Pianoforte: A Social History of the Piano
by Dieter Hildebrandt.

According to Dieter Hildebrandt, the piano is a revolutionary figure and its story a grand adventure. One by one, the memorable geniuses make their appearance: Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt. Other highlights include the great piano duels (Bach vs. Marchand, Mozart vs. Clementi), the dawning era of the concert tour and the music critic, and the obsessions of the leading figures.




After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance
by Kenneth Hamilton
A thoughtful, highly stimulating look at the golden age of pianism and its nineteenth-century exponents. Kenneth Hamilton wears his considerable scholarship lightly as he re-examines stylistic markers of the great pianists and argues cogently for their relevance to modern performers.

American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
by Alec Wilder
Focuses on the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic qualities that distinguish American popular music and have made it an authentic art form. Surveys the careers of every major songwriter from World War I to 1950. Separate chapters devoted to such greats as Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, and Harold Arlen. Illustrated with over seven hundred musical examples.

An Analysis of Mendelssohn's Organ Works
by Joseon W. Hathaway

Anthology for Musical Analysis
by Charles Burkhart
Suitable for classess in music theory, analysis or music literature, or as a supplement to harmony courses, this chronologically arranged anthology contains the scores of more than 200 complete musical compositions.

Any Sound You Can Imagine: Making Music/Consuming Technology
by Paul Theberge
Provides a balanced account that puts digital instruments in a broad social and historical perspective. Anyone who thinks they know something about electronic music, whether it be techno or electronic avant garde, should read this book and see how many of their assumptions are left standing at the end.

Bach and the Patterns of Invention
by Laurence Dreyfus
The book examines Bach's mental processes, the problems he posed for himself while composing and the solutions he chose, sometimes from among many options; the possibilities that Bach's musical ideas yielded and the methods he used in arriving at his ultimate choices from among these possibilities are the "patterns of inventions."

Bartok for Piano: A Survey of His Solo Literature
by David Yeomans

The Beatles, Popular Music and Society: A Thousand Voices
by Ian Inglis (Editor)

Beethoven on Beethoven: Playing His Piano Music His Way
by William S. Newman

The Beethoven Sonatas and the Creative Experience
by Kenneth Drake

Beethoven's Compositional Process
by William Kinderman

Black Music, White Business: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz
by Frank Kofsky

Brahms: Biographical, Documentary and Analytical Studies
by Michael Musgrave
Critical analyses of Brahm's music discussing influences, the reception of his music and his place in history.






The Broadway Sound: The Autobiography and Selected Essays of Robert Russell Bennett
by George Ferencz (Editor), Robert Russell Bennett, Frederick Fennell
Robert Russell Bennett collaborated with the likes of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Frederick Loewe, and Richard Rodgers. Carefully edited and annotated, with a complete discography and lists of compositions, arrangements, and stage and film credits, this book succeeds both as biography and musical theater history.

The Cambridge Companion to the Piano
by David Rowland (Editor)
This collection of specially commissioned essays offers an accessible introduction to the history of the piano, performance styles, and its vast repertoire, up to contemporary music. Includes a glossary of important terms. 39 photos. 37 music examples.

Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae
by Peter Manuel
Discographies and examples provide musicologists and students of Caribbean music with an excellent semi-scholarly review of the region's musical history and changes. An excellent resource for any who would understand the background of the musical styles which have emerged from this region, providing the connections necessary to understand the events and individuals involved in Caribbean music's evolution.

Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
by William Earl Caplin

This book includes a detailed discussion of standard theme types, considers more extensive formal regions, and finally treats the basic organization of the full-movement form. The theoretical concepts are illustrated with over 250 annotated musical examples from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

The Compleat Mozart: A Guide to the Musical Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
by Neal Zaslaw
A marvellous collection of program note-length essays for all 801 of Mozart's works. One can look up any work that Mozart wrote and find out where, when, and why he wrote it, what it is like, and what special significance it may have within the composer's career. The language is non-technical but the content does not insult the intelligence of the lay reader by condescending. More than two dozen 18th-century pictures illustrate the social contexts for Mozart's music

Composers of the Nazi Era: Eight Portraits
by Michael H. Kater
How does creativity thrive in the face of fascism? How can a highly artistic individual function professionally in so threatening a climate? A detailed study of the often interrelated careers of eight outstanding German composers who lived and worked amid the dictatorship of the Third Reich: Werner Egk, Paul Hindemith, Kurt Weill, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Carl Orff, Hans Pfitzner, Arnold Schoenberg, and Richard Strauss.

