Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900) books

Historical Dictionary of Romantic Music, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the circumstances of women’s music-making in the diverse environment of Habsburg Central...  Read More >>

This book is a music-theoretical and critical-theoretical study of late tonal music, and, in particular, of the...  Read More >>

A brilliant analysis of the famous composer's later years, and his struggles with the people, music and religion...  Read More >>

Featuring multidisciplinary research by an international team of leading scholars, this volume addresses the contested...  Read More >>

Singing the English explores the period from the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 to the Entente Cordiale in 1904 through...  Read More >>

This book examines the culture, repertoire and performing practices of the early Viennese ballroom, and its relevance...  Read More >>

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Seeing Opera Anew offers a “stereo” perspective to opera, adding insights from the sciences closely related to human...  Read More >>

"The music of J. S. Bach continues to be revered and celebrated centuries after his death. Its timelessness can...  Read More >>

A landmark in Sibelius scholarship, this is the first book that presents all of Sibelius's solo art songs in their...  Read More >>

Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique attracts wide audiences and is acknowledged as a landmark of music history. This...  Read More >>

Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique attracts wide audiences and is acknowledged as a landmark of music history. This...  Read More >>

Exploring the many dimensions of Giacomo Puccini's historical legacy and significance, this book situates the much-loved...  Read More >>

An insightful biography of the great composer, revealing Schubert’s complex and fascinating private life alongside...  Read More >>

The author demonstrates that Beethoven’s engagement with Greco-Roman culture was deep and ongoing, and that it ventured...  Read More >>

The moving story of Rachmaninoff's years in exile and the composition of his last great work, against a cataclysmic...  Read More >>

A brilliant analysis of the famous composer's later years, and his struggles with the people, music and religion...  Read More >>

A revealing insight into Rachmaninoff's intense and often melodramatic life  Read More >>

Clara Schumann's songs have enduring appeal for performers and audiences, and were influential in the history of...  Read More >>

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A must-have for any conductor, conducting student and orchestral librarian.  Read More >>

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The first book devoted to the composers, instrument makers and amateur players who advanced the great guitar vogue...  Read More >>