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Following the author's biographical dictionaries on Schubert and Mozart, this work examines Beethoven's relations with the multitude of persons who formed his circle: relatives, friends, acquaintances, librettists, poets, publishers, artists, patrons, and

The fundamental changes resulting in the development of the Baroque style around the turn of the 17th century had a profound effect on music theory. This work explores the metamorphosis in England

Offers an overall view of Berlioz's musical achievement as we approach the bicentary of his birth in 2003, and includes a study to deal with the rediscovered Messe solennelle.

An examination of the problem of content regulation in the increasing number of broadcasting services available. It explores the moral basis of regulation, including the protection of children, obscenity and bad language,

This study on a work of Vaughan Williams, traces the genesis of the composer's enigmatic final symphony as documented in the surviving manuscripts. The latter reveal an underlying programme based on Hardy's

Concentrating on a small number of representative cantatas, mostly from the Leipzig cycles of 1723-24 and 1724-25, and in particular on Cantata 77, Eric Chafe illustrates how Bach strove to mirror both

Between 1908 and 1923, Schoenberg developed a compositional strategy that moved beyond the accepted concepts and practices of Western tonality. This study synthesizes and advances the state of knowledge about this body

Woody Herman was a central figure in the development of jazz. This biography follows his rise to prominence in the 1930s as leader of "the band that plays the blues", through success

This title examines the dimensional technique of analyzing harmonic rhythm. Using a small core of repeated musical examples, Swain explores the theory's crucial components including functional and non functional harmonies, harmonic tension

In this study of the composition, reception, extramusical implications, and stylistic eclecticism of Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, a staple of the 19th-century musical canon, Cooper devotes extensive attention to the differences between the

Robert Sharpe examines fundamental questions about our understanding and appreciation of music, towards a reassessment of the conception of music that has been dominant in Western culture. He focuses on the problem

Examining Aaron Copland's most celebrated music in the context of progressive politics during the 1930's and 1940's, this book argues that such works as "El Salon Mexico", "Billy the Kid", and "Appalachian

This book provides a practical guide to empirical approaches that are ready for incorporation in the contemporary musicologist's toolkit, including perspectives from music theory, computational musicology, thnomusicology, and the psychology and sociology

The difficulties of interpreting Berlioz are explained in this book. The confusion arising from Berlioz's imaginative orchestration are explored, and a guide to technique is provided for students of conducting.