Composers Since 1900: A Biographical and Critical Guide
by David Ewen

The Critical Reception of Beethoven's Compositions by His German Contemporaries
by Wayne M. Senner (Editor), Robin Wallace (Editor), William Meredith (Editor)

The Dawning of American Keyboard Music
by J. Bunker Clark
An extensive survey of the keyboard culture of the young American nation.

Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development
by Gunther Schuller
Early Jazz provides a musical tour of the early American jazz world. A classic study, it is both a splendid introduction for students and an insightful guide for scholars, musicians, and jazz aficionados.

The Evolution of Mozart's Pianistic Style
by Mario R. Mercado

Five Centuries of Keyboard Music: An Historical Survey of Music for Harpsichord and Piano
by John Gillespie
An invaluable resource for anyone interested in solo keyboard music. Brief biographies of the most important composers, and the author's recommendations of each composer's best solo keyboard works.

Fortepianos and Their Music: Germany, Austria, and England, 1760-1800

by Katalin Komlos

This book concentrates on the keyboard writing of the last third of the eighteenth century, as inspired by the fundamentally different constructions of the German/Viennese and the English pianoforte.



French Pianism: A Historical Perspective
by Charles Timbrell

From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music
by Helen Walker-Hill
A unique, extensively researched examination of the history and scope of musical composition by African-American women, focusing on the implications of race, gender and class for their musical creativity, and demonstrating how this important, underappreciated category of American art was shaped by the unique individual personalities of its participants.

Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs & Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway , and Hollywood
by Jack Gottlie, Jack Gottlieb

The Gershwin Style: New Looks at the Music of George Gershwin
by Wayne Schneider (Editor)
Touches on such important topics of research as biography, source studies, analysis, and reception, and reflect the diversity of scholarship and thought regarding the Gershwins.

Glenn Gould: The Performer in the Work: A Study in Performance Practice
by Kevin Bazzana
The first detailed study of the great Canadian pianist, broadcaster, writer, and composer Glenn Gould (1932-1982). The book incorporates most of the existing literature on Gould and offers a comprehensive and thoroughly researched portrait of the musician. Includes a Sony Classical CD of Gould's performances. 41 music examples.

A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Volume I, Composers Born Before 1900
by Pamela Youngdahl Dees
An annotated catalogue of the available piano music in print composed by 144 women born before the 20th century. Also features biographies and extensive bibliographical information for each composer.

The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B
by Mark Vail
Traces the technological and artistic evolution of the B-3 and its famous partner, the whirling Leslie speaker, that catapulted the Hammond sound into music history. Featuring anecdotes from speaker inventor Don Leslie and 30-year Hammond engineer Alan Young, the book explains the B-3’s famous tone-wheel system, drawbars, presets, pedalboard, percussion, and other unique features. 29 color and 200 black-and-white photos are also included as well as performance secrets from B-3 masters and a discography of B-3 recordings.

Harpsichord in America : A Twentieth Century Revival
by Larry Palmer

A History of Western Music
by Donald J. Grout, Claude V. Palisca

Recognized as the finest survey of Western art music in the English language, this distinguished book has enlightened a multitude of music lovers since it first appeared in 1960. This handsome new edition incorporates the latest advances in music scholarship.



A History of Keyboard Literature: Music for the Piano and Its Forerunners
by Stewart Gordon
A comprehensive and easily accessible history of literature for all stringed keyboard instruments.

History of Keyboard Music to 1700
by Willi Apel, Hans Tischler (Translator)

The History of Rock: Early 60's
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The History of the English Organ
by Stephen Bicknell
Highly readable and lavishly illustrated work describes the history of organs built in England from AD 900 to the present day.

