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Analyzing Atonal Music Series: Eastman Studies in Music An engaging study -- the first ever -- of the principles used by noted scholars to unravel the masterpieces of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and other modernists. Analyzing Wagner's Operas Series: Eastman Studies in Music An examination of work by the German music theorist, Alfred Lorenz, to explain Wagner's operas and how they fit with German nationalist ideology. The Art of Musical Phrasing in the Eighteenth Century Series: Eastman Studies in Music Practical suggestions, and documentary evidence, for performers wishing to understand the gestures and nuances embedded in eighteenth-century musical notation. Aspects of Unity in J. S. Bach's Partitas and Suites Series: Eastman Studies in Music This work provides new insight into the inner workings of Bach's Partitas and Suites, establishing various ways in which the composer linked several movements of a suite to produce a unified effect. Bach and the Pedal Clavichord Series: Eastman Studies in Music An examination of the role of the pedal clavichord in understanding the work of J. S. Bach, as well as its relevance to contemporary organ performances. Bach Sources in America A portrait of the composer from his various manuscripts. Bach's Changing World: Series: Eastman Studies in Music Bach's Changing World is a study of popular culture in the community in which Bach spent the last, the longest, and the most productive part of his life: the Leipzig middle-class. The Ballet Collaborations of Richard Strauss Series: Eastman Studies in Music Beethoven's Century Series: Eastman Studies in Music Essays by the noted authority on nineteenth-century music, the topics ranging from Beethoven and Schubert to comic opera to Scriabin and Janácek. Berlioz's Semi-Operas Series: Eastman Studies in Music A full-length study of two of Berlioz's most unique works, which combine the highest goals of both symphony and opera and incorporate two of the greatest classics of Western literature into a total fusion of the arts. Berlioz: Past, Present, Future Series: Eastman Studies in Music A collection of essays commemorating Hector Berlioz's life and work on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Berlioz: Scenes from the Life and Work Series: Eastman Studies in Music New studies of the great French composer by Jacques Barzun, David Cairns, Joël-Marie Fauquet, Hugh Macdonald, Julian Rushton, and other prominent experts. Beyond The Art of Finger Dexterity Series: Eastman Studies in Music The first English-language book on Czerny, and the broadest survey of his activity in any language. "The Broadway Sound" Series: Eastman Studies in Music The previously unpublished autobiography and additional essays by the orchestrator-composer of some of America's most important musical theatre productions. "The Broadway Sound" (paperback) Series: Eastman Studies in Music The previously unpublished autobiography and additional essays by the orchestrator-composer of some of America's most important musical theatre productions. CageTalk Series: Eastman Studies in Music Revealing unpublished interviews with John Cage and some of his closest colleagues, including Virgil Thomson, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pauline Oliveros, Merce Cunningham, and David Tudor. The Chansons of Orlando di Lasso and Their Protestant Listeners: Series: Eastman Studies in Music A study of how the secular lyrics of the French composer Orlando di Lasso were reworked by Protestant printers in the sixteenth century to convey new spiritual meanings. 'Claude Debussy As I Knew Him' and Other Writings of Arthur Hartmann Series: Eastman Studies in Music A record of a ten-year personal friendship, with letters, and insights on other contemporaries. Composing for Japanese Instruments Series: Eastman Studies in Music A practical but scholarly guide to Japanese instruments by one of that country's leading composers. Concert Music, Rock, and Jazz Since 1945 (paperback) Series: Eastman Studies in Music Interdisciplinary articles bridge the gulf between classical and popular music. Dane Rudhyar Series: Eastman Studies in Music The first full-length study of a remarkable composer, writer, painter, and expert on astrology, based on Rudhyar's personal archives. Debussy's Letters to Inghelbrecht Series: Eastman Studies in Music The first English translation of the correspondence between two composers and friends. Dieterich Buxtehude Series: Eastman Studies in Music An enlightening, revised edition of the definitive biography on celebrated organist and composer, Dieterich Buxtehude. Elliott Carter: Collected Essays and Lectures, 1937-1995 (paperback) Series: Eastman Studies in Music European Music and Musicians in New York City, 1840-1900 Series: Eastman Studies in Music The first thorough exploration of musical life in nineteenth-century New York City, with topics ranging from military bands and immigrant impresarios to visits from operatic diva Adelina Patti. Explaining Tonality Series: Eastman Studies in Music A defense