with Tradition in the First Movement of the Sixth ; Chapter 5: "A Play within a Play": Games of Closure and Contingency in the First Movement of the Fourth ; Part III ; Mahler's "Epic" Sonatas ; Chapter 6: "The Objectification of Chaos": Epic Form and Narrative Multiplicity in Part One of the Third ; Chapter 7: "Tragedy refuses a nominalist form": "Inescapable" Coherence and the Failure of the Novel-Symphony in the Finale of the Sixth ; Works Cited

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Book SynopsisIn late eighteenth-century Vienna and the Habsburg territories, over 50 minor-key symphonies were written. Their distinctive stormy character, nervous energy and intense pathos make them a unique phenomenon.Trade Review"[R]eaders should be grateful for this groundbreaking contribution to our understanding of an era characterized by non-uniform stylistic heterogeneity and change. Riley opens up an important repertoire that has heretofore lacked a coherent theoretical treatment. In the process, he presents a plausible set of compositional options within the constraints of his proposed subgenre, in which rhetorical strategies may be interpreted as helping create marked expressive effects."--Music Theory Online "Riley has prompted a rethinking of our knowledge of the use of minor keys in the Classical era, and that is high praise indeed considering how much time scholars have invested in these works already...The fact that Riley was able to find all of these works and digest them in a meaningful way is impressive in its own right. Read Riley's first chapter; if you are still skeptical of his argument, read the rest of the book and watch as his preponderance of evidence piles upon you."--Fontes artis musicaeTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Tables, figures and music examples ; 1 The Viennese minor-key symphony ; 2 Imperial court composers: Wagenseil, Gassmann, Ordonez ; 3 Va?hal to 1771: five first movements ; 4. Two subgeneric conventions: the contrapuntal minuet, the stormy finale ; 5. Studies in Haydn's minor-key symphonies 1763-1772 ; 6. Va?hal's new paths: four later symphonies ; 7. Modal reversal and characteristic symphonies ; 8. Mozart and the minor-key symphony ; Glossary of analytical terms ; Appendix 1 Thematic catalogues consulted for the information in Table 1.1 ; Appendix 2 Sources of the symphonies used for analysis; CD recordings ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisIn Baton Basics, conductor Diane Wittry offers a unique approach to teaching conducting through weight, resistance, and energy. In doing so she gives readers new tools for effective and ultimately musical forms of conducting, forms based on conveying energy.Trade ReviewAfter her singularly successful exploration of what a modern conductor needs to know about all aspects of professional life in Beyond the Baton, Diane Wittry has written another essential book. In this lucid, comprehensive study of conducting gesture and technique, Wittry has managed to distill and clarify the essence of the conductor's craft. * Alan Gilbert, Music Director, New York Philharmonic *Diane Wittry's Baton Basics is an extraordinary addition to the art of conducting pedagogy. With impressive clarity, she dissects the physical science of gesture and motion, and she tackles the less easily defined skills of leadership with sensitivity and understanding. Diane has explored the intricacies of our profession with great imagination and insight. * JoAnn Falletta, Music Director and Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Virginia Symphony *Diane Wittry has proven herself as an exceptional conductor and conducting teacher whose new book Baton Basics tackles the issue of conducting from more than just a gestural aspect. Her concentration in this book for conductors is one which uses not only a systematic approach to building a gesture, but also deals with the issues of conducting without tension. Weight, resistance, intensity and the character of the musical phrase are all dealt with in clear and concise language. This book is a valuable tool for those teaching conducting in choral or instrumental courses. * Jo-Michael Scheibe, Chair, Choral and Sacred Music, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California *Diane Wittry's new book is a welcome contribution to the library of conducting texts. Her holistic approach, especially her most useful ways to imagine various hand and arm motions, will help innumerable young conductors better employ their bodies in expressing music. A must for every conductor's shelf. * Charles Peltz, Director of Wind Ensembles, New England Conservatory and Music Director, Glens Falls Symphony *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Section 1. The Body ; Section 2. Motion and Gestures ; Section 3. Connecting with the Sound ; Section 4. Applying and Combining Gestures ; Section 5. Controlling Tempo and Volume ; Section 6. Becoming Centered ; Section 7. Making Music ; Appendix ; Index