A History of the Harpsichord
by Edward L. Kottick
Brings together more than 200 photographs, illustrations, and drawings of harpsichords in public museums and private collections throughout Europe the US. Edward L. Kottick draws on his extensive technical knowledge and experience as a harpsichord builder to detail the changing design, structure, and acoustics of the instrument over six centuries.

The History of the Organ in the United States
by Orpha Caroline Ochse

Images: The Piano Music of Claude Debussy
by Paul Roberts
Superbly presented, in-depth analysis of the French piano music of artist and visionary Claude Debussy.

In the Course of Performance: Studies in the World of Musical Improvisation
by Bruno Nettl (Editor), Melinda Russell (Editor)
With contributions by seventeen scholars and improvisers, this book offers a history of research on improvisation and an overview of the different approaches to the topic that can be used, ranging from cognitive study to detailed musical analysis.

Instrumental Virtuosi: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials
by Robert H. Cowden (Editor)
Lists some 300 works on various types of virtuosi, including brass players, keyboard artists, and string and woodwind players. The bulk of the book comprises alphabetical entries for some 1,200 artists which cite basic biographical data (birth and death dates and places) and at least two references. Thoroughly indexed.

International Dictionary of Black Composers
by Samuel A. Floyd (Editor), Columbia College Center for Black Music Research
Worldwide in scope, this handsome two-volume set profiles composers of African heritage on several continents.

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard
by Paul Badura-Skoda, Alfred Clayton (Translator)

Startling new insights into many different aspects of Bach's music. Conveys a passion for an informed interpretation of Bach's music based on a recognition and respect for Bach's actual intentions. Illustrated with musical examples, the book will take its place as a standard work for all students and performers of Bach's ever-popular keyboard music.


Interpreting Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: A Performer's Discourse of Method
by Ralph Kirkpatrick

Jazz Styles: History and Analysis
by Mark C. Gridley
Broad and encompassing survey provides a rich, informative, and chronological study of jazz, with insightful commentaries on its origins, and full descriptions of the various styles of jazz and the personalities that have contributed to this innovative form of music. Discussions of benchmark styles with point-by-point differentiation cover early jazz, swing, bop, hard bop, cool jazz, “free” jazz, and jazz-rock fusion—highlighting the musical characteristics of each style.

J. S. Bach As Organist: His Instruments, Music, and Performance Practices
by Ernest May (Editor), George B. Stauffer (Editor)

Keyboard Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography
by Aaron Horne (Compiler)
The most comprehensive source available on keyboard music by Black composers. Each of the more than 200 entries contains a biographical sketch, a listing of all works that include keyboard, the commission, premiere, composer bibliography, and a discography. The work concludes with a keyboard music index, general discography, and bibliography.

The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn: Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles
by Laszlo Somfai, Charlotte Greenspan (Translator)
A thorough study of Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. After recommending instruments appropriate for modern use, he discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of eighteenth-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics.

The Language of the Classical French Organ: A Musical Tradition Before 1800
by Fenner Douglass
This authoritative study of the French classical organ is a major source for the interpretation of early French organ music. For this new edition, the author has added a chapter on touch in early French organs and its importance for practice.

Masters of the Keyboard: Individual Style Elements in the Piano Music of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and Brahms
by Konrad Wolff

Men, Women and Pianos: A Social History
by Arthur Loesser, Edward Rothstein
As the "social anchor" in middle-class homes of the 19th century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity and a mean of introducing the young to music and entertaining their elders. In the admirably balanced and leisurely account of the popular instrument, the late, internationally known concert pianist Arthur Loesser takes a "piano's-eye view" of the recent social history of Western Europe and the United States.

Modern Masters of the Keyboard
by Harriette M. Brower

Mozart's Piano Sonatas: Contexts, Sources, Style
by John Irving

Thorough, detailed study and historical perspective of Mozart's piano sonatas.





Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception
by Neal Zaslaw
Identifies and evaluates every symphony that has ever been associated with the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, nearly 100 in all. Places each symphony in its musical and cultural context, explores the role each played in Mozart's creative life, and reveals what is known about how Mozart's symphonies, and those of his contemporaries, were performed.

