Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900) books

In The Late Eighteenth Century, Wye Jamison Allanbrook presents twenty-six readings that reveal how the music establishment...  Read More >>

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The incidental music from Daudet's play L'Arlesienne (The Woman of Arles) reflects the vitality, rich color, abundant...  Read More >>

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The highly acclaimed first English language volume of musicological essays on Richard Strauss which places him among...  Read More >>

This is the first comprehensive English-language collection of Brahms's letters. It contains over 550 letters, including...  Read More >>

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The difficulties of interpreting Berlioz are explained by a conductor.  Read More >>

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This account reconceptualizes the notion of genius by placing the life and career of Ludwig van Beethoven in its...  Read More >>

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In this elegant book, premier musicologist Reinhold Brinkmann guides us through Brahms's ""Second Symphony,"" examining...  Read More >>

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In the belief that the opera composer's starting point is always the text, this volume aims solely to elucidate...  Read More >>

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This is the first publication of the joint illustrated diary kept by the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and...  Read More >>

Joins the writing team's earlier efforts on Mozart and Chopin. Focuses on Liszt's (1811-86) life and career between...  Read More >>

Especially notable for the final movement's glorious chorale setting of Schiller's Ode to Joy, Beethoven's Ninth...  Read More >>

Set in the framework of Beethoven's life, this examination of his music traces the composer's intellectual and musical...  Read More >>

In this masterpiece of ""program"" music, an obsessed musician is overcome by increasingly bizarre visions of his...  Read More >>

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Traces the influence of Norwegian poetry, ancient songs, traditional dances, and the sound of folk instruments....  Read More >>