20th century & contemporary classical music books

Including articles, essays, letters, broadcasts and interviews,...  Read More >>

This book looks at a key 50-year period (1880-1930) in France and Europe, to see how and why Baudelaire's poetry...  Read More >>

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Metamorphosis in Music examines the evolution of compositional technique in Ligeti's works of the 1950s and 1960s....  Read More >>

This text explores the expressive and extra-musical qualities of Ireland's compositions and their complex system...  Read More >>

The approach of this book, first published in 1982, is multi-disciplinary. Popular music, it is argued, is not only...  Read More >>

In this book, Kenneth LaFave guides readers past Bernstein’s famously tortured personal problems and into the clarity...  Read More >>

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This volume presents English translations of the entirety of Arnold Schoenberg's early correspondence, providing...  Read More >>

Be it ""Tipperary"" or ""Pokarekare"", the morning reveille or the bugle's last post, concert parties at the front...  Read More >>

This is the Brian Wilson story we haven't heard before, told for the first time in his own words.  Read More >>

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Assessing the rich context of American art music of the first half of the twentieth century, this book accounts...  Read More >>

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An extraordinary and poignant memoir for all musicians, spiritual thinkers and musical laymen by Paul Robertson,...  Read More >>

This collection is the first book devoted to exploring György Ligeti’s life and music within the context of his...  Read More >>

These essays bring into clearer focus the transformation in the study of Russian music that has occurred since glasnost....  Read More >>

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Bringing together well-known writers with composers and performers, this volume gives a complete overview of Holt's...  Read More >>

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Music, Time, and Its Other explores the relation between the enigmatic character of our temporal experiences and...  Read More >>

This book examines the origin, content, and development of the musical thought of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg....  Read More >>

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