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  • The Musical Topicby Raymond Monelle

    Indiana University Press 2006; US$ 48.00

    The Musical Topic discusses three tropes prominently featured in Western European music: the hunt, the military, and the pastoral. Raymond Monelle provides an in-depth cultural and historical study of musical topics -- short melodic figures, harmonic or rhythmic formulae carrying literal or lexical meaning -- through consideration of their origin, thematization, manifestation, and meaning. The Musical Topic shows the connections of musical meaning to literature, social history, and the fine arts. more...

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Historyby Michael Miller

    Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 15.99

    A beautifully composed journey through music history! Music history is a required course for all music students. Unfortunately, the typical music history book is dry and academic, focusing on rote memorization of important composers and works. This leads many to think that the topic is boring, but bestselling author Michael Miller proves that isn?t so. This guide makes music history interesting and fun, for both music students and older music lovers. * Covers more than Western ?classical? music?also includes non-Western music and uniquely American forms such as jazz * More than just names and dates?puts musical developments in context with key historical events more...

  • For the Love of Musicby Michael Steinberg; Larry Rothe

    Oxford University Press, USA 2006; US$ 12.95

    The power of music, the way it works on the mind and heart, remains an enticing mystery. Now two noted writers on classical music, Michael Steinberg and Larry Rothe, explore the allure of this melodious art--not in the clinical terms of social scientists--but through stories drawn from their own experience. In For the Love of Music, Steinberg and Rothe draw on a lifetime of listening to, living with, and writing about music, sharing the delights and revelatory encounters they have had with Mozart, Brahms, Stravinsky, and a host of other great (and almost-great) composers. At once highly personal and immediately accessible, their writings shed light on those who make music and those who listen to it--drawing readers into the beautiful and dangerous... more...

  • A Concise History of American Music Educationby Michael Mark

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2008; US$ 24.99

    Co-published by MENC: The National Association for Music Education. A History of American Music Education covers the history of American music education, from its roots in Biblical times through recent historical events and trends. It describes the educational, philosophical, and sociological aspects of the subject, always putting it in the context of the history of the United States. It offers complete information on professional organizations, materials, techniques, and personalities in music education. more...

  • Silenceby John Cage; Kyle Gann

    Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 14.99

    Special edition of the book that revolutionized our understanding of how we make and experience art more...

  • Musikgeschichte Wittenbergs im 16. Jahrhundertby Marie Schlüter; Jürgen Heidrich; Ulrich Konrad; Hans Joachim Marx; Martin Staehelin

    Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2010; US$ 42.79

    Hauptbeschreibung Wittenberg entwickelte sich im 16. Jahrhundert zu einem Kulminationszentrum städtischer Musikkultur - überregional bedeutend für die praktische sowie theoretische Musikpflege. Diesem Beispiel nähert sich die Autorin institutionen- und sozialgeschichtlich ausgerichtet. In den Blick genommen werden als Hauptinstitutionen städtischer Musikpflege die Schlosskirche, die Stadtkirche und die Universität. Das umfangreiche, weitgehend unedierte Quellenmaterial wird zu weiten Teilen erstmals unter musikhistorischen Fragestellungen bearbeitet. Gegenstand des Interesses ist dabei sowohl der theoretische, humanistisch geprägte Diskurs über Musik als auch ihre praktische Ausübung. Zudem wird aufgrund der Rekonstruktion von Wittenberger... more...

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