20th century & contemporary classical music books

This historical and critical study of ""neoclassicism"" in music, covers the genesis of the concept in France in...  Read More >>

First ever historical and critical study of the concept of `neoclassicism', from its beginnings in 19c. France and...  Read More >>

Marcuse's classic study of Freudian thought.  Read More >>

A complete musical biography and an exhaustive bibliography with a catalog of David Diamond's works and premiere...  Read More >>

A convenient starting point for information about over 13,500 contemporary composers.  Read More >>

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for solo piano Through composed and thus unlike Piano Sonata No.1, this one fifteen-minute movement begins and...  Read More >>

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Hennessee provides a biographical overview of the life of Samuel Barber, one of America's foremost composers, as...  Read More >>

Schleifer's extensively annotated catalog of Gilchrist's music includes almost 500 entries.  Read More >>

First survey of Copland's entire output for some 30 years - a period seeing some of his most important works.  Read More >>

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Thea Musgrave ranks among the world's foremost living composers, and is widely known for the warmth, humor, and...  Read More >>

Details the best known and most interesting efforts at establishing alternate or Utopian communities in America....  Read More >>

Adam traces the development of Schafer's music from his early works in a mild neo-classical vein to his experimentation...  Read More >>

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Harrison's extraordinarily long and impressive performing career spanned more than half a century, from the days...  Read More >>

Rich selection of 36 songs, settings of texts by Baudelaire, Verlaine, Mallarme, Bourget, Pierre Louys, and other...  Read More >>

A crucial year in the Britten/Auden relationship, which reshaped and redefined artistic direction in the immediate...  Read More >>

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