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Book SynopsisIn New York and London during World War I, the performance of liederGerman art songswas roundly prohibited, representing as they did the music and language of the enemy. But as German musicians returned to the transatlantic circuit in the 1920s, so too did the songs of Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, and Richard Strauss. Lieder were encountered in a variety of venues and mediaat luxury hotels and on ocean liners, in vaudeville productions and at Carnegie Hall, and on gramophone recordings, radio broadcasts, and films. Laura Tunbridge explores the renewed vitality of this refugee musical form between the world wars, offering a fresh perspective on a period that was pervaded by anxieties of displacement. Through richly varied case studies, Singing in the Age of Anxiety traces how lieder were circulated, presented, and consumed in metropolitan contexts, shedding new light on how music facilitated unlikely crossings of nationalist and internationalist ideologies during the interwar period.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is a deeply learned yet delightfully readable book. Mueller weaves together musicology and childhood studies in a way that is truly prodigious. Her revelatory arguments unfold with the glittering nimbleness of a Mozart symphony. Mueller uncovers previously unexplored connections between music and philosophy, pedagogy, children’s literature, drama, politics, religion, and disability. This fascinating book is a must-read for scholars working not just in musicology but also in children’s literature and childhood studies, the history of education and print culture, and theater and performance studies.” * Marah Gubar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *“Through buoyant prose, Mueller’s work puts a figure as familiar as Mozart in a completely new interdisciplinary frame. Mueller draws on a fantastic array of primary and secondary sources reflecting the social facts and developing mythologies of childhood. Taking nothing for granted in her scholarship, she is able to make broad claims without overgeneralizing. This book should appeal to people with an interest in constructions of childhood, as well as to general scholars of the Enlightenment, and of course to music historians.” * Matthew Gelbart, Fordham University *“This book investigates how ‘Mozart,’ a mediated figure in the public imagination, is a useful lens through which to examine the changing ideas about childhood, both in the Enlightenment and into the nineteenth century. This is by far the most extensive study on the topic, and there is no doubt that this is distinctly original, well-researched work. Mueller has done a wonderful job of laying out the stakes of childhood in the late Enlightenment and beyond.” * Mary Hunter, Bowdoin College *“This is a thoughtful and incisive account of Mozart and childhood in the late eighteenth century. . . . Addressing an impressively broad range of literature and cultural contexts, Mueller skillfully demonstrates Mozart’s pivotal position in discourse relating to the ideas, practices, and realities of childhood. Her study intelligently reshapes our understanding of the young Mozart and his historical and cultural significance.” * Simon P. Keefe, author of 'Mozart in Vienna: The Final Decade' *"Adeline Mueller has written a very inspiring and readable book about Mozart, which is about much more than Mozart." * Sehepunkte (translated from German) *"What Mueller presents is a strong case for a quite direct relationship between Mozart and the concept of childhood. Here is an individual who was a child performer and a child composer, wrote music for children, and continued to be received in association with innocence and a kind of pure industriousness in the years immediately after his death." * Journal of the American Musicological Society *"Mozart and the Mediation of Childhood is an exceptional book. Mueller’s interdisciplinary approach sheds new light on a familiar composer and skillfully demonstrates his pivotal role in the history of childhood. She also deepens our understanding of how children’s literature, musical practices, political policies, economics, and Enlightenment thought intertwined to influence children’s lived experiences." * The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations List of Figures and Musical Examples Introduction Chapter 1. Precocious in Print Chapter 2. Music, Philanthropy, and the Industrious Child Chapter 3. Acting Like Children Chapter 4. Kinderlieder and the Work of Play Chapter 5. Cadences of the Childlike Chapter 6. Toying with Mozart Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhen the avant-gardist John Cage died, he was already the subject of many interviews, memoirs and discussions of his contribution to music. This text includes a revisionist treatment of the way Cage himself has composed and been "composed" in America.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"With a keen ear attuned to both musical and historical salience, Kinderman reveals the animating presence of the political in almost every aspect of Beethoven's life, his work, and his legacy. In doing so, he illuminates the crucial context from which to assess Beethoven's astonishing achievement of a moral ideal that has resounded from the Age of Revolution to our own times."--Scott Burnham, City University of New York "Kinderman has written a fresh and fascinating book packed with intriguing thoughts and unexpected alignments about how Beethoven's politics translated themselves into Beethoven's music. This is a book that awakens the reader not only with its content, but with the love and enthusiasm of its author."--Patrick Summers, artistic and music director, Houston Grand Opera "This book is a timely contribution to the current trend towards interpreting art primarily in political terms. Placing his aesthetic commentary in a well-grounded biographical and historical context, Kinderman illuminates the political aspects of Beethoven's life and outlook. He goes on to discuss the ways in which a number of Beethoven's important works reflect the composer's lifelong belief in freedom and progress as both personal and universal values."--Lewis Lockwood, author of 'Beethoven: The Music and the Life'Table of ContentsPreface I. A Tale of Two Cities: Bonn to Vienna II. The Sublime and Inverted Sublime III. Beethoven in Heiligenstadt IV. Path to the Eroica V. Leonore as “Angel of Freedom” VI. From Grätz to Wagram and Leipzig VII. A Double Chill: Beethoven in Metternich’s Vienna VIII. Then and Now: The Ninth Symphony Acknowledgments List of Illustrations and Examples Note about Abbreviations Sources and Documents Index

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Book SynopsisBest-known as Mozart's envious nemesis, Antonio Salieri was actually among the leading opera composers of his age. This study seeks to restore Salieri's musical reputation, and identifies some orchestration, melodic style and form as distinctly "Salierian". It includes many excerpts from his works.

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Book SynopsisOffering a broad perspective of the philosophy, theory, and aesthetics of early Indian music and musical ideology, this study makes a unique contribution to our knowledge of the ancient foundations of India's musical culture. Lewis Rowell reconstructs the tunings, scales, modes, rhythms, gestures, formal patterns, and genres of Indian music from Vedic times to the thirteenth century, presenting not so much a history as a thematic analysis and interpretation of India's magnificent musical heritage. In Indian culture, music forms an integral part of a broad framework of ideas that includes philosophy, cosmology, religion, literature, and science. Rowell works with the known theoretical treatises and the oral tradition in an effort to place the technical details of musical practice in their full cultural context. Many quotations from the original Sanskrit appear here in English translation for the first time, and the necessary technical information is presented in terms accessible to the

