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Music of the Twentieth Century
Amsterdam University Press 2005; US$ 35.00Ton de Leeuw's lifetime engagement with music, European and Oriental, gives this book its unique insight into what constitutes true modernity and innovation more...
De perfecte verleiding
Amsterdam University Press 2004; US$ 48.00In de zeventiende eeuw ging vrijwel iedere toneelvoorstelling gepaard met muziek. Er werd niet alleen gemusiceerd tussen de bedrijven, maar ook in het toneelstuk zelf. Muziek diende als achtergrond en versiering en was functioneel geïntegreerd in de handeling van het drama. Uit de rekeningen van de Amsterdamse Schouwburg blijkt dat men professionele... more...
Alan Bush
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 99.95This present Source Book documents the works of Alan Bush and the many arrangements of his music by other composers. A wealth of detail is provided, including printed scores, CD recordings, bibliographical material and manuscript scores and their locations, the majority of which have been deposited recently in the British Library by the Bush family.... more...
Choral Repertoire
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 69.99Preface. Acknowledgments. The Medieval Era. The Renaissance Era: France - Italy - Spain and the New World - Germany and Austria - England. The Baroque Era: Italy - France - Germany - England - Spain and the New World. The Classical Era: Austria and Germany - Italy and France - England - The United States. The Romantic Era: France - Italy - Austria... more...
The Great American Symphony
Indiana University Press 2009; US$ 21.20The years of the Great Depression, World War II, and their aftermath brought a sea change in American music. This period of economic, social, and political adversity can truly be considered a musical golden age. In the realm of classical music, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Howard Hanson, Virgil Thompson,... more...
Rebirth and Renewal
Infobase Publishing 2009; US$ 54.00Discusses the recurring literary theme of rebirth and renewal in The Canterbury Tales , The Great Gatsby , The Scarlet Letter , and others. This title provides about 20 explanatory essays and critical analyses from which students studying literature can gain insights. more...
Bach's Cycle, Mozart's Arrow
University of California Press 2007; US$ 19.96Uses the works of Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven to support the claims that it was only in the later eighteenth century that music began to take the flow of time from the past to the future seriously. more...
Flute Music by Women Composers
ABC-CLIO 1988; US$ 87.00For the flutist wishing to perform music composed by women, this annotated catalog will come as a most welcome addition to the numerous flute bibliographies now available. Boenke has spent four years gleaning all possible sources to come up with several hundred listings of composers from three centuries and 40 different countries. When the information... more...
William Schuman
ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 110.95William Howard Schuman, a celebrated figure in 20th-century music, was a composer and a copious writer on music and music education. Early on, as a composer, he received the attention of several musicians and writers such as Nathan Broder, Elliott Carter, and Leonard Bernstein. He was the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer... more...
Electroacoustic Music
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 144.00Electroacoustic music, a flourishing medium for over half a century, remains today, in a wide array of technological forms, one of the major areas of creative activity in music. However, it has long been overlooked in theoretical studiespossibly in part because it does away with traditional scores and notation. In this landmark collection, a... more...