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Book SynopsisIn a series of intimate conversations with some of the most influential composers of concert music currently working on the American music scene, composer and educator Robert Raines covers subjects ranging from the source of inspiration to work habits, the business of music, and the impact of technology on music and life in the 21st century.Trade ReviewWhat a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on personal conversations with such a diverse and impressive group of American composers. Robert Raines masterfully engages each artist to share insights, reflections, and experiences * a collection that will surely change how you view contemporary composition.Darla S. Hanley, PhD, Dean of the Professional Education Division, Berklee College of Music *This fascinating book will make a valuable addition to a course in contemporary music for music majors and non-majors alike, as well as a springboard for one-on-one discussion in the composition studio. * Peter Spencer, DMA, Professor Emeritus, Music Theory and Composition, Florida State University *Raines (himself a composer) provides an impressive compilation of interviews ... The selected works will be especially useful for those who wish to learn more about 21st-century music. A good resource for those interested in the intersection of creativity and technology. * M. Goldsmith, CHOICE *Table of ContentsForeword ; Introduction ; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich ; Steve Reich ; Christopher Rouse ; Martin Bresnick ; Joan Tower ; William Averitt ; Michael Torke ; Libby Larsen ; Aaron J. Kernis ; Jennifer Higdon ; John Anthony Lennon ; David T. Little ; Kevin Puts ; Michael Daugherty ; Mohammed Fairouz ; Tania Leon ; Bright Sheng ; Ladislav Kubik ; Chen Yi ; Jose Bevia ; Daniel Wohl ; Eve Beglarian ; Glen Branca ; Marcus Roberts ; Luke DuBois ; Greg Wilder ; Pamela Z ; Eric Whitacre ; About Robert Raines ; Index

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Book SynopsisGranddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) was an extraordinary musician who left well over four hundred compositions, most of which fell into oblivion until their rediscovery late in the twentieth century. In this book, Larry Todd offers a compelling, authoritative account of Hensel's life and music.Trade ReviewAn authoritative new biography. * Forward.com *Todd's exhaustively researched and engaging biography will probably remain the authoritative source into the foreseeable future. It has helped to life the curtain of silence" that kept Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's works in the dark for well over a century. * Chamber Music *At last an authoritative account of Hensel's life and music. Todd accords Hensel the creative recognition that is long overdue, and builds on his Mendelssohnian expertise to trace the mutually influential relationship between Fanny and Felix. A scholarly tour de force!-Marcia J. Citron, Author of Gender and the Musical Canon (1993) and Editor of Letters of Fanny Hensel to Felix Mendelssohn (1987)The author of an acclaimed biography of Felix Mendelssohn, R. Larry Todd has now written what will surely be the authoritative life-and-works study of Fanny Hensel for a long time to come. With his superb insights into the workings of her music, he brings her out of her brother's shadow and enables her to take her rightful place in the sun. This book is an event, one that enlarges our picture of a woman, a family, a place, an era, and an important body of music. * Susan Youens, author of Heinrich Heine and the Lied (2008) and Hugo Wolf and his Morike Songs (2006) *It is hard to believe that once again Larry Todd has made history with scholarship. Close on the heels of his authoritative biography of Felix Mendelssohn, for the first time we have a comprehensive biography of Fanny Mendelssohn. The biography is magisterial and pathbreaking, replete with a useful thematic catalog of Fanny's compositions. This book represents an indispensable piece of social and cultural history concerning German-speaking Europe before 1848. * Leon Botstein, President of Bard College, Music Director of the American Symphony Orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Note On the Website ; Genealogical Tree of the Itzig and Mendelssohn Families ; Preface ; I. Fugal Fingers (1805-1818) ; II. Musical Ornaments (1819-1821) ; III. Sibling Rivalry and Separation (1822-1824) ; IV. Leipzigerstrasse No. 3 (1825-1828) ; V. Becoming Frau Hensel (1828-1830) ; VI. Secret Aspirations (1830-1833) ; VII. Youthful Decrepitude (1834-1835) ; VIII. Demonic Influences (1836-1839) ; IX. Italian Intermezzo (1839-1840) ; X. Domestic Tranquility (1840-1842) ; XI. The Joys of Dilettantism (1843-1845) ; XII. Engraver's Ink and Heavenly Songs (1846-1847) ; Epilogue ; Abbreviations ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index of Fanny Hensel's Compositions ; General Index

