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L’Africaine
The Facsimile
The genesis of Meyerbeer’s last opera, L’Africaine, is legendary. A glorious posthumous tribute, it was a favourite of tenors like Caruso and Domingo. This fascinating facsimile of the manuscript uniquely gives us Meyerbeer’s original intentions.
The genesis of Meyerbeer’s last opera, L’Africaine, is legendary. A glorious posthumous tribute, it was a favourite of tenors like Caruso and Domingo. This fascinating facsimile of the manuscript uniquely gives us Meyerbeer’s original intentions.
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Robert le Diable
The Facsimile
In *Robert le Diable*, Meyerbeer saw man divided between the angel and the devil. Its sensational 1831 première became the principal expression of French Romanticism. This facsimile of the long-lost manuscript reveals the creation of a work that changed opera.
In *Robert le Diable*, Meyerbeer saw man divided between the angel and the devil. Its sensational 1831 première became the principal expression of French Romanticism. This facsimile of the long-lost manuscript reveals the creation of a work that changed opera.
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Form and Process in Music, 1300-2014
An Analytic Sampler
Drawing together papers delivered at the 2014 meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, this volume explores a wide range of musical cultures, and reflects a strong emphasis on understanding the forms and processes of music through analysis.
Drawing together papers delivered at the 2014 meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, this volume explores a wide range of musical cultures, and reflects a strong emphasis on understanding the forms and processes of music through analysis.
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Music, Longing and Belonging
Articulations of the Self and the Other in the Musical Realm
This interdisciplinary book explores how musical communities transcend national borders and challenge the boundaries between self and other. It focuses on forms of musical belonging not bound by national identity, framing music as a medium of desire and dissent.
This interdisciplinary book explores how musical communities transcend national borders and challenge the boundaries between self and other. It focuses on forms of musical belonging not bound by national identity, framing music as a medium of desire and dissent.
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Hindustani Traces in Malay Ghazal
'A song, so old and yet still famous'
This monograph investigates the Malay ghazal, in its various shapes and with its different meanings, in order to study the musical traces of Hindustani culture. It describes the development of the ghazal, from its early forms to its modern transformation into local art.
This monograph investigates the Malay ghazal, in its various shapes and with its different meanings, in order to study the musical traces of Hindustani culture. It describes the development of the ghazal, from its early forms to its modern transformation into local art.
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(Per)Forming Art
Performance as Research in Contemporary Artworks
Primarily engaging with music of the 20th and 21st centuries, this volume centres on performance as a compositional technique and a mode of work composition research. It addresses how performance and composition are reciprocally entwined and their role in creative practice today.
Primarily engaging with music of the 20th and 21st centuries, this volume centres on performance as a compositional technique and a mode of work composition research. It addresses how performance and composition are reciprocally entwined and their role in creative practice today.
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Musical Receptions of Greek Antiquity
From the Romantic Era to Modernism
This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of music’s interaction with ancient Greek culture since the nineteenth century, through scrutiny of various cases, from the Romantic era to experimentations of the twentieth century.
This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of music’s interaction with ancient Greek culture since the nineteenth century, through scrutiny of various cases, from the Romantic era to experimentations of the twentieth century.
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A Symphony of Flavors
Food and Music in Concert
Explore the rich connections between music and food across global cultures and history. This multidisciplinary collection reveals how sound and taste have shaped our emotions, values, and identities, viewed through musicology, anthropology, and more.
Explore the rich connections between music and food across global cultures and history. This multidisciplinary collection reveals how sound and taste have shaped our emotions, values, and identities, viewed through musicology, anthropology, and more.
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This book discusses the manuscript sources for the music of Luigi Boccherini, a foremost 18th-century composer. Experts explore manuscript types, chronology, catalogues, and specific works, making this an indispensable tool for any scholar of his life and work.
This book discusses the manuscript sources for the music of Luigi Boccherini, a foremost 18th-century composer. Experts explore manuscript types, chronology, catalogues, and specific works, making this an indispensable tool for any scholar of his life and work.
