Music books

Investigates the dialogue and tensions between Percy Grainger's public biography and his self-conscious autobiographical...  Read More >>

A definitive study of Janáček's Sinfonietta, tracing its creation, reception, and rise to international prominence....  Read More >>

Critical Listening Education in Sound Engineering is a unique, interdisciplinary resource providing structured guidance...  Read More >>

Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983) is remembered because she was a member of Les Six, a group of French composers...  Read More >>

A sweltering, claustrophobic Australian thriller where a former band reunite for a one-night-only show on a private...  Read More >>

How Black music shapes the political identity, consciousness, and engagement of Black youth From Rihanna and Kendrick...  Read More >>

The surprising story of how iconic works of music sparked debate and action in America’s halls of Congress  Read More >>

A Night at the Disco is a celebration of groundbreaking dance...  Read More >>

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A wide cast of punk musicians and artists provide surprising and thought-provoking insights into punk rock from...  Read More >>

Highlights the mobility and migration of celebrity violinists in the twentieth century, reflecting on the mechanisms...  Read More >>

The dialogue between composers and performers, using the score as a point of departure and reference, as well as...  Read More >>

A series of conversations with researchers and practitioners that explores the critical dynamics of silence within...  Read More >>

Reappraises the Schumanns' artistic and cultural contexts and traces their critical reception from the nineteenth...  Read More >>

Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983) is remembered because she was a member of Les Six, a group of French composers...  Read More >>

This fifth volume looks at how the UK fared in the 2000s. There is in-depth coverage of those contests staged in...  Read More >>

The Multiplicities of Hindustani Music explores the dynamic social and economic world of North Indian raga-based...  Read More >>

This book studies the ways in which three fields of creative activity inspired by the medieval musical performance,...  Read More >>

A lyrical and philosophical memoir exploring music, memory, and meaning. Pianist Mark Sutton invites readers on...  Read More >>

No Mother, No Future examines how theatre portrays pregnancy loss as challenging dominant narratives linking motherhood...  Read More >>

Tony Banks: Man of Spells - The Magician of Genesis is the first ever English language biography of one of rock...  Read More >>

Music is a complex creative process involving many individuals, from performers to improvisers to composers to listeners...  Read More >>

The handbook presents a cross-section of current scholarly research on the spectral music movement and its legacy,...  Read More >>

As an African American woman in the first half of the twentieth century, Price's contribution to art music was highly...  Read More >>

This is a comprehensive exploration of historic local customs still enacted on a, usually yearly, basis, throughout...  Read More >>