This guide for opera goers to Tosca includes a synopsis of the plot, with indications of the themes and motifs used in it,…

\nIn this Element, the author describes how playing drum kit enables him to experience transcendence, the magical nexus at…

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Composer Michael Nyman's classic 1974 account of the postwar experimental tradition in music.…

This book is a companion volume to Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua I.…

Previous studies of Wagner's operas have tended to approach the works as chunks of autobiography, philosophical speculations…

The first substantial volume in English to explore the impact of Arvo Part on contemporary music and culture.…

\nThis Element provides a demonstration of how evolving external cues, and internal cognitive scripts interact with…

This Element refines and extends analyses France\'s colonial history up to contemporary antiracist and environmental…

\nOffers an introduction to one of the most important and influential piano concertos in the history of Western music. It…

\nBrim-full of personal reminiscence and zesty anecdote, On Jazz is an affectionate portrait of the personalities behind the…

\nThis dual biography explores popular music\'s two most influential songwriters and their place within the political and…

Why study music? An introduction to the main aspects of the subject, outlining the many benefits of a music degree.…

\nOver the last millennium, musical notation has become a powerful system of symbolic, non-verbal communication among…

A comprehensive and highly readable guide to Stravinsky's most revolutionary work.…

\nThis book provides a definitive account of the intersection between music, wellness, and aging from the perspective of…

This is the first introductory survey of western twentieth-century music to address popular music, art music and jazz on…

Provides sound advice on the issues raised when performing music of the past.…

This book examines the invention of the architecture of the modern opera house in Italy between the late fifteenth and late…

Accessible and beautifully illustrated, this book collates global scientific research on the evolution, ecology and…

\nRanging from early medieval musical bards to pop music in the twenty-first century, this book describes Welsh musical…

This is an unrivalled and invaluable source for researchers, conservation biologists, zoologists, wildlife managers, and…