Leven en werk van de meest toonaangevende componisten uit de klassieke muziekgeschiedenis Van de sublieme grootsheid van Bach tot het romantische pathos van Berlioz en van de kosmopolitische triomfen van...
Andre Kostelanetz On Records and On the Air is a comprehensive discography of the commercial recordings of the Russian/American conductor and radio personality, Andre Kostelanetz. James H. North has collected...
Perry Como put aside his career as a barber to become one of the top American crooners of the 20th century and also one of the first multimedia stars. His...
Hungarian-born composer Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951) arrived in America in 1909 and within eight years had achieved his first hit musical on Broadway. This early success was soon followed by others,...
Het vakgebied van de muziekgeschiedenis maakte recent een ingrijpende evolutie door. Het is de hoogste tijd dat de verrassende nieuwe inzichten van specialisten een ruimer publiek bereiken. Dit boek geeft...
De Russische muziek staat op dit moment in de belangstelling, getuige onder andere de populariteit van Valery Gergejev en zijn Rotterdamse muziekfestivals. Deze belangstelling bestaat over de volle breedte van...
Detailed examination of the vocal and interpretive artistry of the great Jussi Bjoerling. A half century after his death in 1960, Swedish tenor Jussi Bjoerling remains one of the most...
George Szell was the Cleveland Orchestra's towering presence for over a quarter of a century. From the boardroom to the stage, Szell's powerful personality affected every aspect of a musical...
George Gershwin is often described as a quintessentially American composer. This Cambridge Companion explains why, engaging with the ways in which his music was shaped by American political, intellectual, cultural...
The image of Vienna as a musical city is a familiar one. This book explores the history of music in Vienna, focussing on three different epochs, 1700, 1800 and 1900....
De tand des tijds lijkt op Johann Sebastian Bach geen vat te krijgen. Waarom dit zo is, moeten we niet proberen te begrijpen. Laat ons vooral dankbaar zijn... Nu en...
1001 Classical Recordings is a guide concerned with excellence in every field of classical music. The reader becomes familiar with the Gregorian chants of the Medieval age (pre-1400), the madrigals...
This volume is a comprehensive and detailed survey of music and musical life of the entire Soviet era, from 1917 to 1991, which takes into account the extensive body of...
Provides new perspectives on the violin's beloved concert repertoire, its diverse roles in indigenous musical traditions on four continents, and its metaphorical presence in visual arts and literature. With a...
Over a century of history, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has taken different names and forms. It has weathered war, recession and social change, evolving from a part-time municipal...
This 24 chapter book tells the story of Mantovani's quest for musical perfection and how he achieved it. Written with the enthusiastic endorsement of his family, his record producer, several...
In the early 1960s, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was a small, multi-racial company of dancers that performed the works of its founding choreographer and other emerging artists. By...
