Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900) books

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The Music of Franz Liszt: Stylistic Development and Cultural Synthesis

The Music of Franz Liszt: Stylistic Development and...

Author: Michael Saffle
ISBN: 9780367592271
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book places Liszt in historical and cultural focus and examines his principal contributions to musical literature....  Read More >>

Chopin in Britain

Chopin in Britain

Author: Peter Willis
ISBN: 9780367879730
Format: Paperback
$83.99

In 1848, Chopin visited England and Scotland. That autumn, he returned to Paris and the following autumn he was...  Read More >>

The Music Profession in Britain, 1780-1920: New Perspectives on Status and Identity

The Music Profession in Britain, 1780-1920: New Perspectives...

Author: Rosemary Golding
ISBN: 9780367591939
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Professionalisation was a key feature of the changing nature of work and society in the nineteenth century, with...  Read More >>

Sound, Sin, and Conversion in Victorian England

Sound, Sin, and Conversion in Victorian England

Author: Julia Grella O'Connell
ISBN: 9780367591403
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The plight of the fallen woman is one of the salient themes of nineteenth-century art and literature. In notable...  Read More >>

The Mystery of Chopin's Préludes

The Mystery of Chopin's Préludes

Author: Anatole Leikin
ISBN: 9780367599492
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Chopin's Twenty-Four Preludes remain as mysterious today as when they were newly published. What prompted Franz...  Read More >>

The German Symphony between Beethoven and Brahms: The Fall and Rise of a Genre

The German Symphony between Beethoven and Brahms: The...

Author: Christopher Fifield
ISBN: 9780367599409
Format: Paperback
$83.99

It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase ’dead time’ to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and...  Read More >>

The Politics of Musical Identity: Selected Essays

The Politics of Musical Identity: Selected Essays

Author: Annegret Fauser
ISBN: 9780367581817
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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Bach's Legacy: The Music as Heard by Later Masters

Bach's Legacy: The Music as Heard by Later Masters

Author: Russell Stinson (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, Lyon College)
ISBN: 9780190091224
Format: Hardback
$91.95

In Bach's Legacy: The Music as Heard by Later Masters, renowned Bach scholar Russell Stinson examines how four of...  Read More >>

The Symphonic Poem in Britain, 1850-1950

The Symphonic Poem in Britain, 1850-1950

Author: Michael Allis ,  Paul Watt
ISBN: 9781783275281
Format: Hardback
$219.94

The Symphonic Poem in Britain 1850-1950aims to raise the status of the genre generally, and in Britain specifically,...  Read More >>

The Last Troubadours: Poetic Drama in Italian Opera, 1597-1887

The Last Troubadours: Poetic Drama in Italian Opera,...

Author: Deirdre O'Grady
ISBN: 9781138365131
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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American Musical Life in Context and Practice to 1865

American Musical Life in Context and Practice to 1865...

Author: James R. Heintze
ISBN: 9781138365902
Format: Paperback
$48.99

First published in 1994. The subjects discussed in this title reflect the religious, ethnic, and social plurality...  Read More >>

English Opera from 1834 to 1864 with Particular Reference to the Works of Michael Balfe

English Opera from 1834 to 1864 with Particular Reference...

Author: George Biddlecombe
ISBN: 9781138364974
Format: Paperback
$71.99

First published in 1994. This study sets out to investigate English opera from 1834 to 1864. The author attempts...  Read More >>

Cheap Print and Popular Song in the Nineteenth Century: A Cultural History of the Songster

Cheap Print and Popular Song in the Nineteenth Century:...

Author: Paul Watt (Monash University, Victoria) ,  Derek B. Scott (University of Leeds)
ISBN: 9781316612521
Format: Paperback
$80.19

This book is essential reading for scholars and students who want to understand how songs functioned, were consumed...  Read More >>

The Other Worlds of Hector Berlioz: Travels with the Orchestra

The Other Worlds of Hector Berlioz: Travels with the...

Author: Inge van Rij (Victoria University of Wellington)
ISBN: 9781108814010
Format: Paperback
$95.71

The negotiation between worlds that is characteristic of Berlioz's writings also plays out in his music. Inge van...  Read More >>

Brahms and His Poets: A Handbook

Brahms and His Poets: A Handbook

Author: Natasha Loges (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781783275021
Format: Paperback
$77.60

Covering Brahms's 32 song opuses published during four decades of song-writing, this book offers a way of understanding...  Read More >>

Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians: Revisited by Steven Isserlis

Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians: Revisited...

Author: Steven Isserlis
ISBN: 9780571355686
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The Rhetoric and Symbolism of Forms in Romantic Music

The Rhetoric and Symbolism of Forms in Romantic Music...

Author: Patrick Saint-Dizier
ISBN: 9781527547254
Format: Hardback
$160.40

This book explores the contribution of the symbolic aspects of musical forms and structures to rhetoric and argumentation...  Read More >>

Beethoven: The Man Revealed

Beethoven: The Man Revealed

Author: John Suchet
ISBN: 9781783964963
Format: Paperback
$22.99

*Revised and updated for the anniversary year*; John Suchet's acclaimed biography of the greatest composer the world...  Read More >>

The Beethoven Syndrome: Hearing Music as Autobiography

The Beethoven Syndrome: Hearing Music as Autobiography...

Author: Mark Evan Bonds (Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Music, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Music, University of North Carolina)
ISBN: 9780190068479
Format: Hardback
$66.95

The Beethoven Syndrome: Hearing Music as Autobiography traces the rise, fall, and persistence of a radical new mode...  Read More >>

Music and Fantasy in the Age of Berlioz

Music and Fantasy in the Age of Berlioz

Author: Francesca Brittan (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio)
ISBN: 9781316501818
Format: Paperback
$95.71

This book explores the evolution of, and interactions between, fantasy and music in Romantic France, providing new...  Read More >>

Classic FM Handy Guides: Elgar

Classic FM Handy Guides: Elgar

Author: Tim Lihoreau
ISBN: 9781783961993
Format: Hardback
$25.85

A clear and concise guide to Elgar, part of a major new series published with Classic FM  Read More >>

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