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“As editor and contributor Brooks has done a fine job, mixing judiciously chosen source materials with carefully researched scholarly articles, plus photographs, scores and handwritten documents. Her book fulfills an academic agenda but, more importantly, to read it feels like spending time in Boulanger’s world, understanding a little better who she was and what she experienced as a human being.” * The Wire *"This publication joins a growing list of scholarly works about Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) and her sister, Lili (1893–1918). . . but the present volume evaluates new sources and leads to several reassessments. The maturity of these essays makes the book particularly compelling. Each contributor pays meticulous attention to details at every level: the book is marked by in-depth presentation of ideas; clear, nuanced, and explicit analysis; and excellent documentation that often adds context, source details, locations of the many primary sources consulted, and other useful information. This book is about the world Boulanger occupied and about the world she created: space and visibility for Lili’s compositions, placement of Gabriel Fauré at the center of French modern music for American audiences, links to new music and international connections for Polish musicians, and especially encouragement for the 50-plus who were her students." * Choice *"Nadia Boulanger and Her World offers a variety of new perspectives on a well-known figure... In eight full-length essays and five substantive introductions to excerpted primary sources, Brooks and the book’s nine other contributors present Boulanger as a master musician whose performances, pedagogy, and social dexterity placed her at the center of twentieth-century art music in Europe and the United States." * Journal of the American Musicological Society *Table of ContentsPreface: The Only Woman in the Picture Acknowledgments Permissions and Credits The Strange Fate of Boulanger and Pugno’s La ville morte ALEXANDRA LAEDERICH TRANSLATED BY CHARLOTTE MANDELL Serious Ambitions: Nadia Boulanger and the Composition of La ville morte JEANICE BROOKS AND KIMBERLY FRANCIS From the Trenches: Extracts from the Final Issue of the Paris Conservatory Gazette EDITED BY NADIA AND LILI BOULANGER SELECTED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY ANNEGRET FAUSER TRANSLATED BY ANNA LEHMANN From Technique to Musique: The Institutional Pedagogy of Nadia Boulanger MARIE DUCHÊNE-THÉGARID TRANSLATED BY MIRANDA STEWART Nadia Boulanger’s 1935 Carte du Tendre INTRODUCED BY MARIE DUCHÊNE-THÉGARID INTRODUCTION TRANSLATED BY ANNA LEHMANN 36 rue Ballu: A Multifaceted Place CÉDRIC SEGOND-GENOVESI TRANSLATED BY ANNA LEHMANN “What an Arrival!”: Nadia Boulanger’s New World (1925) NADIA BOULANGER TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY JEANICE BROOKS AFTERWORD BY GAYLE MURCHISON Modern French Music: Translating Fauré in America, 1925–45 JEANICE BROOKS For Nadia Boulanger: Five Poems by May Sarton MAY SARTON INTRODUCED BY JEANICE BROOKS Friend and Force: Nadia Boulanger’s Presence in Polish Musical Culture ANDREA F. BOHLMAN AND J. MACKENZIE PIERCE “What Awaits Them Now?”: A Letter to Paris ZYGMUNT MYCIELSKI TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY J. MACKENZIE PIERCE A Letter from Professor Nadia Boulanger TRANSLATED BY J. MACKENZIE PIERCE The Beethoven Lectures for the Longy School INTRODUCED BY CÉDRIC SEGOND-GENOVESI TRANSLATED BY MIRANDA STEWART Boulanger and Atonality: A Reconsideration KIMBERLY FRANCIS Why Music? Aesthetics, Religion, and the Ruptures of Modernity in the Life and Work of Nadia Boulanger LEON BOTSTEIN Index Notes on the Contributors

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“As editor and contributor Brooks has done a fine job, mixing judiciously chosen source materials with carefully researched scholarly articles, plus photographs, scores and handwritten documents. Her book fulfills an academic agenda but, more importantly, to read it feels like spending time in Boulanger’s world, understanding a little better who she was and what she experienced as a human being.” * The Wire *"This publication joins a growing list of scholarly works about Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) and her sister, Lili (1893–1918). . . but the present volume evaluates new sources and leads to several reassessments. The maturity of these essays makes the book particularly compelling. Each contributor pays meticulous attention to details at every level: the book is marked by in-depth presentation of ideas; clear, nuanced, and explicit analysis; and excellent documentation that often adds context, source details, locations of the many primary sources consulted, and other useful information. This book is about the world Boulanger occupied and about the world she created: space and visibility for Lili’s compositions, placement of Gabriel Fauré at the center of French modern music for American audiences, links to new music and international connections for Polish musicians, and especially encouragement for the 50-plus who were her students." * Choice *"Nadia Boulanger and Her World offers a variety of new perspectives on a well-known figure... In eight full-length essays and five substantive introductions to excerpted primary sources, Brooks and the book’s nine other contributors present Boulanger as a master musician whose performances, pedagogy, and social dexterity placed her at the center of twentieth-century art music in Europe and the United States." * Journal of the American Musicological Society *Table of ContentsPreface: The Only Woman in the Picture Acknowledgments Permissions and Credits The Strange Fate of Boulanger and Pugno’s La ville morte ALEXANDRA LAEDERICH TRANSLATED BY CHARLOTTE MANDELL Serious Ambitions: Nadia Boulanger and the Composition of La ville morte JEANICE BROOKS AND KIMBERLY FRANCIS From the Trenches: Extracts from the Final Issue of the Paris Conservatory Gazette EDITED BY NADIA AND LILI BOULANGER SELECTED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY ANNEGRET FAUSER TRANSLATED BY ANNA LEHMANN From Technique to Musique: The Institutional Pedagogy of Nadia Boulanger MARIE DUCHÊNE-THÉGARID TRANSLATED BY MIRANDA STEWART Nadia Boulanger’s 1935 Carte du Tendre INTRODUCED BY MARIE DUCHÊNE-THÉGARID INTRODUCTION TRANSLATED BY ANNA LEHMANN 36 rue Ballu: A Multifaceted Place CÉDRIC SEGOND-GENOVESI TRANSLATED BY ANNA LEHMANN “What an Arrival!”: Nadia Boulanger’s New World (1925) NADIA BOULANGER TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY JEANICE BROOKS AFTERWORD BY GAYLE MURCHISON Modern French Music: Translating Fauré in America, 1925–45 JEANICE BROOKS For Nadia Boulanger: Five Poems by May Sarton MAY SARTON INTRODUCED BY JEANICE BROOKS Friend and Force: Nadia Boulanger’s Presence in Polish Musical Culture ANDREA F. BOHLMAN AND J. MACKENZIE PIERCE “What Awaits Them Now?”: A Letter to Paris ZYGMUNT MYCIELSKI TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY J. MACKENZIE PIERCE A Letter from Professor Nadia Boulanger TRANSLATED BY J. MACKENZIE PIERCE The Beethoven Lectures for the Longy School INTRODUCED BY CÉDRIC SEGOND-GENOVESI TRANSLATED BY MIRANDA STEWART Boulanger and Atonality: A Reconsideration KIMBERLY FRANCIS Why Music? Aesthetics, Religion, and the Ruptures of Modernity in the Life and Work of Nadia Boulanger LEON BOTSTEIN Index Notes on the Contributors

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Book SynopsisPresents a study of Haydn's keyboard sonatas. This title deals with Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. It discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of 18th-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics.Trade Review"Somfai's book has been in print in Hungarian for some years now, and it is no exaggeration to say that it has changed dramatically the manner in which not only Haydn, but to a great extent Mozart and Beethoven as well, are played in that country. My own interpretations have benefited enormously from Somfai's work, and every serious student of this repertoire should consider this study essential." - Malcolm Bilson, Cornell University"

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Book SynopsisPresents a study of Haydn's keyboard sonatas. This title deals with Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. It discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of 18th-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics.Trade Review"Somfai's book has been in print in Hungarian for some years now, and it is no exaggeration to say that it has changed dramatically the manner in which not only Haydn, but to a great extent Mozart and Beethoven as well, are played in that country. My own interpretations have benefited enormously from Somfai's work, and every serious student of this repertoire should consider this study essential." - Malcolm Bilson, Cornell University"Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1: Keyboard Instruments in Haydn's Time 2: For What Kind of Instrument Did Haydn Compose? 3: The Choice of Instruments for Present-Day Performers 4: An Introduction to Reading the Conventions of the Notation (Grace Notes,Ornaments) 5: Notation and Part Writing 6: Touch and Articulation 7: Haydn's Notation of Dynamics and Accents 8: Thoughts on Tempos in Haydn's Style 9: Early Divertimento and Partita Sonatas 10: The Mature Solo Piano Sonatas: A Survey with Historical Hypotheses 11: Originality and Personal Language: The Options of Analytic Methods 12: Survey and Classification 13: Grammar, Syntax, and Analytic Terminology 14: Exposition Strategies 15: The Primary Theme 16: Continuation: Secondary Group, Closing Group, and Fantasia-Like Insertions 17: Strategies of the Development Section 18: Recapitulation 19: Sonata Form and Scherzo Form in the Finale 20: Sonata Forms in Slow Tempos 21: Minuets 22: Rondos and Fast Variation Forms 23: Slow Variations and Double Variations 24: Fantasia and Capriccio Catalog of the Sonatas: Data and Guide Select Bibliography Index Ornament Locator Thematic Locator

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Book SynopsisStudies of concert life in nineteenth-century America have generally been limited to large orchestras and the programs we are familiar with. This book reveals that audiences of that era enjoyed far more diverse musical experiences than such focus would suggest.

