Browse: New Cultural History of Music (series)

Alexander Fisher skilfully recreates the diverse and colourful sound-world in a monograph that, thanks to the combination of insight and overview, will be greatly valued by specialists in this... — Music and Letters More…

Gearys monograph is well researched and engagingly written, and his painstaking approach to interpretation makes it a model of this kind of scholarship ... it is by far the most useful point... — Music and Letters More…

The study is characteristic of Kate van Orden's subtle, erudite negotiations between literary history and music history. It is full of insights relevant not just to musicologists but to anyone... — Renaissance Quarterly More…

Throughout the convoluted twists and turns of this story, Brodbeck is always a clear and patient guide. The sheer density of detail might easily have become bewildering, but what emerges is a... — The Times More…

The book does not intend to offer close musical readings of works or sources, but rather to help nonspecialist readers learn how music was integrated with texts, images, beliefs, and the actions... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

The first in-depth study of the relationship of the revolution to lyric theater...Recommended — Choice More…

This book is addressed to an audience not only of experts but also of students and music lovers. Iverson's effort to introduce the actors, networks, and music to all kinds of readers in an astute... — Revue de musicologie More…

Bergeron is no score-dodger and the music is exactly in the right place: central. Surrounding this is a wealth of detail and context opening up bypaths previously unexplored — Music and Letters More…

This book is addressed to an audience not only of experts but also of students and music lovers. Iverson's effort to introduce the actors, networks, and music to all kinds of readers in an astute... — Revue de musicologie More…