Harvard University Press

Rosen shares absorbing anecdotes relating to his studies with Moriz Rosenthal, who had been a student of Liszt, and the time that he inadvertently offended Stravinsky by asking about an assumed... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Astute and readable...In many ways, this is cultural studies at its best. -- Steven Carroll — Sydney Morning Herald More…

Nagahara provides a well-documented study of how modern Japanese pop media developed a foundation in the masses that neither the government nor critics could control...Tokyo Boogie-Woogie stands... — Popmatters More…

This book describes the intimate connection between music and spirituality found in such groups as the Shakers and Mormons, and in individuals such as Yossele Rosenblatt, Duke Ellington, John... — The Dallas Morning News More…