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Book SynopsisThis work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Note on Orthography Introduction 1: From Hindu to Islam: The Early History of Javanese Music 2: Javanese Interaction with European Colonialism, Islam, and the Peranakaa Chinese: A Period of Intensive Cultural Development 3: The Impact of Western Thought on Javanese Views of Music 4: Current Theories of Gendhing Conclusion Appendix: Gamelan Instruments Glossary Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Cummings’s history of music in Florence over a five-hundred-year period is a work of brilliant synthesis, bringing together in one place a vast array of sources that few readers could otherwise hope to access, much less encompass. Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250–1750 succeeds in its author’s goal of raising Florentine accomplishments in music to a status comparable to that enjoyed by the city’s extraordinary achievements in arts, letters, and science, and in so doing it becomes a compelling argument for why music should be integrated into interdisciplinary considerations of Florentine culture. Specialists and nonspecialists alike will find this a highly readable narrative of this great city’s vibrant musical life during the medieval and early-modern periods.” * Blake Wilson, Dickinson College *“Whether one is studying human endeavors in the areas of humanism, architecture, painting, or literature or evaluating musical inventions such as the Renaissance madrigal, opera, or pianoforte, the city of Florence emerges as a location in which pioneering work was valued. In the book’s opening pages, Cummings situates readers in the city’s buildings, streets, and public squares, then encourages readers to imagine the music heard in those spaces during past centuries. Cummings not only explores both well- and lesser-known musical genres and works but also introduces the individuals who commissioned, performed, and listened to music. This book is a valuable resource for historians of all stripes, whether musicologists, art historians, or scholars of Italian literature. It can also serve as a useful guide for anyone who wants to dig deeper into the history of this much visited and beloved city.” * Kelley Harness, University of Minnesota *Table of ContentsPreface Book the First Music in Late-Medieval Florence: The Duecento and Trecento Music and the Ecclesiastical and Political Organization of the Late-Medieval City The Duecento 1 * Church and State in Florence circa 1300 Santa Reparata/Santa Maria del Fiore Palazzo della Signoria Music at Santa Reparata/Santa Maria del Fiore The Duecento Lauda Instrumentalists of the Signoria The Trecento 2 * Secular Polyphony: The Beginnings of the Florentine Tradition The Social Context of Performance Johannes de Florentia (fl. ca. 1351) 3 * Secular Polyphony: Francesco Landino and the Central Florentine Tradition Ser Gherardellus de Florentia (†1362 or 1363) Donatus de Florentia and Laurentius Masii de Florentia (†1372) Francesco Landino (†1397) 4 * Secular Polyphony: The Gallicization of Florentine Musical Culture Some Florentine Kleinmeistern: Magister frater Egidius, Magister Guglielmus frater, and Corradus Andreas de Florentia (Andrea di Giovanni) (†1415) Some Florentine Kleinmeistern Redux: Bonaiutus Corsini and Andrea Stefani Paulus de Florentia (†1436) 5 * Music in Communal Worship and Civic Life Liturgical Polyphony The Trecento Lauda The Herald of the Signoria Book the Second Music in Renaissance Florence I: The Quattrocento Aristocracy Emulated: The De Facto Medici Regime 6 * The Medici Regime and the Public Ecclesiastical Institutions Nicolaus Zacharie and the Professionalization of Composing and Performing The Consecration of the Cathedral of Florence The Musical Establishments Stabilized Heinrich Isaac 7 * Tradition and Innovation in Sacred Music Tradition: Music for the Liturgy Tradition and Innovation: The Quattrocento Lauda Innovation: The Sacra Rappresentatione 8 * Heralds, Knights, and Carnival Revelers Tellers of Tales Medieval Chivalric Tradition Reimagined Florentine Carnival and the Canto Carnascialesco 9 * Music and Domestic Life: The House of Medici Occasions for Music-Making The Patrons, Their Musicians, and Their Music The Musical Sources Varieties of Music-Making 10 * Girolamo Savonarola and the Medici in Exile Theocratic Censure The Medici in Exile, 1494–1512 Book the Third Music in Renaissance Florence II: The Cinquecento Aristocracy Achieved: The De Jure Medici Regime, Family as Country, and “Florentinism” 11 * The Medici Restoration: The Florentine-Papal Tandem The Restoration Composers in Medici Service Music in Private Medici Settings: Instrumental Music 12 * A New Institution, a New Technology, a New Genre: The Madrigal Wellsprings of the Madrigal: The Chanson Wellsprings of the Madrigal: The Canto Carnascialesco and Trionfo, the Lauda, and Solo Song The Earliest Madrigals Florentine Academies and Madrigals for the Theater at Midcentury Intimate Settings: Isabella de’ Medici, Solo Song, and the Polyphonic Madrigal Intimate Settings: The Florentine Madrigal after Midcentury 13 * The Church The Reconstitution of the Polyphonic Chapels The Reformation and Counter-Reformation The Cinquecento Lauda and Sacra Rappresentatione Intermedi Sacri e Morali and Music in Religious Communities for Women 14 * Medici Pageantry, 1539–1589: “L’état, c’est moi” Book the Fourth Music in Florence in the Baroque Era Cross-Genre Influences: Monody, the Stile Recitativo, and the Stile Concertato in Florentine Music of the Seicento and Early Settecento 15 * Opera in Florence, Act 1: The Florentine Aristocratic Phase Academic Theories Applied The Beginnings of Opera Widening Applications of the Innovations The Meaning of Baroque 16 * Intermedio I: Music in Religious and Dynastic Ritual Religious Ritual: A Cappella and Concerted Vocal Music Religious Ritual: Music for Organ Dynastic Ritual (“L’état, c’est moi”): The Equestrian Ballet 17 * Opera in Florence, Act 2: The Pan-Italian Phase A New Institution: The Opera House Beginnings of the Pan-Italian Phase: La finta pazza A Native Attempt at a Venetian-Style Opera: Celio Venetian Imports: Ipermestra A Distinctively Florentine Tradition of Comic Opera: Il potestà di Colognole Venetian Imports: Ipermestra, Redux The Baroque Aesthetic on Full Display: Ercole in Tebe, L’Orontea, La Dori 18 * Intermedio II: Devotional and Convivial Uses of Music Devotional: The Lauda Reimagined: Canzonette Spirituali Devotional: The Oratorio Convivial: Ballet Entertainments Convivial: The Seicento Madrigal Convivial: The Seicento Cantata Convivial: Instrumental Genres Convivial: The Invention of the Piano 19 * Opera in Florence, Act 3: The Pan-European Phase Opera in Arcadia? The Halting Adoption of Reform Principles—Griselda Grand Prince Ferdinando and a Restitution of Aristocratic Opera The Reopening of Teatro della Pergola Vincer se stesso è la maggior vittoria, or Rodrigo Opera in Arcadia: The Fuller Adoption of Reform Principles—Catone in Utica The Settecento Cantata Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography IndexColor illustrations follow page 000.

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Book SynopsisComprises Giuseppe Verdi's two surviving secular choral works: "Inno popolare", or "Hymn of the People", for unaccompanied male chorus, and "Inno delle nazioni", or "Hymn of the Nations", for tenor solo, chorus, and orchestra.

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Book SynopsisThis book attempts to survey this large field afresh, and to do so in connected, chronological fashion. It takes notice of the fact that concertos, overtures, ballets, and suits- often overlooked or minimized in other books on symphonic music- are also parts of the literature.

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Book SynopsisThis treatise relates Schoenberg's concept of the musical idea. It defines his thought on gestalt, motive, grundgestalt, phrase, rhythm and accent, the construction function of harmony, homophonic and contrapuntal forms, and compositional coherence.

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Book SynopsisAlan Riding is a former European arts correspondent of The New York Times and author of several books.Leslie Dunton-Downer is a librettist who has collaborated with leading composers, conductors, and directors.

