Widor

John R Near

• Paperback | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 83
• Brings to light the life and work of one of France's most distinguished musicians in the most complete biography in any language of Charles-Marie Wido... Lees meer

The Broadway Sound

Estate Of Robert Russell Bennett, George J Ferencz

• Paperback | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 12
• The previously unpublished autobiography and additional essays by the orchestrator-composer of some of America's most important musical theatre produc... Lees meer

Bedrich Smetana

Kelly St Pierre

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 139
• This book reveals Czech composer Bedrich Smetana as a dynamic figure whose mythology has been rewritten time and again to suit shifting political pers... Lees meer

Composing for Japanese Instruments

Minoru Miki

• Paperback | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 57
• A practical but scholarly guide to Japanese instruments by one of the country's leading composers. The unique sounds of the biwa, shamisen, and other ... Lees meer

Reviving Haydn

Bryan Proksch

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 124
• Examines the decline and resurgence of Haydn's reputation in an effort to better understand the forces that shape critical reception on a broad scale.... Lees meer

Wagner and Venice

John W Barker

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 59
• 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. Ric... Lees meer

Laughter Between Two Revolutions

Francesco Izzo

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 106
• Tells the forgotten story of post-Rossinian opera buffa, with attention to masterpieces by Donizetti and fascinating comic works by Luigi Ricci, the y... Lees meer

Wagner and Venice Fictionalized

John W Barker

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 89
• The first account of how Wagner's last years and his death in Venice have been mythologized in novels and other works of the creative imagination. The... Lees meer

Musical Theater in Eighteenth-Century Parma

Margaret Butler

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 151
• How do you create a style of opera that speaks to everyone, when no one agrees on what it should say -- or how? French and Italian varieties of opera ... Lees meer

Bernstein and Robbins

Sophie Redfern

• Paperback | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 173
• The formative early ballets of West Side Story creators Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins explored in detail for the very first time. 2022 CHOICE O... Lees meer

Nadia Boulanger and the Stravinskys

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 143
• Published for the first time: a rich epistolary dialogue revealing one master teacher's power to shape the cultural canon and one great composer's des... Lees meer

Reflections of an American Harpsichordist

Kirkpatrick Meredith

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 140
• Presents previously unpublished memoirs (1933-77), lectures, and essays by the eminent harpsichordist and scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick. This collection o... Lees meer

Concert Music, Rock, and Jazz Since 1945

• Paperback | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 2
• Interdisciplinary articles bridge the gulf between classical and popular music. Modern musical-analytical techniques are applied to a wide range of We... Lees meer

French Art Song

Emily Kilpatrick

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 186
• A ground-breaking study of the musical and literary priorities, professional practices and creative interactions that shaped one of the most adventuro... Lees meer

The Musical Madhouse

Hector Berlioz

• Paperback | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 21
• This is the first complete translation into English of Berlioz's second collection of musical articles, originally published in 1859. The work is a un... Lees meer

Tempo and Tactus in the German Baroque

Julia Dokter

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 178
• Guides modern performers and scholars through the intricacies of German Baroque metric theory, via analyses of treatises and organ music by J.S. Bach ... Lees meer

Beyond Fingal's Cave

James Porter

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 158
• Demonstrates the profound impact of The Poems of Ossian on composers of the Romantic Era and later: Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Massenet... Lees meer

Busoni as Pianist

Grigory Kogan

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 73
• A translation of the only book that focuses solely on the pianistic aspect of Busoni's wide-ranging career. Ferruccio Busoni is most widely known toda... Lees meer

Berlioz: Scenes from the Life and Work

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 52
• New studies of the great French composer by Jacques Barzun, David Cairns, Joël-Marie Fauquet, Hugh Macdonald, Julian Rushton, and other prominent expe... Lees meer

The Career of an Eighteenth-Century Kapellmeister

Sterling E Murray

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 107
• A unique look at the career of a little-known contemporary of Haydn and Mozart, presented against a fascinating background of court musical life in la... Lees meer

Elliott Carter: Collected Essays and Lectures, 1937-1995

Elliott Carter, Jonathan W Bernard

• Paperback | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 7
• Elliott Carter [b.1908] is now generally acknowledged as America's most eminent living composer. This definitive volume of his essays and lectures -- ... Lees meer

Wanderjahre of a Revolutionist and Other Essays on American Music

Arthur Farwell, Thomas Stoner

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 4
• Selected autobiographical and critical essays by the important early 20c American composer/campaigner Arthur Farwell: a major narrative of American mu... Lees meer

Whistling Blackbird

Robert Morris

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 80
• A collection of essays on new music, composers, and issues in American music criticism and aestheticson by composer and music theorist Robert Morris. ... Lees meer

Nadia Boulanger

• Hardcover | Engels | Eastman Studies in Music | nr. 166
• The first collection ever of essays and reviews by the renowned pedagogue, composer, and conductor, providing fresh perspectives on her musical influe... Lees meer