Boydell & Brewer
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There are welcome insights into...how and why [the cantatas] were written, and by whom and for whom they were performed...a work-by-work description of each cantata provides reference material... — More…
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Sara Levy's World: Gender, Judaism, and the Bach Tradition in Enlightenment Berlin
- Editor: Cypess, Rebecca
- Editor: Sinkoff, Nancy
Sara Itzig Levy (1761-1854)...made important contributions to her time as a performer, music collector, salon hostess, and patron . . . Scholars gathered from many fields illuminate her life... — More…
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The history of the intellectual and institutional adventure that set theory led to [in the musical domain] is of undeniable interest, and the author is the first to treat it in this fashion.... — More…
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I found this book to be extremely useful...Walls' style is clear and at times extremely humorous...I would recommend this book heartily. EARLY MUSIC TODAY Undoubtedly makes a contribution to... — More…
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Coming to Terms with Our Musical Past: An Essay on Mozart and Modernist Aesthetics
- Author: Goehring, Edmund Joseph
Exhaustively researched and documented . . . [this book] considers such concepts as intention, ambiguity, mimesis, chance, and necessity -- each with its own chapter -- in the light of modernist... — More…
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Word, Image, and Song, Two-Volume Set: Essays on Early Modern Italy and Essays on Musical Voices
- Editor: Cypess, Rebecca
- Editor: Glixon, Beth
- Editor: Link, Nathan
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A Dance of Polar Opposites: The Continuing Transformation of Our Musical Language
- Author: Rochberg
- Editor: Gill, Jeremy
A fresh perspective on a still-fresh topic. . . . Gives musical scholarship a living and breathing pulse. . . . Invaluable to composers writing in the wake of the post-tonal era of music. .... — More…
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Genetic Criticism and the Creative Process: Essays from Music, Literature, and Theater
- Editor: Jones, Joseph E.
- Editor: Kinderman, William
Musicologists should certainly find it refreshing to read writers like Geert Lernhout . . . [who write] with such ample reserves of wit and good humour. . . [The various chapters] provide plentiful... — More…
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The authors elevate the role of the poem in the creation of the Lied . . . [and delve into] the deeper meanings of the songs and cycles presented. . . . [Includes] musical examples and easy-to-read... — More…
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Worth reading twice. If the great orchestral masterpieces are among your favorites, Robert Orledge is as knowledgeable as you would wish — More…
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