Music and Connectionism
by Peter Todd (Editor), D. Gareth Loy (Editor)
As one of our highest expressions of thought and creativity, music has always been a difficult realm to capture, model, and understand. The connectionist paradigm, now beginning to provide insights into many realms of human behavior, offers a new and unified viewpoint from which to investigate the subtleties of musical experience...

Music and Society: The Politics of Composition, Performance and Reception
by Susan McClary (Editor), Richard D. Leppert (Editor)

Music for Piano: A Short History
by F. E. Kirby

In-depth survey of music for piano solo, focusing on the fine-art or classical tradition, for students and teachers at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. Overviews the literature on piano music from the 17th century to the late 20th century in its historical context, tracing the development of composers' styles, and discusses compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Includes music examples and b&w illustrations. An extensive bibliography contains some 1,100 sources.

Music of the Baroque
by David Schulenberg
An era of continuous and far-reaching musical evolution, the Baroque period witnessed the invention of opera and oratorio and the emergence of such instrumental genres as the sonata, suite, and concerto, which continue to engage composers today. An ideal instructional package for courses in music history and literature, Music of the Baroque, Second Edition, and its accompanying anthology of scores offer a vivid introduction to European music from 1600 through 1750. Integrating historical and cultural context with composer biography, music analysis, and performance practice, the text surveys Baroque music while analyzing in depth more than forty works from the principal traditions of the period.

The Music of Chopin
by Jim Samson
Detailed analysis of the style and structure of Chopin's music. Early chapters deal mainly with the sources and the characteristic profile of Chopin's musical style, relating his music to a wider context in social and stylistic history. Later chapters look at the structure of his music and how it functions, with many examples highlighting the discussion.

Musical Instruments: History, Technology and Performance of Instruments of Western Music
by Donald Murray Campbell, Clive Alan Greated, Arnold Myers
This is a comprehensive survey designed to explain how Western musical instruments work, how they developed historically, how they are manufactured, and how they are used to make music.

Nineteenth-Century Piano Music: Essays in Performance and Analysis
by David Witten (Editor)
Clarifies some theoretical concepts, debunks some longstanding myths, and above all, stimulates the reader's intellectual curiosity about the piano repertoire of the 19th century. While our emotions tell us that this repertoire is thrilling to hear and exciting to play, our intellect demands explanations, some of which are provided in the essays in this collection.

The Norton Scores, A Study Anthology: Gregorian Chant to Beethoven
by Kristine Forney (Editor)
This new edition brings together a collection of outstanding works from the Western music repertory. In addition to many long-familiar pieces, the book includes examples of musical theater and jazz, compositions by women, and works that reflect the influence of traditional, popular, and non-Western music sources. Spanning Gregorian chant to late twentieth-century computer music, this anthology represents all major genres and forms, making it ideal for use in a variety of music courses.

The Organ in Manitoba: A History of the Instruments the Builders and the Players
by James Hartman

Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog
by Adel Heinrich (Compiler)
Catalogs music for organ and harpsichord written by more than 700 women composers from 40 countries. In addition to biographies for each woman, Heinrich supplies listings of individual compositions, and includes descriptions and sources whenever possible.

The Organ in Western Culture, 750-1250
by Peter Williams

Organa Britannica: Organs in Great Britain 1660-1860
by James Boeringer

Organists and Organ Playing in Nineteenth-Century France and Belgium
by Orpha C. Ochse
Illuminates the experience of organists in France and Belgium during the 19th century, describing their day-to-day lives and concerns and historical events in the rise and fall of the instrument's golden age.

A Pandora Guide to Women Composers: Britain and the United States 1629-Present
by Sophie Fuller

An introduction to the diverse and rich tradition of American and British women composers, whose work offers a new universe of fascinating artists, inspiring achievements and, of course, beautiful music.



Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music: Their Principles and Applications
by Sandra P. Rosenblum

The Philosopher's Stone: Essays in the Transformation of Musical Structure
by Barbara R. Barry

The Pianist As Orator: Beethoven and the Transformation of Keyboard Style
by George Barth
Concentrating on Beethoven's solo and chamber keyboard works, Barth builds his evaluation of Beethoven's keyboard style on a critique of musical timekeeping and eighteenth-century descriptions of music's character, focusing especially on the controversies between Beethoven's interpreters Anton Schindler and Carl Czerny.

