Western "classical" music books

From unscripted giggling on stage, to having her costume eaten by a performing horse and missing an entrance thanks...  Read More >>

How can the early music movement move into the future? Could this be a transformative moment for change and growth?...  Read More >>

This book investigates the aesthetic and political dialectics of East Berlin to argue how its theatre and opera...  Read More >>

This book is the first detailed study of the life and music of British composer Madeleine Dring (1923–1977). From...  Read More >>

Opera, a History of the Impossible Genre offers an accessible and chronological survey of opera. Beginning in the...  Read More >>

From pre-history to today, Andrew Ford leads an authoritative tour through the history of music, focusing on key...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1943 and subsequently as a revised and enlarged edition in 1978, Musical Instruments has...  Read More >>

When this volume was originally published in 1954 it was the first complete history of the Bach family from the...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1936, as a second edition in 1948 and as an enlarged and third edition in 1982, Karl Geiringer’s...  Read More >>

Opera, a History of the Impossible Genre offers an accessible and chronological survey of opera. Beginning in the...  Read More >>

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Relates Wagner's works to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, centering on the four music dramas he...  Read More >>

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The Oxford Handbook of Community Singing embraces an open-ended interpretation of socio-musical practices that can...  Read More >>

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A must-read collection for all music fans Delve into the tumultuous world of music stardom with this collection...  Read More >>

The extraordinary life story of songwriter and composer Mike Batt, the man who has written multi-million selling...  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize, a stirring account of how music acts as a witness to history and a medium...  Read More >>

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Investigating a series of cutting-edge acoustic experiments in twentieth-century Britain, this unique book reveals...  Read More >>

This book provides the first detailed reception history of adaptations of Johann Sebastian Bach's Aria mit 30 Veränderungen...  Read More >>

Explores the intersection of the world of opera, literature, and partisan politics to show how Italian opera was...  Read More >>

Dowland celebrates the story of one of the most important composers to emerge from early modern England. This book...  Read More >>

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