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Book SynopsisA complete and harmonious history of music, from prehistory to the present day!Have you ever wondered how blues influenced rock music? Or why jazz went Latin? Classical or rock, everyone has their favourite music style, but how did your top choice come about? If you find yourself asking these musical questions and more, then this may be the book for you! Music is a compelling and richly illustrated history of the most unifying art form in the world. Explore the roots of all genres from chants of the middle ages through the grandeur of the classical period to the modern rhythm of blues, jazz, hip-hop, and pop. Music includes illustrated histories of instruments and listening suggestions for each musical genre. Spectacular galleries display families of instruments from around the world, while special features showcase the evolution of key instruments, such as the piano and the guitar, and profile iconic innovators such as Mozart, Billie Holiday, an

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Book SynopsisMusic is what makes us alive, mindful and connected to each other. Music is what makes us human. This is the power of music. Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason knows and feels the transformative power of music as much as any musician alive. From winning the prestigious BBC Young Musician Award to performing at Harry and Meghan's wedding; from Bach's solo suites to Bob Marley's reggae; his ferocious passion shines through in every single performance, whether in a packed-out concert hall or on record. But how was it that someone like him a person of colour, from a state school in Nottingham rose to the upper echelons of the classical music world? What were the obstacles that he had to overcome, what did he learn along the way, and how could a young person follow in his footsteps today?In The Power of Music, Sheku explores the experiences and values that led him here, from his childhood of football practice and family music sessions, to his work today in the world's finest concert halls and

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Book Synopsis More than a century passed after Johann Sebastian Bach''s death in 1750 before his music found an audience in the United States. Volume Five in theBach Perspectivesseries tracks the composer''s reputation in America from obscure artist to a cultural mainstay whose music has spread to all parts of the country. Barbara Owen surveys Bach''s early reception in America. Matthew Dirst focuses on John Sullivan Dwight''s role in advocating Bach''s work. Michael Broyles considers Bach''s early impact in Boston while Mary J. Greer offers a counterpoint in her study of Bach''s reception in New York. Hans-Joachim Schulze''s essay links the American descendants of August Reinhold Bach to the composer. Christoph Wolff also focuses on Bach''s descendants in America, particularly Friederica Sophia Bach, the daughter of Bach''s eldest son. Peter Wollny evaluates manuscripts not included in Gerhard Herz''s study ofBach Sources in America. The volume concludes with Carol K. BaTrade ReviewNOTE: ISSN is 1072-1924

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Book SynopsisA collection of original works by leading international scholars who draw on a variety of historical sources and analytical approaches to offer fresh insights into the aesthetics of the quartets. Includes an appendix with the chronology and sources of the quartets and a detailed bibliography.Trade Review"As other scholars read and digest the ideas expressed in these essays, they will be encouraged to reexamine works both by Beethoven and other composers in light of the concepts and methodologies presented here. This book is highly recommended reading for anyone interested in Beethoven’s quartets, or any facet of Beethoven’s music, as well as for libraries serving research and graduate programs in music history, musicology, or music theory."--Notes"In these studies of Beethoven's life and music, Kinderman brings together essays that will please historians, critics, and music theorists. This impressive volume is important not only to the study of the string quartets, but to how we understand Beethoven's music in general."--Christopher A. Reynolds, professor of music, University of California, Davis

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Book SynopsisNew issues at the heart of Bach studiesTrade Review"Anyone concerned with Bach or Telemann scholarship, or even merely with German late-Baroque music, will profit from this book."--Music and Letters "Joshua Rifkin, whose essay on Bach's Ouverture, BWV 1067 forms the major part of this volume, is one of the most virtuosic scholars in the positivist musicology."--Early Music History

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Book SynopsisThe collected writings of composer Ben JohnstonTrade ReviewAwarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award (2007).— ASCAP Deems Taylor AwardTable of ContentsEditor's Acknowledgments xi Introduction xi Bob Gilmore Ben Johnston: A Chronology xxv Bob Gilmore 1. ON MUSIC THEORY Aesthetic Theory; Philosophical Background for Mathematical Theory; Musical Background for Application of Mathematical Theory 3 Scalar Order as a Compositional Resource 10 Proportionality and Expanded Musical Pitch Relations 32 Microtonal Resources 41 Tonality Regained 46 Music Theory 53 Rational Structure in Music 62 A Notation System for Extended Just Intonation 77 2. ON MUSICAL AESTHETICS AND CULTURE Musical Intelligibility: Where Are We? 91 A Talk on Contemporary Music 103 Festivals and New Music 107 Three Attacks on a Problem 109 On Context 118 Contribution to IMC Panel 122 How to Cook an Albatross 126 Art and Survival 134 On Bridge-Building 143 Seventeen Items 149 Art and Religion 151 Extended Just Intonation: A Position Paper 153 A.S.U.C. Keynote Address 156 Just Intonation and Mere Intonation 163 Without Improvement 166 Maximum Clarity 171 3. SOME COMPOSITIONS On String Quartet No. 2 183 On Sonata for Microtonal Piano 185 The Genesis of Knocking Piece 187 Quintet for Groups: A Reminiscence 192 On Carmilla 196 On Crossings (String Quartet No. 3 and String Quartet No. 4) 199 On The Age of Surveillance 201 On String Quartet No. 5 203 On String Quartet No. 6 204 On Journeys 205 On Sleep and Waking 207 4. ON OTHER COMPOSERS Letter from Urbana 211 To Perspectives of New Music re. John Cage 216 The Corporealism of Harry Partch 219 Harry Partch/John Cage 232 Harry Partch's Cloud-Chamber Music 235 Beyond Harry Partch 243 Regarding La Monte Young 251 Notes on Sources 259 Bibliography 263 Discography 267 Index 271

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Book SynopsisTells the life story of Carlo Maria Giulini, one of the renowned and beloved conductors of the twentieth century. Detailing Giulini's professional career, this book also chronicles Giulini's personal life, including his musical awakening while growing up amid the spectacular beauty of the Dolomite mountains.Trade Review"A thorough, balanced and illuminating portrait of the charismatic Italian as man and maestro."--Chicago Tribune"It was wonderful to get to know the man we have met so often in his music-making."--American Record Guide"A fascinating full account."--Los Angeles Times"[A] highly illuminating biography."--The Spectator"Highly readable and musically substantive. Strongly recommended."--Classical.Net"This engaging and extensive biography shows why Carlo Maria Giulini stood apart from other maestri, and above the fray: because of his gentle humanity, his spiritual resonance with music, and his uncompromising seriousness of purpose. This is certainly a book I will recommend to all the conductors I encounter, as well as others because it captures the essence of an uncommonly inspired and inspiring human being."--Kenneth Kiesler, conductor, director of orchestras at the University of Michigan, and director of the Conductors Retreat at Medomak and Conductors Programme at the National Arts Centre of Canada"Thomas D. Saler's biography of the conductor Carlo Maria Giulini is worthy of the noble, deceptively complex subject. Saler paints an extraodinarily sensitive, comprehensive and illuminating portrait of an artist who was selflessly dedicated to his art. The author's enthusiasm is palpable, his reportage elevated by rare knowledge and passion."--Martin Bernheimer, 1982 Pulitzer Prize Winner for CriticismTable of ContentsPreface — ix Acknowledgments — xiii Abbreviations — xv 1. Beauty and Betrayal — 1 2. Mastering the Melodrama — 15 3. Prometheus in London — 33 4. Amore: The Chicago Years — 52 5. Molto, Molto, Espressivo — 87 6. Out of Eden — 117 7. Peace, Love, and Pleated Pants — 126 8. Days of Wine and Roses — 139 9. Wearing the Garment of Tragedy — 173 Notes — 189 Interview List — 213 Index — 215 Illustrations follow page — 86

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Book SynopsisOffers a direct interpretation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's oeuvre and lasting mystique, audaciously reformulated for the postmodern age. This book explores themes of constancy, prodigy, freedom, and religion. It offers up bits of his own history, revealing his affinity for the creative geniuses of the eighteenth century.Trade Review"A good read from a highly published and interesting thinker who loves Mozart's music."--Journal of Austrian Studies"A most intriguing alternative, in content and method, to almost all other recent books on Mozart. Highly recommended."--Choice"A journey of fanciful discovery. . . . Opinionated and laden with insights."--Opera News"Philippe Sollers is a mercurial personality and a leading controversial figure on the French literary scene, and his take on Mozart is fresh, lively, witty, and informed. What makes Mysterious Mozart especially interesting is its blend of music criticism, biography, and personal insight."--David Hayman, translator and editor of Philippe Sollers's Writing and the Experience of Limits

