Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900) books

Bringing together two burgeoning concerns in Schubert studies, this volume of essays discusses issues of performance...  Read More >>

No one, of course, doubts that Gustav Mahler's tenure at the Vienna Court Opera from 1897-1907 was made extremely...  Read More >>

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Vincent Novello (1781-1861) is remembered as the father of the music-publishing firm. This work provides a view...  Read More >>

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This reference book comprises individual studies of all of Schubert's solo, dramatic and multi-voice settings of...  Read More >>

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In recent decades interest has turned towards a contextualized understanding of creative processes in music, and...  Read More >>

Until the nineteenth century, music occupied a marginal place in British universities. It was not until a benefaction...  Read More >>

As the first comprehensive study of MacCunn's life, this book illustrates how social and cultural situations, as...  Read More >>

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As a book on allusion, this has interest for both the traditional literary or cultural historian and for the modern...  Read More >>

Extending the critical discussion which has focused on the hymns of Isaac Watts as an influence on Emily Dickinson's...  Read More >>

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Meyerbeer (1791-1864) was a great musical dramatic artist in his own right. This consideration of Meyerbeer's operas...  Read More >>

Provides insights into themes and genres in popular song in the period c 1600-1900. This title discusses the themes...  Read More >>

In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged...  Read More >>

Critical writing about music and music history in nineteenth-century Britain was permeated with metaphor and analogy....  Read More >>

A history of the English music festival is long overdue. This title argues that these festivals represented the...  Read More >>

The book begins with a comprehensive chronology of the English Bach Awakening. Eight chapters follow, written by...  Read More >>

Edward Elgar rose from obscurity to become the most popular English composer of his day. Elgar's music is known...  Read More >>

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Karen McAulay traces the complex history of Scottish song collecting, and the publication of major Highland and...  Read More >>

This study is the first to consider all three of Rachmaninoff's careers in detail. After surveying his place in...  Read More >>

"John Ireland (1879-1962) is best known for his songs (such as ""Sea Fever"", ""The Bells of San Marie"" and the...  Read More >>