of Schenkerian analysis of tonality in music. Frank Sinatra A celebration of Sinatra's enduring impact on American entertainment and cultural life. French Music, Culture, and National Identity, 1870-1939 Series: Eastman Studies in Music New, insightful essays from musicologists, historians, art historians, and literary scholars reconsider the relationship of Debussy, Gauguin, Zola, and other great French creative artists to cultural and political trends during the Third Republic. French Musical Thought, 1600-1800 Essays exploring the relationship of critical thought in music to social and philosophical changes in 17-18c France. French Organ Music from the Revolution to Franck and Widor Series: Eastman Studies in Music Essays by prominent scholars and organists examine the music of Franck and other nineteenth-century French organist-composers through stylistic analysis, study of compositional process, and exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance-practice traditions developed and became codified. French Organ Music from the Revolution to Franck and Widor (paperback) Series: Eastman Studies in Music Essays by prominent scholars and organists examine the music of Franck and other nineteenth-century French organist-composers through stylistic analysis, study of compositional process, and exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance-practice traditions developed and became codified. The Gamelan Digul and the Prison-Camp Musician Who Built It: Series: Eastman Studies in Music The story of a particular Javanese group of 'matching' musical instruments, the gamelan Digul, built in a notorious Dutch East Indies prison camp by a master musician and political activist, and the role in played in helping to foster Australian-Indonesian friendship. The Gardano Music Printing Firms, 1569-1611 Series: Eastman Studies in Music A detailed account of music book publishing during the Late Renaissance and a look at the prodigious work of the Gardano family of Venice. Going My Way Bing Crosby's innovations as recording artist, actor, businessman, and radio and television performer. A multidisciplinary exploration, plus personal testimony from family members and colleagues. Handel Tercentenary Collection Up-to-date research papers by American, English and German scholars, from the Handel tercentenary conference in London. Historical Musicology Series: Eastman Studies in Music Seventeen studies by noted experts that demonstrate recent approaches toward the creative interpretation of primary sources regarding Renaissance and Baroque music, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Debussy, and beyond. Historical Musicology (paperback) Series: Eastman Studies in Music Seventeen studies by noted experts that demonstrate recent approaches toward the creative interpretation of primary sources regarding Renaissance and Baroque music, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Debussy, and beyond. A History of Key Characteristics in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries A fully updated edition of the leading reference work on musical key characteristics during the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. A History of European Folk Music A study of dynamic and changing forms of folk music from nations and cultures across Europe: genre, instruments, performance. Horn and Conductor The former first horn of the Boston Symphony Orchestra writes about playing under Klemperer, Koussevitzky, Munch etc, the french horn, and specific horn passages. Hugo Wolf's Lieder and Extensions of Tonality Study of the harmonic language of the late 19c based on songs by Hugo Wolf. Irony and Sound Series: Eastman Studies in Music An insightful and exquisitely written reconsideration of Ravel's modernity, his teaching, and his place in twentieth-century music and culture. 'Let the Church Sing!' An examination of worldviews, religious belief and ritual as seen through the musical performances of one Afro-American Baptist church in a small black community in rural Mississippi. Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life Series: Eastman Studies in Music Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life, by Alec Wilder, in a new, annotated edition with introduction and supplementary material by David Demsey, foreword by jazz pianist Marian McPartland, and photographs by Louis Ouzer. Maurice Duruflé Series: Eastman Studies in Music A new, deeply researched biography of the great French organist, who composed some of the best-loved works in the organ repertory -- and the masterful Requiem. Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis Night Series: Eastman Studies in Music The first in-depth study of Mendelssohn's two settings of Goethe's Die erste Walpurgisnacht, in the context of scenes from Goethe's Faust and other works. Music and Musicians in the Escorial Liturgy under the Habsburgs, 1563-1700 Series: Eastman Studies in Music The performance and composition of liturgical music at El Escorial re-examined. Music and the Occult Series: Eastman Studies in Music A study of the hitherto unexplored relationship between occult philosophy and its expression in music, in the decades surrounding the Romantic period and up to the middle of the 20th century. Music in German Immigrant Theater Series: Eastman Studies in Music A history -- the first ever -- of the abundant traditions of German-American musical theater in New York, and a treasure trove of songs and information. 