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth analysis of the creation of Child's opus, The English and Scottish Popular BalladsTrade Review"This monument of research, synthesis, and reflection is a groundbreaking book that stands as its own major contribution to folklore and ballad studies and serves as a stimulus for further research--just as Child's own titanic work has done. I learned many things from this book, as will anyone who opens its pages."--Maureen N. McLane, author of Balladeering, Minstrelsy, and the Making of British Romantic Poetry "A key text for English-language ballad studies."--Victorian Studies"An important resource. Brown's project gives Anglo-American folksong scholarship a formidable point of reference to reexamine Child's ongoing impact on song scholarship and practice."--Journal of Folklore Research"This illuminating study captures the richness of Francis James Child's labors on The English and Scottish Popular Ballads through a patient scrutiny of his vast correspondence with a host of collaborators. In tracing Child's conclusions about the ballads, Brown provides valuable analysis of the letters that will be appreciated by ballad scholars, folklorists, and scholars of literature alike."--James Porter, founding editor of The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music"I did not anticipate that a book about the writing of an earlier book, albeit a classic collection, could be so interesting, engaging, informative and exciting as this one. . . .Brown adds new material and insights, and brings the story together in a unified whole that is compelling, insightful, sometimes surprising, and beautifully written."--FolkloreTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prelude; The Project 1 1. The Man -- Francis James Child 7THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS 2. The Description 71 3. The History of the Book -- Child's Great Temptation 78CHILD'S GALLANT ARMY OF AUXILIARIES 4. The Transatlantic Collaborators 159 5. William Macmath -- Partner in the Ballad Cause 186 6. George Lyman Kittredge -- Literary Executor Extraordinaire 213 Postlude: Child's Ballad Concept Redux 231 Appendix A. Wanted, Old Ballads 249 Appendix B. Invitation 251 Appendix C. Prospectus 258 Appendix D. Rejected Pieces 260 Bibliography 265 Index 275

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest conductorsTrade ReviewReceived the Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collection (ARSC), 2012. "Reading this book would serve as a manual of music appreciation. Charry's tribute reflects the scope and brilliance of Szell's career, in the careful detailing of his performances and music critics' opinions of them."--Ohioana Quarterly"A discerning and highly informed new biography. Charry makes a convincing case for admiring his subject's skill in musical matters without concealing Szell's many personality flaws."--Forward"Charry not only gives us invaluable insights into his leadership style and musical tastes ... but details some of the financial and political issues facing the orchestra during that era. . . . Perhaps the book’s greatest value lies in humanizing a man whom many have come to see as a humorless (or perhaps joyless) martinet."SymphonyNow"A magnificent achievement. I was especially impressed by Mr. Charry's skill in conveying a deep admiration for his subject without falling into the trap of fawning or idol-worshipping--a quality seldom encountered in biographies of great conductors."--Stephen C. Hillyer, past president of the Fritz Reiner Society"A fine biography of one of the 20th century's greatest classical conductors. This thorough biography of one of the most important figures on the American classical scene in the post-World War II era is a valuable contribution to the literature on classical music."--Library Journal"Charry’s achievement is unlikely to be surpassed for a long time, if ever, and the reader will come away with a real depth of insight into this towering, complex figure, which can only enhance our appreciation of his extraordinary accomplishment and artistic legacy."--Fanfare"Charry examines Szell's personal life in greater detail than has been afforded before, with a trove of previously unpublished letters. . . . Straightforward and erudite."--The Wall Street Journal"Musicians, concertgoers, and general readers will be captivated by the author's behind-the-scenes look at what goes into shaping a world-class orchestra."--The Washington Times "An excellent job of chronicling the everyday life of professional musicians."--HuffingtonPost.com "Given the conductor's close identification with a symphonic orchestra, the extent of Szell's operatic experience may come as a surprise to some readers. Charry has done excellent work in illuminating this overshadowed facet of Szell's career."--Opera News "A lively and balanced portrait of Szell's life and work."--Opera America "Very well written and will surely appeal to anyone with an interest in George Szell."--American Record Guide "There is surely no one more qualified than Michael Charry to write Szell's biography."--Musical OpinionTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Abbreviations xix Chronology xxi Introduction 1 1. The New Mozart (1897-1929) 3 2. The Conductor Spreads His Wings (1930-38) 23 3. Musical Pioneering in Australia (1938, 1939) 42 4. New World, New Beginnings (1939-46) 56 5. Cleveland: Contest and Commitment (1942-47) 78 6. Szell, the Orchestra Builder (1947-54) 105 7. George Szell and Rudolf Bing (1953-54) 141 8. Keeping the Promise: "Second to None" (1954-57) 149 9. The Golden Years (1957-65) 172 10. The Cleveland Orchestra in the World (1965-68) 223 11. Summers at Home 254 12. Finale: Cleveland, Japan, Korea, Anchorage, Cleveland (1968-70) 270 Epilogue 289 In Szell's Words 291 Appendix A. "On the 150th Anniversary of Schumann's Birth," by George Szell 295 Appendix B. Staff and Kulas Foundation Conductors under George Szell 299 Appendix C. Apprentice Conductor Qualifications 301 Appendix D. 1957 European Tour Repertoire 303 Appendix E. 1965 European Tour Repertoire 305 Appendix F. Szell's Repertoire 307 Discography 331 Notes 355 Bibliography 397 Index 399Illustrations follow page 104

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Book SynopsisThe Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains. Including the children''s play song 'Shortenin'' Bread,' the fiddle tune 'Bonaparte''s Retreat,' the blues 'Another Man Done Gone,' and the spiritual 'Ain''t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down,' these performances were recorded in kitchens and churches, on porches and in prisons, in hotel rooms and school auditoriums. Documented during the golden age of the Library of Congress recordings, they capture not only the words and tunes of traditional songs but also the sounds of life in which the performances were embedded: children laugh, neighbors comment, trucks pass by.Musician and researcher Stephen Wade sought out the performers on these recordings, their families, fellow musicians, and others who

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Book SynopsisTracing the genesis of great musical worksTrade Review"An engaging investigation of the creative process and genetic criticism. These deeply thoughtful essays establish an enviable range, from Mozart through the grand figures of the German nineteenth century (Beethoven, Schumann) and beyond to three seminal figures of the twentieth (Mahler, Bartók, Kurtág). A significant contribution."--Richard Kramer, author of Unfinished Music"Few scholars would be able to deftly navigate through material as diverse as the musical sketches of both Mozart and György Kurtag with the ease, perspective, analytical rigour and insight of Kinderman. A masterly chapter on an unfinished piano trio by Beethoven was no surprise from a scholar well known for his research into the latter’s Diabelli Variations, but other chapters devoted to Schumann, Mahler or Bartók are equally probing. The methodology successfully channels Critique génétique, the French literary subdiscipline devoted to the scientific study of creative process in literature, and the many case studies full of musical excerpts could well be adapted to a classroom setting." --Jonathan Goldman, associate professor of musicology, University of Montreal"A significant contribution to musical scholarship."--Fontes Artis Musicae"The Creative Process in Music from Mozart to Kurtág is a remarkable piece of work in terms of both depth and breadth. William Kinderman has succeeded in weaving analytical and historical perspectives into a compelling discourse about how music is created and what it means. Even more astonishing is the scope of this undertaking. Most sketch-study scholars work within the context of 'their composer.' This book expands that context to embrace the past two hundred years. In so doing, Kinderman has raised the bar for all of us."--Friedemann Sallis, author of Music Sketches"This fascinating study explores the way in which an understanding of a composer's creative process may enhance appreciation and the interpretation of the music. In an introductory chapter Kinderman, an authority of sketch studies . . . traces the arguments surrounding the discipline of what has been termed 'genetic criticism.' The Beethoven chapter . . . is but one of the illuminating case studies in a book rich in musical, historical and interpretative detail and which promises to attract new attention to the growing field of genetic criticism."--Arietta

