This is the first book to focus upon aspects of performance in the broader context of nineteenth-century British musical culture. An introduction explores Nicholas Temperley's vast contribution to musicology, highlighting his seminal importance in creating the field of nineteent…
Focusing on Messiaen's relation to history - both his own and the history he engendered - the 'Messiaen Perspectives' volumes convey the growing understanding of his deep and varied interconnections with his cultural milieux. 'Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences' exa…
Focusing on Messiaen's relation to history - both his own and the history he engendered - the 'Messiaen Perspectives' volumes convey the growing understanding of his deep and varied interconnections with his cultural milieux. 'Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences' exa…
In 2002, for the second volume of this journal, Ian Lancashire reflected on the state of computing in Shakespeare. The decade since his review has seen dramatic change in the web of 'digital Shakespeares'. This issue's special section on Digital Shakespeares reflects on these de…
"In 2002, for the second volume of this journal, Ian Lancashire reflected on the state of computing in Shakespeare. The decade since his review has seen dramatic change in the web of 'digital Shakespeares'-experiments in editing and publishing, paradigm shifts in research and pe…
In 2002, for the second volume of this journal, Ian Lancashire reflected on the state of computing in Shakespeare. The decade since his review has seen dramatic change in the web of 'digital Shakespeares'. This issue's special section on Digital Shakespeares reflects on these de…
This book critically interrogates emerging intertconnections between religion and biomedicine in Africa in the era of antiretroviral treatment for AIDS. Highlighting the complex relationships between religious ideologies, practices and organizations on the one hand, and biomedic…
Protest is an activity not associated with the pious and collectively-minded, but more often seen as an activity of the liberal and rebellious. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are commonly understood as paragons of submission and obedience following Abraham's example. Yet, the s…
Among the major changes that swept through the music industry during the mid-nineteenth century, one that has received little attention is how musical performances were managed and directed. Yet this was arguably the most radical change of all: from a loose control shared betwee…
Chopin's Twenty-Four Preludes remain as mysterious today as when they were newly published. What prompted Franz Liszt and others to consider Chopin's Preludes to be compositions in their own right rather than introductions to other works? This book illuminates the music of one o…
Working at the forefront of cosmetic surgery at the turn of the twentieth century, Dr Suzanne Noel was both a pioneer in her medical field and a firm believer in the advancement of women. Today her views on the benefits of aesthetic surgery to women may seem at odds with her fem…
Both in opera studies and in most operatic works, the singing body is taken for granted. In Postopera: Reinventing the Voice-Body, Jelena Novak reintroduces an awareness of the physicality of the singing body to opera studies. Arguing that the body-voice relationship itself is a…
Singing the Body Electric explores the relationship between the human voice and technology, offering startling insights into the ways in which technological mediation affects our understanding of the voice, and more generally, the human body. From the phonautograph to magnetic t…