Piano 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos
by Cynthia Adams Hoover, Patrick Rucker, Edwin M. Good

Piano Interpretation of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A Study of Theory and Practice Using Original Documents
by Elena Letnanova
A late 20th-century pianist preparing to perform an 18th-century harpsichord piece might be aware that current theories of interpretation were developed in the late 19th century, and wonder if that approach accurately conveys the composer's intention. Here are translations of the ideas on the subject by Couperin, C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, and others, along with commentary. Of interest to music historians as well as to performers.

The Piano Quartet and Quintet: Style, Structure, and Scoring
by Basil Smallman
Surveys the development of the piano quartet and quintet from their beginnings in the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.

Piano Roles: Three Hundred Years of Life With the Piano
by James Parakilas, Richard Leppert (Contributor), Marina Tsvetaeva (Contributor)

Three hundred years of piano history are presented in a fine book which considers the place of the piano in classical and popular music alike. From the design, manufacturing and styles of the piano to the individuals who made their mark in music history with the piano, this includes a delightful range of color drawings and illustrations along with a lively history certain to delight any avid fan of the instrument.

The Piano Sonority of Claude Debussy: Studies in the History and Interpretation of Music
by Virginia Raad

The Piano Trio: Its History, Technique, and Repertoire
by Basil Smallman
Over the centuries, the piano trio has gained a repertoire of exceptional size and richness; works written for this genre include some of the greatest of all chamber works. The first study devoted solely to the piano trio, this book reviews the development of the trio in different countries within the context of general music history, and shows how it has reflected changes in style and technique from Mozart and Haydn to the avant-garde composers of today. Smallman focuses on the principal works in the trio repertoire, and provides clear analytical descriptions supplemented by musical examples.

Piano, the Instrument: An Annotated Bibliography
by Michiko Ishiyama Wolcott

Organized into six sections by topic: general information, history, builders and manufactures, construction, maintenance and repair, and miscellaneous subjects. The first section lists works containing general information, including but not limited to, books and articles covering a wide range of topics, introductory materials, and serial titles. The second section covers the history on piano and is arranged by country. The section on builders and manufacturers is arranged by name of builder or manufacturer. The sections on construction and maintenance are arranged by parts of the piano. The section on miscellaneous subjects includes catalogs for collections of instruments, works about pedal pianos, pianos associated with composers, selection and purchase, works intended for younger readers, and works about other miscellaneous topics not included above. Readers are referred to the subject index for further cross-referencing. Referencing literature on every aspect of the piano, this annotated bibliography will cut down on research time for scholars and students, directing them to the most relevant and useful sources. No music library should be without it.

The Possessor and the Possessed: Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and the Idea of Musical Genius
by Peter Kivy
Artistic geniuses have something other people don't have. In some cases that something seems to be a remarkable kind of inspiration that permits the artist to exceed his own abilities. It is as if the artist is suddenly possessed, as if some outside force flows through him at the moment of creation. In other cases genius seems best explained as a natural gift...

The Registration of Baroque Organ Music
by Barbara Owen
Barbara Owen has prepared the first work to present in a single book the registrational practices of organists from c.1550 to 1800. The four parts of the book move from the Renaissance through the Early, High, and Late Baroque. Each part starts with a brief description of the political and religious climate of the period and the way such factors affected the compositions and the organ-building of the time.

Returning Cycles: Contexts for the Interpretation of Schubert's Impromptus and Last Sonatas
by Charles Fisk
This compelling investigation of the later music of Franz Schubert explores the rich terrain of Schubert's impromptus and last piano sonatas.

The Russian Piano Concerto: The Nineteenth Century
by Jeremy Norris

Russian Piano Music
by Dmitry Feofanoy

Saint-Saens and the Organ
by Rollin Smith

The Social and Religious Designs of J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
by Michael Marissen
Full of important and closely argued discussions of individual aspects of chronology, source criticism, musical structure, and Bach's biographical background. For anyone who is interested in exploring the remarkably rewarding challenge Bach lays down, this is a careful, helpful, plausible, and perceptive analysis.