'The Music of American Folk Song' Series: Eastman Studies in Music This is the first complete publication of the late composer and scholar Ruth Crawford Seeger's major work on American folksongs. It preserves them as well as demonstrates how they should be played so that they remain a living part of the American musical tradition. 'The Music of American Folk Song' and Selected Other Writings on American Folk Music (paperback) Series: Eastman Studies in Music This is the first complete publication of the late composer and scholar Ruth Crawford Seeger's major work on American folksongs. It preserves them as well as demonstrates how they should be played so that they remain a living part of the American musical tradition. The Music of Luigi Dallapiccola Series: Eastman Studies in Music The first English work dealing in detail with the life and musical influences of the Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975). Music in the Culture of Polish Galicia, 1772-1914 Series: Rochester Studies in Central Europe An examination of the interconnections between popular music and societal conditions in the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Galician region between 1772 and 1917. The Music of the Moravian Church in America Series: Eastman Studies in Music The first comprehensive study, by a team of leading scholars, of one of the United States' most distinctive musical traditions. Music Theory and Mathematics Series: Eastman Studies in Music Essays in diatonic set theory, transformation theory, and neo-Riemannian theory -- the newest and most exciting fields in music theory today. Music Theory in Concept and Practice Series: Eastman Studies in Music Historical, theoretical and analytical studies of principally 19-20c topics, reflecting current musical research. Music's Modern Muse Series: Eastman Studies in Music A biography of Winnaretta Singer-Polignac, heiress to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, who befriended and subsidized some of the most important musical and literary artists of the 20th Century, including Stravinsky, Proust, Ravel, Cocteau, and Colette. Music's Modern Muse Leather Edition Series: Eastman Studies in Music Musical Creativity in Twentieth-Century China Series: Eastman Studies in Music A study of the life and music of the blind Chinese folk musician Abing (1893-1950), with accompanying CD. Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair Series: Eastman Studies in Music Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair explores the ways in which music was used, appropriated, exhibited, listened to, and written about during the six months of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, thereby revealing the role and the sociopolitical uses of music in France and, more generally, Europe during the late nineteenth century. Musical Ensembles in Festival Books, 1500-1800 First in-depth study of festival books as they document musical performance practices from 1500-1800. The Musical Madhouse Series: Eastman Studies in Music This is the first complete translation into English of Berlioz's second collection of musical articles, originally published in 1859. The work is a uniquely Berliozian combination of light-hearted journalism and serious musical comment and analysis. The Musical Madhouse: English Translation of Berlioz's Les Grotesques de la musique (paperback) Series: Eastman Studies in Music This is the first complete translation into English of Berlioz's second collection of musical articles, originally published in 1859. The work is a uniquely Berliozian combination of light-hearted journalism and serious musical comment and analysis. Musicking Shakespeare Series: Eastman Studies in Music Demonstrates how Purcell, Berlioz, Verdi, and Britten, responding to Shakespeare's juxtaposition of contrasting theatrical styles, devised music dramas that call opera into question. Neoclassicism in Music Neoclassicism in Music First ever historical and critical study of the concept of `neoclassicism', from its beginnings in 19c. France and Germany to Stravinsky. Opera and Ideology in Prague Series: Eastman Studies in Music An overview of the history of the Prague musical community from 1900 until the end of democracy in 1938, with attention to polemics about "Czechness" and "modernism." Pentatonicism from the Eighteenth Century to Debussy Series: Eastman Studies in Music A generously illustrated examination of pentatonic ("black-key scale") techniques in the context of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western art-music. The Percussionist's Art An engaging, practical, sometimes poetic account of the new world of percussion music--from the 1930s (Varese, Cage) to today--by one of its leading