Music reviews and criticism Books

""A Westminster Pilgrim"" is a memoir written by Frederick Bridge in 1919. The book is a record of his service in various institutions, including the church, cathedral, abbey, college, university, and concert-room. Bridge shares his experiences and...

Our Irish Song Birds is a book written by Charles William Benson and published in 1901. The book is a comprehensive guide to the various species of song birds found in Ireland. It provides detailed descriptions of each bird's appearance, behavior,...

Adorno believed that a circular relationship was established between immediacy and mediation. Should we now say that this model with its clear Hegelian influence is outdated? Or does it need some theoretical integration? This volume addresses these...

This book explores the web of pitch relations that generates the musical language of non-serialized twelve-tone music and supplies both the analytical materials and methods necessary for analyses of a vast proportion of the 20th century musical...

This book studies how sacred and secular music was actually sung during the Middle Ages. The source of the information is the actual notation in the early manuscripts as well as statements found in approximately. 50 theoretical treatises written between...

This book aims not only to identify the two early mandolins, their physical characteristics, tunings, playing techniques, and musical histories, but also to present, for the first time, the full extent of their repertories, which include works by Handel,...

German Lieder in the Nineteenth-Century provides a detailed introduction to the German lied. Beginning with its origin in the literary and musical culture of Germany in the nineteenth-century, the book covers individual...

This book contextualizes a globalization process that has since ancient times involved the creation, use, and world-wide movement of song, instrumental music, musical drama, music with dance, concert, secular, popular and religious music. Integral to the...

This book addresses the complex conceptual, historical, and philosophical questions posed by Eduard Hanslick's influential aesthetic treatise, On the Musically Beautiful (1854). The contributions reveal the philosophical foundations and subtleties of his...

In this important study, Margaret Seares places Johannes Mattheson's Pièces de clavecin (1714) in the context of his work as a public intellectual who encouraged German musicians and their musical public to embrace a universalism of style and expression...

 The Stooges have come to be considered one of the most important rock bands, especially in regard to the formation of punk. By emphasizing their influence on later developments, however, critics tend to overlook the significance of the band in...

Charles Frantz provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis of Debussy's music through the lens of Bergson's philosophical perspective of durée, revealing his 'revolution' in musical time.

Popular Music and Parenting explores the culture of popular music as a shared experience between parents, carers and young children. Offering a critical overview of this topic from a popular music studies perspective, this book expands our...

There is a growing awareness around the world of the pressing need to archive the material remnants of popular music so as to safeguard the national and local histories of this cultural form. Current research suggests that in the past 20 or so years...

The music industry is undergoing immense change. This book argues that the transformations occurring across the various music industries - recording, live performance, publishing - can be characterized as much by continuity as by change, raising complex...

The Musical Gift tells Sri Lanka's music history as a story of giving between humans and nonhumans, and between populations defined by difference. Author Jim Sykes argues that in the recent past, the genres we recognize today as Sri Lanka's...

Wedding the American oral storytelling tradition with progressive music journalism, Mitch Myers' The Boy Who Cried Freebird is a treatise on the popular music culture of the twentieth century. Trenchant, insightful, and wonderfully strange, this literary...

At The Shrine Of Song is a book written by Herbert Bashford and published in 1909. The book is a collection of essays and articles that explore the world of music and its impact on society. Bashford, a music critic and journalist, delves into various...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Opera Book, written by Edith B. Ordway and first published in 1915, is a comprehensive guide to the world of opera. The book covers the history of opera, from its origins in Italy in the 16th century to the present day, and provides detailed...

Music of the Bible, with Some Account of the Development of Modern Musical Instruments from Ancient Types is a book written by John Stainer in 1914. The book delves into the history of music in the Bible and its significance in religious and cultural...

""More Chapters of Opera"" is a historical and critical examination of the lyric drama in New York from the years 1908-1918. Written by Henry Edward Krehbiel, a prominent music critic and journalist of the time, this book provides a detailed account of...

Famous Hymns of the World: Their Origin and Their Romance is a book written by Allan Sutherland and first published in 1905. The book is a collection of stories and histories behind some of the most well-known and beloved hymns from around the world...

Echoes Of The Anvil: Songs And Poems is a collection of works by William Wilson, a skilled and passionate writer. The book features a variety of pieces, including songs and poems, that explore a range of themes and emotions. Wilson's writing is both...