Steinway: From Glory to Controversy: The Piano, the Family, the Business
by Susan Goldenberg

Stride!
by John L. Fell, Terkild Vinding
Traces the stride piano style from its roots in minstrel shows and ragtime, through the contributions of itinerant entertainers, to its joyful birth in Harlem, where it became known as Harlem Piano. Throughout, influences are traced and documented by way of CD and LP citations.

Structural Novelty and Tradition in the Early Romantic Piano Concerto
by Stephan D. Lindeman

Style and Interpretation: An Anthology of Keyboard Music : Classical Piano Music
by Howard Ferguson

Swing and Early Progressive Piano Styles
by John Mehegan, Horace Silver (Designer)

The third in a series of four volumes created between 1959 and 1965 by jazz pianist and instructor John Mehegan. This series is of the utmost historical importance for anyone with a serious interest in jazz piano. Uncovers the mysteries of the art of stride and bebop piano style.



Temperament: The Idea That Solved Music's Greatest Riddle
by Stuart M. Isacoff
Involving mathematics, philosophy, aesthetics, religion, politics, and physics, Stuart Isacoff's Temperament invokes the tone of a James Burke documentary. However, the focus is not on a modern invention, but rather a modern convention: that of tuning keyboards so that every key is equally in tune--and equally out of tune.

That Ingenious Business: Pennsylvania German Organ Builders
by Raymond J. Brunner

Traditional World Music Influences in Contemporary Solo Piano Literature
by Elizabeth C. Axford

Understanding Rock Music: Essays in Musical Analysis
by John Covach (Editor), Graeme M. Boone (Editor)
Brings together essays by seven of musicology and music theory's best young scholars, and each essay explores the often complex musical structure of rock.

Venetian Instrumental Music from Gabrieli to Vivaldi
by Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Beginning with a chronicle of the history of instrumental music in Venice, it then provides a history of musical style before Gabrieli; examines the development of the canzona, sonata and concerto; and traces the musical careers of such figures as Giovanni Gabrieli, Albinoni, Vivaldi and the Marcellos.

The Vienna Urtext Guide to Piano Literature
by Karl Heinz Fussl (Preface), Maurice Hinson (Introduction)
This book is a compilation of the front matter (thematic indexes, prefaces, notes on interpretation and so on) from the Vienna Urtext Edition's catalog. Written by various editors of piano solo and duet publications, the guide encompasses much of the standard piano repertoire from J.S. Bach to Paul Hindemith. The publisher has been long recognized as one of Europe's finest; in part it is the high quality of the notes on performance and interpretation that distinguishes Vienna Urtext editions from other scholarly texts.

Virtuosi: A Defense and a Celebration of Great Pianists
by Mark Mitchell
Both a detailed consideration of specific piano virtuosi, and a philosophically complex meditation on how we cope with the phenomenon of genius.

Virtuosity and the Musical Work: The Transcendental Studies of Liszt
by Jim Samson
This book is about three sets of etudes by Liszt: the Etude en douze exercices (1826); its reworking as Douzes grandes etudes (1837); and their reworking as Douzes etudes d'execution transcendante (1851). It is also a book about nineteenth-century instrumental music in general because the three works invite the exploration of features characteristic of the early Romantic era in music. These include a composer-performer culture; the concept of virtuosity; the significance of recomposition; music and the poetic; and the consolidation of a musical work-concept.

Virtuosity of the Nineteenth Century: Performing Music and Language in Heine, Liszt, and Baudelaire
by Susan Bernstein

Women Composers: Music Through the Ages- Composers Born 1700 to 1799
by Sylvia Glickman (Editor), Martha Furman Schleifer (Editor)
Historical overview of women composers, containing biographical essays on 22 diverse female composers, from composers of medieval chants to composers of choral music of the Italian Renaissance. Entries discuss the social context in which each composer worked, and offer analysis of the musical conventions of the period, plus texts of vocal works in their original language and in English. Includes lists of works by each composer and discographies.

Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950
by Jane Bowers (Editor), Judith Tick (Editor)



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