New Publications,
New Music Book Publications - 4th July 2022
Welcome to our latest selection of new music books. Our picks this time round include an examination of Nordic music and its performers; a revised edition of the authoritative catalogue of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis; a paperback edition of conductor John Mauceri's guide to the art of listening; a volume discussing the relationship between music and time from the differing perspectives of philosophers, psychologists, and performers; a picture book for children exploring musical instruments and how they are made; and new paperback editions of books on Bizet's Carmen, German operetta on Broadway and the West End, and the history of benefit performances in eighteenth-century Britain.
The Northern Silence: Journeys in Nordic Music and Culture
Andrew Mellor; Yale University Press; Hardback
From Reykjavik to Rovaniemi, this book examines Nordic music's performers, the attitude of its audiences, and the sound of its composers past and present, celebrating some of the most remarkable music ever written along the way. Drawing on a range of genres and firsthand encounters, it reveals that our fascination with Nordic societies and our love for Nordic music might be more intertwined than first thought.
Available Format: Book
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis: Thematic-Systematic Catalogue of the Musical Works of Johann Sebastian Bach
Breitkopf & Härtel; Hardback
The first catalogue of Bach’s works, the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), appeared in 1950 under the authorship of Wolfgang Schmieder. A revised edition was published 40 years later, followed by further updates in 1998. This indispensable reference book has now been completely redesigned in collaboration with the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, incorporating the latest research, and organising the accompanying data (surveys of works and sources, work collections, dubious and erroneous attributions, diverse indices) in a new, user-friendly system.
Available Format: Book
For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening
John Mauceri; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Paperback
Why do so many of us listen to classical music, and how can you get the most from listening to it? In this unpretentious and instructive book, now available in paperback, conductor John Mauceri brings to bear his lifetime of experience and profound knowledge in order to illuminate our understanding of what it is we hear when we listen; how each piece bears the traces of its history; and how the concert experience allows us constantly to discover music anew.
Available Format: Book
Music and Time: Psychology, Philosophy, Practice
Michelle Phillips & Matthew Sergeant (editors); Boydell & Brewer; Hardback
For the experimental psychologist, the experience of time during music is something that may be studied empirically. For philosophers, fundamental questions of time continue to be the subject of ongoing debate in philosophy: is time linear? What are past, present and future? What is duration and what makes a perceptual present, or moment? For the performer, musical time can exist as a subjective vehicle of expression. This volume deals with these complex relationships between music and time.
Available Format: Book
From award-winning author Annette Bay Pimentel comes a picture book exploring how music and musical instruments are made across time and around the world. Music doesn't come out of nothing: it always starts somewhere . . . with something . . . with someone. Organised by material, from wood to gourds to found objects and more, this book marries a lyrical core text with tons of informational material for curious readers.
Available Format: Book
Carmen Abroad: Bizet's Opera on the Global Stage
Richard Langham Smith & Clair Rowden (editors); Cambridge University Press; Paperback
Now available in paperback, this book, through the history of the performance and reception of Bizet's Carmens provides new understanding of the opera's enduring yet ever-evolving and resituated presence and popularity. As it reveals the ways in which the opera swiftly travelled the globe from its Parisian premiere, readers will understand how the story, the music, the staging, and the singers appealed to audiences in diverse geographical, artistic and political contexts.
Available Format: Book
German Operetta on Broadway and in the West End, 1900-1940
Derek B. Scott; Cambridge University Press; Paperback
Academic attention has focused on America's influence on European stage works, and yet dozens of operettas from Austria and Germany were produced on Broadway and in the West End, and their impact on the musical life of the early twentieth century is undeniable. This book examines the transfer of operetta from the German stage to Britain and the USA and offers an historical and critical survey of these operettas and their music.
Available Format: Book
Music and the Benefit Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Matthew Gardner & Alison Clark DeSimone (editors); Cambridge University Press; Paperback
In the early eighteenth century, the benefit performance became an essential component of commercial music-making in Britain. Benefits, adapted from the spoken theatre, provided a new model from which instrumentalists, singers, and composers could reap financial and professional rewards. By examining benefits from a musical perspective, this book presents the first study of the various ways in which music became associated with the benefit system in eighteenth-century Britain.
Available Format: Book
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