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  • Als die Oper mit Bier gelöscht wurdeby Heinz Gebhardt

    Stiebner Verlag 2012; US$ 14.01

    Hauptbeschreibung 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 Auricby Carl B. Schmidt

    The Edwin Mellen Press 2012; US$ 339.95

    This serves as the first comprehensive catalogue of the orchestral, vocal, and chamber music composed by Georges Auric, one of France’s 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 Mahlerby Susan M. Filler

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 158.00

    This 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 Chopinby William Smialek

    Routledge 2000; US$ 150.00

    The 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...

  • Recorderby David Lasocki; Richard Griscom

    Routledge 2003; US$ 160.00

    The Recorder: A Research and Information Guide is the second edition of the CHOICE "Best Academic" book. This new edition is thoroughly redone, takes account of the publishing activity of the years since its first publication, and still follows more...

  • Franz Lisztby Michael Saffle

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 150.00

    A comprehensive bibliography and guide to this archetypical musical genius. more...

  • The Cambridge Companion to Mozartby Simon P. Keefe; Jonathan Cross

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 30.00

    Bringing 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 Musicby Jim Samson

    Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 184.00

    The 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 Imaginationby James Garratt; John Butt; Laurence Dreyfus

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 35.00

    James 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 Masksby William Anthony Sheppard

    University of California Press 2001; US$ 15.95

    W. 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...