From the mid-1950s through the 1960s, Hungarian composer Gyèorgy Ligeti went through a remarkable period of stylistic transition, from the emulation of his fellow countryman Bâela Bartâok to his own individual style at the forefront of the Western-European avant-garde. Through c…
This book provides foundational knowledge about the music teaching and learning process that future teachers can use in a proactive act of becoming a musician and educator.
Symphony and Song takes its title from Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan," and explores the relation between words and music from a variety of critical and practical perspectives. The contributors to this volume apply recent theoretical approaches ranging from the "Mozart Effect" in …
Interconnecting music and the literary word
Dealing with the interconnections between music and the written word, this volume brings into focus an updated range of analytical and interpretative approaches which transcend the domain of formalist paradigms and the purist assumption of music's non-referentiality. Grouped int…
Antonio Carlos Jobim has been called the greatest of all contemporary Brazilian songwriters. He wrote both popular and serious music and was a gifted piano, guitar, and flute player. One of the key figures in the creation of the bossa nova style, Jobim's music made a lasting imp…
Teaching music history
"Unlike their colleagues in music theory and music education, teachers of music history have tended not to commit their pedagogical ideas to print. This collection of essays seeks to help redress the balance, providing advice and guidance to those who teach a college-level music…
Teaching music history
"This book invites the art and music lover to place these two realms of creative endeavor in conversation with one another. In Looking and Listening, conductor and art connoisseur Brenda Leach explores unique pairings of well-known visual art works and musical compositions from …
The notion that ideas and judgments about music are based on cultural-specific and national frames of reference and ideologies was not invented in the modern era. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, this volume examines the role played by notions of communities such as Germ…
In the 1920s, Mexican composer Julián Carrillo (1875-1965) developed a microtonal system he metaphorically called El Sonido 13 (The 13th Sound). Although his pioneering role as one of the first proponents of microtonality gave him a cult figure status among European avant-garde …
Schubert studies
Schubert Studies comprises eleven essays by renowned Schubert scholars and performers. The volume aims to shed light on certain aspects of Schubert's music and biography which have hitherto remained relatively neglected, or which warrant further investigation.
Showcases a new generation of scholarship on music video as a cultural form.
"Now in an updated 2nd edition, Musicology: The Key Concepts is a handy A-Z reference guide to the terms and concepts associated with contemporary musicology. Drawing on critical theory with a focus on new musicology, this updated edition contains over 35 new entries including: …