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Book SynopsisJohn Philip Sousa''s mature career as the indomitable leader of his own touring band is well known, but the years leading up to his emergence as a celebrity have escaped serious attention. In this revealing biography, Patrick Warfield explains how the March King came to be by documenting Sousa''s early life and career. Covering the period 1854 to 1893, this study focuses on the community and training that created Sousa, exploring the musical life of late nineteenth-century Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia as a context for Sousa''s development. Warfield examines Sousa''s wide-ranging experience composing, conducting, and performing in the theater, opera house, concert hall, and salons, as well as his leadership of the United States Marine Band and the later Sousa Band, early twentieth-century America''s most famous and successful ensemble. Sousa composed not only marches during this period but also parlor, minstrel, and art songs; parade, concert, and medley marches; schottisches, Trade Review"Making the March King is chock full of fresh and previously unpublished details about John Philip Sousa's early years, his influences, his formative experiences, and his strategies for promoting his career and reputation. Recommended for anyone interested in music history and the full story of one of the giants of early American popular culture."--Thomas L. Riis, author of Frank Loesser"Thorough, engaging and fun. Musicians interested in the evolution of music in the US will be riveted by this study of one of America's most beloved musical icons. Highly recommended."--Choice"An engaging book, easy to read, full of facts and footnotes."--American Record Guide"Warfield has brilliantly illuminated how Sousa managed his nascent career to become the March King, providing readers with a remarkable look at how an artist can shape his or her career."--American Music"Like Sousa's musical programs, the book is both educational and entertaining."--Washington History"A terrific new book on the early life and times of a composer who has long been as enigmatic as he is familiar."--Kenneth R. Kreitner, author of Discoursing Sweet Music: Brass Bands and Community Life in Turn-of-the-Century Pennsylvania

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"It is all too rare to have such a comprehensive account of a living composer, one, in fact, of a composer who is still at the height of his creative powers. So Leta Miller's fascinating new book about Aaron Jay Kernis is extremely welcome, not only because it shines light on many of his important compositions, but because it is also a really good read! In revealing that the life of a present day composer can be every bit as compelling as the biographies of the so-called old masters, hopefully it will encourage authors and publishers to further mine the life stories of other leading music creators of our time."--Frank J. Oteri, composer and founding editor of NewMusicBox"Aaron Jay Kernis is one of the most important and original voices in contemporary music. Writing about a living composer and explaining contemporary music present enormous challenges. Leta Miller meets them with uncanny skill. Illuminating Kernis' life and getting to the core of his music, she finds fascinating and important links between them."--Hugh Wolff, Director of Orchestras and Chair of Orchestral Conducting, New England Conservatory"In Leta Miller's wonderfully intimate and detailed portrait of Aaron Kernis, she chronicles his personal and professional progression to become one of the world's leading voices in new music. Her book inspires me to revisit the works I know with new insight, to listen to the works I have missed and to anticipate many years of amazing new creations."--David Shifrin"Enjoyable and readable. The sections on the Pulitzer and Grawemeyer; his studies with Wuorinen; the accounts of rehearsals of his music by Jacob Druckman, Zubin Mehta, and Kurt Masur; the music itself; the variety of styles that he drew from; brief connections to minimalism, rap, jazz, and popular music--all were interesting to read. I found her discussion of turning points within his career, and consistencies within his style (including eclecticism itself), to be strongly supported by the presentation and analyses of his music. Not only does she point out Judaic, popular, and personal references in the music, she provides a wider context of understanding about their meaning in his output as a whole."--Sharon Mirchandani, author of Marga RichterTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii 1. Introduction 1 2. Learning the Craft: Early Years and Training (1960-1983) 7 3. Kernis Meets the New York Philharmonic 26 4. Coming to Grips with History (1984-1991) 43 5. War, with Interludes (1991-1995) 71 6. Triumphs and Tribulations: Big Commissions, Big Risks, Big Rewards (1995-2001) 100 7. Family Matters (2002-2009) 126 8. Looking to the Future 152APPENDIX: CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKS 163SUGGESTED LISTENING 171NOTES 173INDEX 185

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Dr. Snyder is a good storyteller. Her words flow easily across the page and assure the reader that a rewarding journey lies ahead. . . . Snyder is to be congratulated for her biography of "this grand old man," and her efforts demand the immediate attention of readers."--The American Organist"The definitive biography of Burleigh, unlikely to be superseded in the near future."--Thomas Riis, author of Just before Jazz: Black Musical Theater in New York, 1890–1915"In prose that is both accessible and detailed, Snyder has written a biography that will appeal not just to musicologists and Burleigh specialists, but also to anyone wanting to learn more about the contributions of this historically significant musician, mentor, and activist."--Notes"The definitive biography of Burleigh. . . . worth reading for anyone interested in the cultural life of African American communities in the “Promised Land” after the Civil War. . . . a worthy addition to any library, personal or institutional, that collects information about black music and important figures in African American history."--Black Grooves"In addition to a detailed account of Burleigh's relationships with his contemporaries, his complex marital life, and his successful performing career, Snyder provides valuable musicological analysis of Burleigh's compositions and arrangements. Highly recommended."--Choice"Jean E. Snyder's brilliant encyclopedic evaluation of the life and legacy of Harry Thacker Burleigh reveals an intriguing lode of personal and professional detail about the iconic singer whose seminal influence in American compositional history is appreciated today by precious few."--George I. Shirley, Grammy Award winner and Director of the Vocal Arts Division, University of Michigan"By incorporating the unique perspective offered by members of Harry T. Burleigh's family, Jean Snyder makes a valuable and much-needed contribution to the literature on one of the greatest African-American musical figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Moreover, Snyder's work is timely since it coincides with the Burleigh sesquicentennial celebration."--Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., author of The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States

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Book SynopsisA singular resource, Exploring the World of J. S. Bach puts Bach aficionados and classical music lovers in the shoes of the master composer. Bach scholar Robert L. Marshall and veteran writer-translator Traute M. Marshall lead readers on a Baroque Era odyssey through fifty towns where Bach resided, visited, and of course created his works. Drawing on established sources as well as newly available East German archives, the authors describe each site in Bach's time and the present, linking the sites to the biographical information, artistic and historic landmarks, and musical activities associated with each. A wealth of historical illustrations, color photographs, and maps supplement the text, whetting the appetite of the visitor and the armchair traveler alike.Trade Review"Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated, with both modern photographs and 18th-century images, Exploring the World of Bach is an invaluable guidebook for any traveler wishing to explore Bach's Germany and Germany's Bach… A sophisticated and original piece of scholarship (including a superb bibliography and valuable appendix) which will be of great value to both Bach experts and novices for years to come."--Early Music America "An extraordinary accomplishment and an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the life and works of J. S. Bach. The authors combine in a single volume the results of the latest research and biographical studies in the form of an illustrated guide of the towns in which Bach lived and which he visited." --Don O. Franklin, The American Bach Society"For the academic, student, or aficionado who might not be able to travel to Germany, this resource provides an excellent gateway into the geopolitical world where Bach lived, produced music as performer and director, and composed."--Notes "It is equal parts social history, travelogue, memoir, and biography, making for a surprisingly engaging look at one of the most iconic musicians of all time." --RoguesPortal"The book is clear, intelligent, authoritative, and readable. Also, it is stocked with photos. . . . You may wonder whether Robert and Traute Marshall themselves have followed Back through Bach Country. They have. Every step. I wish I had done it with them. But you can do it, in a sense, through this book. . . . I esteem what the Marshalls have done."--Jay Nordlinger, The New Criterion"This book deserves a wide audience of both specialists and general readers." --BACH: Journal of the Reiemenschneider Bach Institute"This highly informative, practical, beautifully illustrated, and altogether inviting travel guide to Bach country has no equivalent. Robert and Traute Marshall describe both the principal stations and the lesser known places where Johann Sebastian Bach and members of this distinguished family of musicians lived and worked in a wonderful way. History is truly brought to life for the traveling music lover. Small as it is in terms of geographic extent, Bach's world becomes truly monumental and memorable in this extremely useful book."--Christoph Wolff, author of Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician"The vivid descriptions and images of the places where Bach visited or lived, and the latest in musicological research, make this book essential reading for everyone who wants to know more about his music, life, and world."--Mark Kroll, harpsichordist and author of Johann Nepomuk Hummel: A Musician's Life and World

