20th century & contemporary classical music books

An incisive exploration of two works whose revival is a milestone in modern musical life: Margaret Bonds's Montgomery...  Read More >>

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The rich variety of aesthetic and cultural influences experienced by the French composer Olivier Messiaen helped...  Read More >>

An incisive exploration of two works whose revival is a milestone in modern musical life: Margaret Bonds's Montgomery...  Read More >>

Synthesising and refocusing the wealth of recent research into two of Schoenberg's major compositions and highlighting...  Read More >>

This Element focuses on the combination of digital, novel, and analogue technology that was used in the album Slave...  Read More >>

This Element focuses on the combination of digital, novel, and analogue technology that was used in the album Slave...  Read More >>

A gorgeous hardcover time capsule of the emo music scene as it was from 1996 to 2006, featuring never-before-seen...  Read More >>

The global COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting lockdown imposed in many countries, as well as related safety measures...  Read More >>

Largely focusing on avant-garde composers active in the 1950s and 60s, this book highlights their engagement with...  Read More >>

""A visual storytelling celebration of American roots music in its rich variety through unseen and newly scanned...  Read More >>

This book examines the succession of events towards the potential standardization of the music for ""The Star-Spangled...  Read More >>

An exhaustive biography of Maria Callas - the world's greatest soprano - on the centenary of her birth.  Read More >>

Combining analyses of modernist concert and stage music by Elisabeth Lutyens with those of her audio-visual scores,...  Read More >>

Cuban Music Counterpoints traces the continuities and ruptures in the Cuban classical music scene between 1940 and...  Read More >>

Joaquín Rodrigo: A Research and Information Guide catalogues and summarizes the musical works and related literature...  Read More >>

With case studies from China, Australia, the United States, Latin America, Russia, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Portugal,...  Read More >>

This book is a comprehensive study of the work of one of the most important Russian composers of the late 20th century....  Read More >>

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DIY House Shows and Music Venues in the US is an interdisciplinary study of house concerts and other DIY (‘do-it-yourself’)...  Read More >>

Singing Soviet Stagnation: Vocal Cycles from the USSR, 1964–1985 explores the ways in which the aftershock of an...  Read More >>

Igor Stravinsky left behind a complex heritage of music and ideas. Per Dahl presents a model of communication that...  Read More >>

This book offers a wide-ranging exploration of Amram’s work and influence, situating the composer in the context...  Read More >>

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