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Political Beethoven
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 79.00Political Beethoven explores Beethoven's music as an active participant in political life from the Napoleonic Wars to the present day. more...
The Accessibility of Music
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 79.00Jochen Eisentraut's book provides a range of perspectives on why, and how, we engage with music. more...
Music Then and Now
W. W. Norton & Company 2012; US$ 45.60A ?you are there? guide to masterpieces of Western music. Music Then and Now offers a vivid introduction to Western music by focusing on 28 works in-depth. Its ?you are there? approach?demonstrated by each chapter?s rich historical and cultural context?engages students in the excitement of hearing the music as original audiences did when the music... more...
Music in Puerto Rico
Scarecrow Press 2002; US$ 46.99Thompson's book provides a glimpse into a society in which cultures intersect and in which magic was born in the form of the popular salsa . Musicians, musicologists, historians, students of Hispanic culture, and anyone interested in the musical foundations of Puerto Rican life will fund Music in Puerto Rico a valuable resource. more...
The Sonata
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 22.00An introductory survey of the most enduring and popular genre of instrumental music, perfect for students, teachers and performers. more...
John Cage and David Tudor
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 76.00Martin Iddon discusses one of the twentieth century's most provocative musical collaborations: between composer John Cage and pianist David Tudor. more...
Gunther Schuller
Boydell & Brewer Group Ltd 2013; US$ 29.15Simultaneously the memoir of a famed composer, conductor, and music educator, and an important historical sourcebook on the American musical scene during the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, the autobiography of Gunther Schuller chronicles the first thirty-five years of this multifaceted and expansive figure's life and work. Schuller... more...
Mozart's Women
Pan Macmillan 2013; US$ 9.58Mozart was fascinated, amused, aroused, hurt, and betrayed by women. He loved and respected them, composed for them, performed with them. This unique biography looks at his interaction with each, starting with his family (his mother, Maria Anna and beloved and talented sister, Nannerl), and his marriage (which brought his 'other family', the Weber... more...
Assimilate
Oxford University Press, USA 2013; US$ 24.99Noisy, confrontational, and controversial, industrial music first emerged in the mid-1970s around bands and performance groups that combined avant-garde electronic music with the provocative attitude and abrasive style of punk rock. In Assimilate, S. Alexander Reed provides the first ever critical history of this fascinating and enigmatic genre, charting... more...
Amazing Grace
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99Behind our most beloved hymn is a fascinating story spanning continents, cultures, and centuries. Inspired by the way "Amazing Grace" continues to change and grow in popularity, acclaimed music writer Steve Turner embarks on a journey to trace the life of the hymn, from Olney, England, where it was written by former slave trader John Newton, to tiny... more...