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Book SynopsisIn 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, Essays before a Sonata. Kyle Gann merges exhaustive research with his own experience as a composer to reveal the Concord Sonata and the essays in full. Diffracting the twinned works into their essential aspects, Gann lays out the historical context that produced Ives''s masterpiece and illuminates the arguments Ives himself explored in the Essays. Gann also provides a movement-by-movement analysis of the work''s harmonic structure and compositional technique; connects the sonata to Ives works that share parts of its material; and compares the 1921 version of the Concord with its 1947 revision to reveal important aspects of Ives''s creative process.A tour de force of critical, thTrade Review"Goes far beyond any existing literature in this domain. It's possibly the best analytical writing about a major Ives composition that I've seen."--William Brooks, University of York"It is refreshing to read such a passionate description of a major work of art which is so profoundly meaningful to the author. Practically every page is informative, or contains new insight into the work. By far the best work ever done on the subject."--Neely Bruce, Wesleyan University"Not only an important addition to the thinking about Ives, but a moving companion to the artist and the Concord." * Wire *"This is a book which no Ives scholar or enthusiast can be without. It is quite indispensable, a glowing and lasting monument to the forty years which Gann has spent loving and working on his subject." * Journal of Experimental Music Studies *"This is an interesting and important book. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"In Charles Ives's Concord: Essays After a Sonata Gann's analysis takes the form of a kind of biblical exegesis, where canonical texts are pored over by ever-new generations. He achieves a balance between writing for Ives specialists and delivering a text that is compulsively readable. . . . This is a book to savor with headphones." * Times Literary Supplement *"A major work gets a major analysis: a masterpiece gets a masterpiece." * Do the M@th *"A treatise on past and future performance practice for the 'Concord' Sonata. This is an absolutely essential reading for performers interested in this work." * Notes *"Gann's passionate survey of the Concord Sonata and its various offshoots and progeny is and should remain an indispensable contribution to Ives studies and twentieth-century keyboard literature." * American Music *

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Book SynopsisCovering works by popular figures like Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst as well as less familiar English composers, Eric Saylor's pioneering book examines pastoral music's critical, theoretical, and stylistic foundations alongside its creative manifestations in the contexts of Arcadia, war, landscape, and the Utopian imagination. As Saylor shows, pastoral music adapted and transformed established musical and aesthetic conventions that reflected the experiences of British composers and audiences during the early twentieth century. By approaching pastoral music as a cultural phenomenon dependent on time and place, Saylor forcefully challenges the body of critical opinion that has long dismissed it as antiquated, insular, and reactionary.Trade Review"This is a darn fine book, well-written and well-researched. " --Journal of Musicological Research"With Eric Saylor's welcome reassessment of style, mode, and genre in English Pastoral Music, the relegation of the study of pastoralism in (English) music to the margins of scholarly discourse appears to be behind us." --Notes"Even more fascinating than an interview can convey; it's a book very much worth reading for yourself."--Iowa Public Radio"Eric Saylor's book, English Pastoral Music: From Arcadia to Utopia, 1900-1950 is even more fascinating than an interview can convey; it's a book very much worth reading for yourself."--Iowa Public Radio"It must be said that this book is as much one of advocacy as of analysis; yet it is not diminished by Saylor's passion. It is creative and open-ended, as research ought to be; and there are many lines of inquiry started here that invite further discussion."--NABMSA Reviews"Saylor makes his points with clarity, insight, and a touch of humor. . . . This book is valuable for to bringing serious attention to a repertoire that has long been pigeonholed and dismissed." --Music Reference Services Quartertly"In this landmark study, Eric Saylor sensitively illuminates the contexts and meanings (including many dark currents) of a body of twentieth-century music that remains exceptionally popular with audiences, and yet is still frequently misunderstood and underestimated by critics and musicologists."--Alain Frogley, author of Vaughan Williams's Ninth Symphony"Eric Saylor's English Pastoral Music is a brilliant new mapping of a repertory much admired but often misunderstood. Juxtaposing visions of Arcadian landscapes with the existential realities of war, Saylor reframes early-twentieth-century pastoral--idyllic and elegiac--as a modernist art form. Rich in biographical, social, and ideological perspectives, this study is both superbly researched and deeply felt."--Philip Rupprecht, author of British Musical Modernism: The Manchester Group and their Contemporaries

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Book SynopsisLibby Larsen has composed award-winning music performed around the world. Her works range from chamber pieces and song cycles to operas to large-scale works for orchestra and chorus. At the same time, she has advocated for living composers and new music since cofounding the American Composers Forum in 1973. Denise Von Glahn's in-depth examination of Larsen merges traditional biography with a daring scholarly foray: an ethnography of one active artist. Drawing on musical analysis, the composer's personal archive, and seven years of interviews with Larsen and those in her orbit, Von Glahn illuminates the polyphony of achievements that make up Larsen's public and private lives. In considering Larsen's musical impact, Von Glahn delves into how elements of the personala 1950s childhood, spiritual seeking, love of nature, and status as an important woman artistinform her work. The result is a portrait of a musical pathfinder who continues to defy expectations and reject labels.Trade Review“Excellently researched, beautifully organized, and entertainingly written. Presents a sensitive, wonderfully collaborative portrait of an ‘exuberant,’ highly productive, and driven woman who dealt with all the turbulence, social change, and musical vicissitudes of her social and musical worlds.”--Ellen Koskoff, author of A Feminist Ethnomusicology: Writings on Music and Gender“A scholarly contribution of great importance. Fills in some of the gaps of a leading female composer of our time. Von Glahn’s ‘collaboration’ with Libby Larsen is surely a positive factor in ensuring an unprecedented level of detail.”--Kay Kaufman Shelemay, author of Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World"Undoubtedly, Von Glahn's scholarship and the insight with which she has framed her research are immensely valuable, and as a first biography of the master composer, her book holds even more significance. Anyone, musical or not, who wants to learn about Libby Larsen should read Von Glahn's well-researched and thorough portrayal of her subject." --Women and Music"Recommended for anyone who wishes to study the fascinating life of Larsen, her compositions, and her presence in American compositional life." --Choral Journal"Libby Larsen: Composing an American Life is a welcome addition to the growing number of biographies about women composers." --NOTES

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Book SynopsisAmong his numerous children, Johann Sebastian Bach sired five musically gifted sons. The eleventh volume of Bach Perspectives presents essays that explore these men's lives and careers via distinctive and, in several cases, alternative and interdisciplinary methodologies. Robert L. Marshall traces how each of the sons grappled withand at times suffocated beneaththeir illustrious father's legacy. Mary Oleskiewicz's essay investigates the Bach family's connections to historical keyboard instruments and musical venues at the Prussian court, while David Schulenberg looks at Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's diverse and innovative keyboard works. Evan Cortens digs into everything from performance materials to pay stubs to offer a detailed view of the business of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's liturgical music. Finally, Christine Blanken discusses how the rediscovery of Bach family musical manuscripts in the Breitkopf archive opens up new perspectives on familiar topics. A supplemental companion weTrade Review"This book is, as with the earlier volumes in this series, immaculately produced and presented, and at once become an indispensable part of any serious musician's library." --Organ

