Music reviews & criticism books

Milner uses music to reveal the history and culture of Irish immigrants in New York, providing fresh insights into...  Read More >>

Einblicke in den Musikbetrieb im Fin de Siècle  Read More >>

Musik und Staat im Licht einer politischen Ästhetik: Performance als repräsentative Kraft  Read More >>

""The first book to explore folk singing from the perspective of performance studies, enabling original insights...  Read More >>

"Nel momento in cui si è compiuto il ""Giubileo d'oro"" (50 anni) dell'Associazione dell'Orchestra Classica di Madeira...  Read More >>

"Zu einem Zeitpunkt, an dem das ""Goldene Jubiläum"" (50 Jahre) der Vereinigung des Klassischen Orchesters von Madeira...  Read More >>

"""Neil Finn: Harmonic Tales - Exploring the Evolution of a Musical Visionary"" takes readers on an intimate journey...  Read More >>

What I didn't know [when starting to research and write this book]: I would become full-on, hopelessly obsessed...  Read More >>

"""This long-lost manuscript from musicologist Mack McCormick features research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious...  Read More >>

When early settlers came to America they often brought few material...  Read More >>

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Every chapter of the three volumes of Giovanni Battista Martini's Storia della Musica begins and ends with an enigmatic...  Read More >>

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A glimpse into the creative power of music. Ever since the Beatles' British Invasion, numerous rock bands and singers...  Read More >>

A glimpse into the creative power of music. Ever since the Beatles' British Invasion, numerous rock bands and singers...  Read More >>

An expansive analysis of the relationship between human and machine in music.   From the mid-eighteenth century...  Read More >>

Die musikasthetische Debatte der deutschen Aufklarung hatte ihren Schauplatz oft in Ubersetzungen. Aus dem Franzosischen...  Read More >>

Why did Beethoven write only one opera? Why were four overtures written for it instead of one? How are text, dramaturgy...  Read More >>

This ten-chapter book explores how music and society are, and have been, intertwined and mutually influential. It...  Read More >>

Goethes Streben nach Wissen und Erkenntnis brachte ihn immer wieder in Kontakt mit Musik, Musikern und Musiktheorie....  Read More >>

A concise history of early jazz, from its major innovators to its unrecognized heroes.  Read More >>

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"It's time for the final leg of a captivating musical odyssey with ""Harmonies of Antiquity: A Scholarly Exploration...  Read More >>

In 'The End of Music, ' Matti Charlton reveals the harsh truth of market saturation, dwindling revenue streams,...  Read More >>

At the very end of his new and charming chapter included in this volume, Thomas Christensen sensuously claims that...  Read More >>