Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900) books

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

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Celebrated cellist Steven Isserlis adds his own extensive commentary to Robert Schumann's Advice for Young Musicians,...  Read More >>

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

*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 traces the rise, fall, and persistence of a radical new mode...  Read More >>

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

It begins in the latter years of the 19th century with the concert and theatrical manager Narciso Vert, for whom...  Read More >>

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

A fun and fascinating introduction to Rachmaninov, part of Classic FM's major new series  Read More >>

A concise exploration of Tchaikovsky: part of a major new series published in partnership with Classic FM  Read More >>

This investigation offers new perspectives on Giuseppe Verdi’s attitudes to women and the functions which they fulfilled...  Read More >>

Music criticism in England underwent profound change from the 1880s to the 1920s. It gave rise to ‘New criticism’...  Read More >>

This volume considers the influences and development of the English organ sonata tradition that began in the 1850s...  Read More >>

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This interdisciplinary collection presents new research on the Brontës' intense and varied relationship to the wider...  Read More >>

This book studies the ways Hardy writes about music, and argues that this focus allows for a close and varied investigation...  Read More >>

Making extensive use of archival resources, Regina B. Oost examines advertisements, promotional materials, and programs;...  Read More >>

Improvisation was a crucial aspect of musical life in Europe from the late 18th century to the mid-19th. Composers...  Read More >>

This book bridges a gap in scholarship by foregrounding the contribution of women to the nineteenth-century Lied....  Read More >>

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The subject of musical theatre usually brings to mind the Broadway musical, but this collection of essays reveals...  Read More >>

The subject of musical theatre usually brings to mind the Broadway musical, but this collection of essays reveals...  Read More >>

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