Browse: ABC-CLIO (publisher), Classical Composers

The author departs radically from the many studies on Wagner's influence on both music and literature, with her focus on myth versus history in German drama....Amply documented, this refreshing... — Choice More…

Poulenc's music is widely performed and extremely popular, and Keck's biobibliography, the first of its kind, should therefore be enthusiastically welcomed. Although the annotated bibliography... — Choice More…

Zajaczkowski provides historical background and discusses the composer's uncertain beginnings, influences on his work, and the impetus from Pushkin, providing a fresh and insightful examination... — Choice More…

it does not dramatize Shostakovich's problems with the bureaucracy but makes clear how those problems affected the composer's life and the creation of his music. . . . Recommended. Upper-division... — Choice More…

This collection comprises 13 chapters, each by a different scholar, addressing a range of textual amd contextual matters. James Hepokoski's "The Essence of Sibelius: Creation Myths and Rotational... — Choice More…

Pemberton is identified as a community college English instructor, but her publications have appeared in music education journals, and her dissertation was on Lowell Mason. She writes from a... — Choice More…