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Book SynopsisDiscoveries from the Fortepiano meets the demand for a manual on authentic Classical piano performance practice that is at once accessible to the performer and accurate to the scholarship.Trade Review"This carefully researched book offers a collection of intriguing and applicable strategies that will encourage and enable performers of all abilities to speak the language of both composer and period -- with authenticity and creativity." - Joan Reist, Past President, Music Teachers National Association "...a detailed manual for avid historical instrument buffs and modern performers...Gunn presents a practical approach on how to look at a score from the time of Mozart and create a convincing performance on any instrument. She is far more than an enthusiast in her desire to bring the ideas of early performance practices to life in a modern world. Useful as reference work or a college text." - Choice "[A] landmark book...This is a book that should be in every classical pianist's library."--American Music TeacherTable of ContentsAbout the Companion Website ; Foreword ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Urgency: Why Bother? ; 2. Affekt and Good Taste ; 3. Formal Structure and Harmonic Function ; 4. Technique-Execution ; 5. Rhythm ; 6. Dynamics ; 7. Accents and Other Expression Marks ; 8. Articulation and Touch ; 9. Staccato Dots and the Other Usual Suspects Ornaments ; 10. Ornaments ; 11. Repeats ; 12. Damper Pedal ; 13. Indicated Tempo ; 14. Final Words

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Book SynopsisThis first biography of Nicolas Nabokov (1903-78) reevaluates the role of the Russian-born American composer as a postwar cultural force, notably as secretary general of the Congress for Cultural Freedom in the 1950s and 1960s, and the contribution to twentieth-century music of this collaborator of Diaghilev, Stravinsky, and Balanchine.Trade ReviewConductor, author, translator, multi-lingual cosmopolite, Nicolas Nabokov was one of the most versatile intellectuals of the past century. Vincent Giroud, a brilliant musicologist and Nabokov's very first biographer, narrates his subject's multi-faceted life with unusual clarity and vigor. * Francine du Plessix Gray *They just don't make cultured, quadrilingual, cosmopolitans of this sort anymore. Nicolas Nabokov managed to hit every artistic and intellectual high note of the 20th century, missing no one, from Auden and Balanchine to Virgil Thomson and Edmund Wilson. The genius went equally into the life and the music; Vincent Giroud elegantly captures both in his joyous, star-studded, beautifully modulated biography. - Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Vera: (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)Nicolas Nabokov is our most famous unknown composer. At last there is a book that sheds light on this extraordinary composer's life and work. * Ned Rorem, composer and author *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Introduction ; Note on transliteration of Russian names and phrases ; Chapter 1: The Lubcza Years ; Chapter 2: The Petersburg Years ; Chapter 3: The Road to Exile ; Chapter 4: In Stuttgart and Berlin ; Chapter 5: Paris Debuts ; Chapter 6: Successes and Frustrations ; Chapter 7: New Exile ; Chapter 8: Engagement and Americanization ; Chapter 9: In Wartime Washington ; Chapter 10: In Postwar Germany ; Chapter 11: Music and the Cold War ; Chapter 12: Moving Center Stage ; Chapter 13: Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century ; Chapter 14: Culture Generalissimo ; Chapter 15: The Rasputin Years ; Chapter 16: Disenchantment and New Departure ; Chapter 17: Berlin, Don Quixote, and the CIA ; Chapter 18: Love's Labours Won ; Epilogue ; Checklist of Nabokov's Works and Writings ; Works Consulted ; Notes ; Index

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