20th century & contemporary classical music books

The American Mavericks festival at the San Francisco Symphony in the summer of 2000 was an unprecedented triumph...  Read More >>

(Finger Style Guitar). A record-breaking swimmer for the Greek national team who holds a degree in psychology from...  Read More >>

This anthology seeks to revolutionize the way the Harlem Renaissance is viewed. It seeks to redress the emphasis...  Read More >>

Certain to be of use to any scholar of British music or 20th century composition, this reference work is an invaluable...  Read More >>

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Schoenberg's quartets and trio, composed over a nearly forty-year period, occupy a central position among twentieth-century...  Read More >>

The Kalevala, or runic, songs is a tradition at least a few thousand years old. This book offers a combined perspective...  Read More >>

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In the early 1950s, there were four musicians who associated closely with the New York School of painters: Edgard...  Read More >>

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Steve Reich was considered a fringe experimentalist. Hoek's bio-bibliography...  Read More >>

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Following the second World War, Olivier Messiaen, previously known primarily for his religious music, composed three...  Read More >>

Seit 1989 richtet die Lehrkanzel Musikalische Stilkunde und Auffuhrungspraxis alljahrlich die Begleitsymposien...  Read More >>

"""The Classics of Music"" assembles here Tovey's writings not previously available as a collection. For much of...  Read More >>

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Igor Stravinsky not only wrote some of the 20th century's most influential music, he also assumed the role of cultural...  Read More >>

This work argues that research into the cultural history of music can significantly help our understanding of the...  Read More >>

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Peter Kivy presents a selection of his new and recent writings on the philosophy of music, a subject to which he...  Read More >>

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The 20th century, especially the latter decades, was a time of explosive growth and importance in hymnody, and yet...  Read More >>