20th Century Music

Alistair Noble reveals key aspects of Morton Feldman's musical language as it developed during a crucial period in the early 1950s. Drawing models from primary sources, he shows that Feldman worked deliberately within a two-dimensional frame, allowing a focus upon the fundamental materials of soundi..

Alistair Noble reveals key aspects of Morton Feldman's musical language as it developed during a crucial period in the early 1950s. Drawing models from primary sources, he shows that Feldman worked deliberately within a two-dimensional frame, allowing a focus upon the fundamental materials of soundi..

Contemplating Shostakovich marks an important new stage in the understanding of Shostakovich and his working environment. Each chapter covers aspects of the composer's output in the context of his life and cultural milieu. This invaluable collection offers remarkable new insight, in both depth and ..

Contemplating Shostakovich marks an important new stage in the understanding of Shostakovich and his working environment. Each chapter covers aspects of the composer's output in the context of his life and cultural milieu. This invaluable collection offers remarkable new insight, in both depth and ..

This collection of essays and interviews addresses important theoretical, philosophical and creative issues in Western art music at the end of the twentieth- and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries. The book offers a wide range of international perspectives from prominent musicologists, phil..

Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture provides a comprehensive history of electronic music, covering key composers, genres, and techniques used in analog and digital synthesis. This textbook has been extensively revised with the needs of students and instructors in mind. ..

Exploring the many aspects of Erik Satie's creativity, the contributors to this edited collection examine his philosophy and psychology revealed through his music; Satie's interest and participation in visual and literary artistic media; and his collaborations with other artists. His artistic activi..

Exploring the many aspects of Erik Satie's creativity, the contributors to this edited collection examine his philosophy and psychology revealed through his music; Satie's interest and participation in visual and literary artistic media; and his collaborations with other artists. His artistic activi..

Drawing upon extensive archival research, interview material and musical analysis, Laura Hamer presents an innovative study of women working as professional musicians in France between the two World Wars. Hamer positions the activities, achievements and reception of women composers, conductors and p..

This volume comprises selected articles from Francis Poulenc: J’écris ce qui me chante (Fayard, 2011) edited by Nicholas Southon. Many of these articles and interviews have not been available in English before and Roger Nichols' translation, capturing the very essence of Poulenc’s lively writing st..

Furtwängler on Music..

Furtwängler on Music..