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  • Since its premiere in 1791 The Magic Flute has been staged continuously and re... Since its premiere in 1791 The Magic Flute has been staged continuously and remains to this day Mozart s most-performed opera worldwide. This comprehensive user-friendly up-to-date critical guide considers the opera in a variety of contexts to provide... more
  • Since its premiere in 1791 The Magic Flute has been staged continuously and re... Since its premiere in 1791 The Magic Flute has been staged continuously and remains to this day Mozart s most-performed opera worldwide. This comprehensive user-friendly up-to-date critical guide considers the opera in a variety of contexts to provide... more
  • Richard Strauss is a composer much loved among audiences throughout the world ... Richard Strauss is a composer much loved among audiences throughout the world both in the opera house and the concert hall. Despite this popularity Strauss was for many years ignored by scholars who considered his commercial success and his continued... more
  • Reflecting a wide variety of approaches to eighteenth-century opera this Compa... Reflecting a wide variety of approaches to eighteenth-century opera this Companion brings together leading international experts in the field to provide a valuable reference source. Viewing opera as a complex and fascinating form of art and social... more
  • This Companion is the first academic introduction to the 1960s/70s Krautrock m... This Companion is the first academic introduction to the 1960s/70s Krautrock movement of German experimental music that has long attracted the attention of the music press and fans in Britain and abroad. It offers a structured approach to this... more
  • From Please Please Me to Abbey Road this collection of essays tells the fascin... From Please Please Me to Abbey Road this collection of essays tells the fascinating story of the Beatles - the creation of the band their musical influences and their cultural significance with emphasis on their genesis and practices as musicians... more
  • The vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many angles from social and cultu... The vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many angles from social and cultural history to music analysis from economics to ethnography. It is challenging and exciting territory. This volume of nineteen specially commissioned essays offers informed... more
  • Memorable melodies and fanciful worlds - the comic operas of Gilbert and Sulli... Memorable melodies and fanciful worlds - the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan remain as popular today as when they were first performed. This Companion provides a timely guide to the history and development of the collaboration between the two men... more
  • How did Korea with a relatively small-scale music industry come to create a vi... How did Korea with a relatively small-scale music industry come to create a vibrant pop culture scene that would enthrall not only young Asian fans but also global audiences from diverse racial and generational backgrounds? From idol training to fan... more
  • Arnold Schoenberg - composer theorist teacher painter and one of the most impo... Arnold Schoenberg - composer theorist teacher painter and one of the most important and controversial figures in twentieth-century music. This Companion presents engaging essays by leading scholars on Schoenberg s central works writings and ideas over... more
  • From the emergence of plainsong to the end of the fourteenth century this Comp... From the emergence of plainsong to the end of the fourteenth century this Companion covers all the key aspects of medieval music. Divided into three main sections the book first of all discusses repertory styles and techniques - the key areas of... more
  • Reflecting a wide variety of approaches to eighteenth-century opera this Compa... Reflecting a wide variety of approaches to eighteenth-century opera this Companion brings together leading international experts in the field to provide a valuable reference source. Viewing opera as a complex and fascinating form of art and social... more
  • Memorable melodies and fanciful worlds - the comic operas of Gilbert and Sulli... Memorable melodies and fanciful worlds - the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan remain as popular today as when they were first performed. This Companion provides a timely guide to the history and development of the collaboration between the two men... more
  • Richard Wagner is remembered as one of the most influential figures in music a... Richard Wagner is remembered as one of the most influential figures in music and theatre but his place in history has been marked by a considerable amount of controversy. His attitudes towards the Jews and the appropriation of his operas by the Nazis... more
  • Sixteen essays by leading experts introduce the lay reader to issues that have... Sixteen essays by leading experts introduce the lay reader to issues that have concerned scholars over the past twenty years regarding Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). They provide an introduction to the composer s life and works covering such problematic... more
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