practitioners. Picturing Performance A systematic study of the visual arts as potential sources of historical documentation for the performing arts - music, drama and dance; also guidance on sources of images for the performing arts. The Pleasure of Modernist Music Series: Eastman Studies in Music An exploration of the meaning of "modernist" music. The Poetic Debussy Series: Eastman Studies in Music The texts of all of Debussy's songs, together with translation and notes essential for an understanding of his creative impulse. The Poetic Debussy (paperback) Series: Eastman Studies in Music Texts and translation of all Debussy's songs with valuable notes. Portrait of Percy Grainger Series: Eastman Studies in Music A unique treatment of the key influences on the life of this important Australian composer, consisting of oral histories by people who knew Grainger, as well as reflections from his own writings. Radical Nostalgia: A detailed history of the commemorations of US activist involvement in the Spanish Civil War, based on a combination of archival and ethnographic evidence. Representing Non-Western Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain Series: Eastman Studies in Music Explores the influence of anthropological theories, travel literature, psychology, and other intellectual trends on the perception of non-Western music and elucidates the roots of today's field of ethnomusicology. The Rosary Cantoral Series: Eastman Studies in Music Unlocks the secrets behind the images and music of an important Spanish musical manuscript compiled for a brotherhood of suspected heretics ca. 1500. Russian Theoretical Thought in Music (paperback) Offers readers new ways of conceptualizing music and new insights into music created in Russia. Ruth Crawford Seeger's Worlds Series: Eastman Studies in Music Interdisciplinary perspectives on the life and work of the esteemed "ultra-modern" American composer and pioneering folk music activist (1901-53). Schubert in the European Imagination, Volume 2 Series: Eastman Studies in Music A richly detailed examination of the historical reception of Franz Schubert in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe, with a concentration on fin-de-siècle Vienna. Schubert in the European Imagination, Volume 1 Series: Eastman Studies in Music How Franz Schubert and his compositions were viewed in nineteenth-century European criticism, literature, and the visual arts, from Schumann to George Eliot to Whistler. Schumann's Piano Cycles and the Novels of Jean Paul Series: Eastman Studies in Music A study on the influence which the German novelist Jean Paul Friedrich Richter had upon Robert Schumann's music. The Sea on Fire: Jean Barraqué Series: Eastman Studies in Music The life and works of one of the most difficult yet rewarding composers of modern time. The Substance of Things Heard Series: Eastman Studies in Music A choice selection of essays, reviews and interviews providing insights into musical performance, composition in the late 20th century and very early 21st, and the nature of opera. Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach Series: Eastman Studies in Music An analysis of the history and methodology of the pre-Bach baroque fugue. Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach (paperback) Series: Eastman Studies in Music Uncle Sam's Orchestra A humorous look at the accomplishments of America's Seventh Army Symphony during its 10-year, European tour-of-duty from 1952-1962. Variations on the Canon Series: Eastman Studies in Music Masterful essays honoring the great pianist and critic Charles Rosen, on masterpieces from Bach and Beethoven to Chopin, Verdi, and Stockhausen. Viennese Harmonic Theory from Albrechtsberger to Schenker and Schoenberg (paperback) Wagner and Venice Series: Eastman Studies in Music Explores Wagner's lengthy stays in Venice, his death there, and the meaning of his works -- and his death -- for that great city and its mystique. Wagner and Wagnerism in Nineteenth-Century Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic Provinces: Series: Eastman Studies in Music An exploration of how Wagner's operas were performed and received in the theaters of Stockholm and other cities of the region. Wagner's Meistersinger A volume of collected essays which engage Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg from the perspective of both active performers and academics in a wide range of disciplines. Wagner's Meistersinger (paperback) A volume of collected essays which engage Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg from the perspective of both active performers and academics in a wide range of disciplines. "Wanderjahre of a Revolutionist" and Other Essays on American Music Series: Eastman Studies in Music Selected autobiographical and critical essays by the important early 20c American composer/campaigner Arthur Farwell: a major narrative of American musical life c.1900. The Wind Ensemble and its Repertoire Essays centred on the subject of the wind band, including its historical development and underlying principles. Yankee Musician in Europe |