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Book SynopsisSpanish émigré guitarist Celedonio Romero gave his American debut performance on a June evening in 1958. In the sixty years since, the Romero FamilyCeledonio, his wife Angelita, sons Celín, Pepe, and Angel, as well as grandsons Celino and Litohave become preeminent in the world of Spanish flamenco and classical guitar in the United States. Walter Aaron Clark''s in-depth research and unprecedented access to his subjects have produced the consummate biography of the Romero family. Clark examines the full story of their genius for making music, from their outsider''s struggle to gain respect for the Spanish guitar to the ins and outs of making a living as musicians. As he shows, their concerts and recordings, behind-the-scenes musical careers, and teaching have reshaped their instrument''s very history. At the same time, the Romeros have organized festivals and encouraged leading composers to write works for guitar as part of a tireless, lifelong effort to promote the guitar and expaTrade Review"For the protraction of my musical education and the great pleasure of their company, I am truly grateful to the family Romero."--Sir Neville Marriner, from the foreword"We are taken on a beautiful journey starting in the hills of southern Spain and traveling across the world in an exquisite poetic narrative that evokes the magic of the musical life of the Romero family. Their amazing guitar playing is central to this adventure, as they shared their passion with their audiences. The author gives us a wonderful insight into their lives and the enormous contribution they have made to the world of music."--David Russell, classical guitarist"It is impossible to overestimate the impact that the Romeros have had on the world of the classical guitar. They’ve enthralled millions of listeners and inspired generations of players with their brilliant technique, phenomenal musicianship, and joyous stage artistry. The LAGQ feels blessed to be part of their grand legacy, and we applaud the poetry and beauty that the author brings to this fascinating subject."--The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (John Dearman, Matthew Greif, William Kanengiser and Scott Tennant) "To see Los Romeros play is to witness them making love to an instrument that, in their hands, is transformed into the most beautiful human voice."--Jesús López Cobos, from the foreword"All the Romeros form a very close family that has bestowed on our guitar honors, nobility, and the best music. This book tells their story in a fashion worthy of them."--Manolo Sanlúcar, flamenco guitarist

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Book SynopsisJohann Sebastian Bach was a Lutheran and much of his music was for Lutheran liturgical worship. As these insightful essays in the twelfth volume of Bach Perspectives demonstrate, he was also influenced by--and in turn influenced--different expressions of religious belief. The vocal music, especially the Christmas Oratorio, owes much to medieval Catholic mysticism, and the evolution of the B minor Mass has strong Catholic connections. In Leipzig, Catholic and Lutheran congregations sang many of the same vernacular hymns. Internal squabbles were rarely missing within Lutheranism, for example Pietists' dislike of concerted church music, especially if it employed specific dance forms. Also investigated here are broader issues such as the close affinity between Bach's cantata libretti and the hymns of Charles Wesley; and Bach's music in the context of the Jewish Enlightenment as shaped by Protestant Rationalism in Berlin. Contributors: Rebecca Cypess, Joyce L. Irwin, Robin A. Leaver, Mark NTrade Review"While many of the previous volumes will be of interest primarily to musicians, the current volume contains studies that will interest many readers of church history, especially Lutherans, and those interested in the relationship of various Christian denominations with each other. " --Lutheran Quarterly"This volume is interesting and contains a wide variety of topics for the reader. . . .This serves as a very specialized collection of essays for the discerning scholar and student, regardless of his or her interest and association with Kantor Bach." --Concordia Theological Quarterly

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This intriguing collection casts new light on Bach’s influences and impact through illuminating case studies in how composers borrow, adapt, and rework music of their predecessors, spanning from Bach’s own reworkings to ways his music has infused modern jazz and funk."--J. Peter Burkholder, author of Charles Ives: The Ideas Behind the MusicTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Reworking Fischer: Some Observations about Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer by Markus Zepf Repaying Debt with Interest: The Revision of Borrowed Movements in C. P. E. Bach’s Passions by Moira Leanne Hill The Bach-Busoni Goldberg Variations by Erinn E. Knyt Bach as Modern Jazz by Stephen A. Crist Certifying J. S. Bach’s Interplanetary Funksmanship or: What Bach Meant to Bernie Worrell by Ellen Exner Contributors General Index

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Book SynopsisThese previously unpublished lectures by Elliott Carter date to the summer of 1967, when the acclaimed composer taught at the Contemporary Music Workshop held by the University of Minnesota. Leading an introductory course on orchestra repertoire, Carter gave nine hours of lectures covering principal topics like how to live with the musical present and whether the symphony orchestra was a relic of the past or a possible active force for new music. But Carter''s observations and prompts by audience questions broadened the discussion into areas ranging from electronic music to analyses of works by other artists and himself. Laura Emmery presents the complete text from each session alongside introductions, commentary, and annotated examples that provide valuable context for readers. Expansive and essential, Elliott Carter Speaks opens up the artist''s teaching and introspection to new contemporary perspectives on his thought and art.Please note that the order and arrangemeTrade Review"An exciting new contribution to Carter scholarship that documents one of the most important voices in concert music of the modern era. Audiences of contemporary music, musicians, and scholars of this era will find a rich new vein of material that reveals how Carter perceived his role in the musical history and culture of his time--along with a broad collection of analyses of compositions from Debussy and Bartók to Nono, Varèse, and Penderecki."--Douglas Rust, University of Southern Mississippi

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Book SynopsisDorothea Link examines singers' voices and casting practices in late eighteenth-century Italian opera as exemplified in Vienna's court opera from 1783 to 1791. The investigation into the singers' voices proceeds on two levels: understanding the performers in terms of the vocal-dramatic categories employed in opera at the time; and creating vocal profiles for the principal singers from the music composed expressly for them. In addition, Link contextualizes the singers within the company in order to expose the court opera''s casting practices. Authoritative and insightful, The Italian Opera Singers in Mozart''s Vienna offers a singular look at a musical milieu and a key to addressing the performance-practice problem of how to cast the Mozart roles today. Trade Review"Dorothea Link crowns her research into Italian opera in Josephine Vienna by exposing systematically, season by season, the hierarchy of stars and lesser singers and the politics of their terms of employment: a book for scholars to treasure and enjoy."--Julian Rushton, author of MozartTable of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on the Currency Used in Mozart’s Vienna The Establishment and Management of the Italian Opera Company at the Vienna Court Theater Classification of Operatic Roles, Voice Types, and Singing Styles Casting Information in Scores and Librettos of the Operas Produced in the Italian Company, 1783-91 Nancy Storace: The Italian Company, 1783-84 Nancy Storace: The Company Stabilizes, 1784-85 Nancy Storace’s Annus Horribilis and Celeste Coltellini, 1785-86 Nancy Storace’s Exuberant Year, 1786-87 Anna Morichelli Comes and Goes, 1787-88 Luisa Laschi: The Year of the Three Prima Donnas, 1788-89 Adriana Ferrarese: Opera on a Shoestring, 1789-90 Adriana Ferrarese: Portents of Change, 1790-91 A Neapolitan Prima Donna and the End of Josephine Opera, 1791-92 Appendix A. Roles of Ten Major Singers Appendix B. A Tale of Four ScoresNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisToday, the names Bach and Mozart are mostly associated with Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But this volume of Bach Perspectives offers essays on the lesser-known musical figures who share those illustrious names alongside new research on the legendary composers themselves. Topics include the keyboard transcriptions of J. S. Bach and Johann Gottfried Walther; J. S. Bach and W. A. Mozart's freelance work; the sonatas of C. P. E. Bach and Leopold Mozart; the early musical training given J. C. Bach by his father and half-brother; the surprising musical similarities between J. C. Bach and W. A. Mozart; and the latest documentary research on Mozart's 1789 visit to the Thomasschule in Leipzig. An official publication of the American Bach Society, Bach Perspectives, Volume 14 draws on a variety of approaches and a broad range of subject matter in presenting a new wave of innovative classical musical scholarship. Contributors: Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Yoel Greenberg, NoellTrade Review"It is a major challenge to do justice to the topic of Bach and Mozart and nearly impossible to fulfill the expectations of a book so entitled. Nevertheless, each of the six conference papers that make up the present volume (originally presented at the joint meeting of the American Bach and Mozart Societies at Stanford in 2019) add fresh and illuminating facets to the big picture of the two composers and their interrelationship."--Christoph Wolff, Bach's Musical Universe: The Composer and His WorkTable of ContentsPreface AbbreviationsThe Keyboard Transcriptions of J. S. Bach and J. G. Walther BY ELEANOR SELFRIDGE-FIELDPrecedents for the “Secondary Development” from Bach to Mozart and Their Implications for Understanding Early Sonata Form 23 BY YOEL GREENBERGA Pursuit of Wealth: The Freelance Endeavors of Bach and Mozart BY NOELLE M. HEBERJohann Christian Bach’s German Heritage BY STEPHEN ROEMozart, J. C. Bach, and the Bach Tradition BY DAVID SCHULENBERGDoles and the Prefect of the Choir: New Observations on Mozart’s Visit to the Thomasschule BY MICHAEL MAULContributorsGeneral IndexIndex of Works

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