These essays offer a range of approaches central to the performance of French piano music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributors ..
Kaija Saariaho is internationally recognized as a leading figure in contemporary music, enjoying a well-deserved reputation for works that are both cr..
What does it mean for poetry and music to turn to each other in the shadow of the Holocaust, as means of aesthetic self-reflection? How can their mutu..
The two volumes of Messiaen Perspectives convey the growing understanding of his deep and varied interconnections with his cultural milieux. Messiaen ..
Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception analyses Messiaen’s compositional approach and the repercussions of his music. The first ..
Australian by birth but a long-time resident of Great Britain, David Lumsdaine (b.1931) is central to both Australian and British modernism. By analys..
Eric Coates (1886-1957) is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music, with his memorable tunes including the openings to the ..
Exploring the many aspects of Erik Satie's creativity, the contributors to this edited collection examine his philosophy and psychology revealed throu..
Contemplating Shostakovich marks an important new stage in the understanding of Shostakovich and his working environment. Each chapter covers aspects..
This is the first full-length study of British women's instrumental chamber music in the early twentieth-century. It includes six case studies of comp..
This is the first study of a neglected genre and has four aims: firstly, to show the development of symphonic composition in Australia from Federation..
Linda Kouvaras explores the ways in which selected sound art works demonstrate creatively how sound is embedded within local, national, gendered and h..