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Als die Oper mit Bier gelöscht wurde
Stiebner Verlag 2012; US$ 14.01Hauptbeschreibung Haben Sie gewusst, dass München-Gründer Herzog Heinrich der Löwe ein 13-jähriges Mädchen geheiratet hatte, dass ein Großfeuer in der Oper nur mit Bier gelöscht werden konnte oder dass die Isar bis heute pures Gold in sich führt, das 1550 noch zu Münzen geprägt wurde? Viel Unbekanntes - von der Gründung München bis zu Gegenwart -... more...
The Music of Georges Auric
The Edwin Mellen Press 2012; US$ 339.95This serves as the first comprehensive catalogue of the orchestral, vocal, and chamber music composed by Georges Auric, one of Frances most important twentieth-century musicians. Approximately three hundred-fifty compositions are considered here with full descriptions of all known printed and manuscript sources; locations of literary works on... more...
Gustav and Alma Mahler
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 158.00This revised edition of Garland's 1989 publication updates the core bibliography on Gustave Mahler (as well as his spouse and fellow composer Alma Mahler) by incorporating new research gathered over the past dozen years on his life and professional works. Gustave Mahler, renowned conductor and composer of symphonies and song cycles, is one of the... more...
Frederic Chopin
Routledge 2000; US$ 150.00The Chopin legend is considered through studies of the performance tradition and a discography of recent and reissued recordings. This book also features short essays on the historiography of Chopin research and the direction of scholarship. more...
Franz Liszt
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 150.00A comprehensive bibliography and guide to this archetypical musical genius. more...
The Cambridge Companion to Mozart
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 30.00Bringing the most recent scholarship into the public arena, this volume bridges the gap between scholarly and popular images of Mozart. It provides comprehensive coverage of all his important works, the reception of his music since his death, the contexts which inform his work and his significance as a performer. more...
The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 184.00The most informed reference book on nineteenth-century music currently available. Essays investigate the intellectual and socio-political history of the time, and examine topics such as nations and nationalism, the emergent concept of an avant garde, and musical styles and languages at the turn of the century. more...
Palestrina and the German Romantic Imagination
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 35.00James Garratt explores the revival of sixteenth-century music in nineteenth-century Germany, focusing on the reception of Palestrina by critics, historians, performers and composers. Of relevance to scholars, students and devotees of nineteenth-century music, and those interested in nineteenth-century culture, art, architecture, literature and aesthetics,... more...
Revealing Masks
University of California Press 2001; US$ 15.95W. Anthony Sheppard considers a wide-ranging constellation of important musical works in this fascinating exploration of ritualized performance in twentieth-century music. Revealing Masks uncovers the range of political, didactic, and aesthetic intents that inspired the creators of modernist music theater. more...









