Romantic Music (1830-1900)

This is the fourth volume of Carl Nielsen Studies which is an annual publication issuing from the Royal Library of Denmark, also home to the Carl Nielsen edition. These volumes provide a forum for the spectrum of historical, analytical and aesthetic approaches to the study of Nielsen’s music from an..

This is the second volume of Carl Nielsen Studies which is an annual publication issuing from the Royal Library of Denmark, also home to the Carl Nielsen edition. These volumes provide a forum for the spectrum of historical, analytical and aesthetic approaches to the study of Nielsen’s music from an..

This is the third volume of Carl Nielsen Studies which is an annual publication issuing from the Royal Library of Denmark, also home to the Carl Nielsen edition. These volumes provide a forum for the spectrum of historical, analytical and aesthetic approaches to the study of Nielsen’s music from an ..

This is the first volume of Carl Nielsen Studies which is an annual publication issuing from the Royal Library of Denmark, also home to the Carl Nielsen edition. Carl Nielsen's status as one of the twentieth century's foremost composers is now well-established. These volumes provide a forum for th..

Charles Hallé was one of the leading musicians of the nineteenth century and intimate with almost all of the great composers and performers of his time as well as the Royal family. He was also known as a pianist, chamber musician and conductor, in London, throughout the country and abroad. Robert B..

Charles Hallé was one of the leading musicians of the nineteenth century and intimate with almost all of the great composers and performers of his time as well as the Royal family. He was also known as a pianist, chamber musician and conductor, in London, throughout the country and abroad. Robert B..

This comprehensive survey takes as its focus a stylistic analysis of the music of the French composer and virtuoso pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). There is also consideration of Alkan the performer, and on issues of performance practice in relation to his music, and on its reception hist..

This comprehensive survey takes as its focus a stylistic analysis of the music of the French composer and virtuoso pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). There is also consideration of Alkan the performer, and on issues of performance practice in relation to his music, and on its reception hist..

The first book devoted to the composer Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) since 1935, this survey provides the fullest account of his life and the most detailed appraisal of his music to date. Renowned in his own lifetime for the rapid rate at which he produced new works, Stanford was also an imp..

In 1848, Chopin visited England and Scotland. That autumn, he returned to Paris and the following autumn he was dead. Despite the fascination the composer continues to hold for scholars, this brief but important period remains little known. Peter Willis draws on extensive original documentary eviden..

Best known for his piano music, Déodat de Séverac (1872-1921) also composed orchestral and vocal works, including opera, cantata and incidental music. In this book, Robert Waters provides a much-needed study of the life and works of Séverac, focusing on the composer's regionalist philosophy. Séverac..

Choral pieces form a relatively small proportion of Grieg’s total output, although works such as the Album for Male Voices and the Four Psalms represent significant developments in his compositional career. In this study Beryl Foster not only provides an in-depth examination of this music, but also..