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Performance Analysis
A Bridge between Theory and Interpretation
This collection of essays explores the connections between music theory, interpretation, and performance. It delves into performance studies—focusing on gesture, bodily movement, and emotion—and addresses artistic practices in the 21st century.
This collection of essays explores the connections between music theory, interpretation, and performance. It delves into performance studies—focusing on gesture, bodily movement, and emotion—and addresses artistic practices in the 21st century.
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This volume explores Roberto Gerhard’s work from the early Wind Quintet through to the late period Metamorphoses. It suggests evidence that situates his idiosyncratic experiments alongside, rather than after, the total serialist works of his European counterparts.
This volume explores Roberto Gerhard’s work from the early Wind Quintet through to the late period Metamorphoses. It suggests evidence that situates his idiosyncratic experiments alongside, rather than after, the total serialist works of his European counterparts.
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For the first time, a complete overview of folk musical instruments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This book describes the instruments—their history, construction, and playing techniques—and explores the traditions of the makers and players.
For the first time, a complete overview of folk musical instruments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This book describes the instruments—their history, construction, and playing techniques—and explores the traditions of the makers and players.
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Dealing with the interconnections between music and the written word, this book 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.
Dealing with the interconnections between music and the written word, this book 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.
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Music on Stage presents papers on opera, the Musical, and performance practice. The collection covers a wide spectrum, from historic works by Wagner to Sondheim, also exploring the gestalt of music and text and the training of the actor-musician.
Music on Stage presents papers on opera, the Musical, and performance practice. The collection covers a wide spectrum, from historic works by Wagner to Sondheim, also exploring the gestalt of music and text and the training of the actor-musician.
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Local and Global Understandings of Creativities
Multipart Music Making and the Construction of Ideas, Contexts and Contents
Focusing on creators rather than the object, this volume explores the "polyphony of voices" in music making. Based on fieldwork, it examines how musicians balance personal goals with group cohesion in diverse secular and religious traditions.
Focusing on creators rather than the object, this volume explores the “polyphony of voices” in music making. Based on fieldwork, it examines how musicians balance personal goals with group cohesion in diverse secular and religious traditions.
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In 1854, Franz von Suppé wrote music for a play that accompanies the action like a film score. While the music works today, the 19th-century German script does not. This book details the challenge of adapting the text for a modern audience while keeping Suppé's score intact.
In 1854, Franz von Suppé wrote music for a play that accompanies the action like a film score. While the music works today, the 19th-century German script does not. This book details the challenge of adapting the text for a modern audience while keeping Suppé’s score intact.
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Paradigm War
Lessons Learned from 19th Century Piano Pedagogy
This book explores 19th-century Europe’s piano pedagogy, a “paradigm war” between mechanism and holism. It shows how Robert Schumann’s revolutionary music and ideas resolved this conflict, creating a foundation for artistic piano pedagogy for our time.
This book explores 19th-century Europe’s piano pedagogy, a “paradigm war” between mechanism and holism. It shows how Robert Schumann’s revolutionary music and ideas resolved this conflict, creating a foundation for artistic piano pedagogy for our time.
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Over the Edge
Pushing the Boundaries of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
The authors in this volume bring new ideas from their research to help us create spaces we can claim as our own. These essays explore culturally produced markers of identity, revealing connections that challenge our perspective of scholarly subjects.
The authors in this volume bring new ideas from their research to help us create spaces we can claim as our own. These essays explore culturally produced markers of identity, revealing connections that challenge our perspective of scholarly subjects.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
A Reader
Giacomo Meyerbeer remains an enigma. Once one of the most famous of all composers, his reputation declined amidst growing hostility. This Reader reflects his immense fame, the dismissal he faced, and the recent rediscovery and re-evaluation of his art.
Giacomo Meyerbeer remains an enigma. Once one of the most famous of all composers, his reputation declined amidst growing hostility. This Reader reflects his immense fame, the dismissal he faced, and the recent rediscovery and re-evaluation of his art.
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Music and Literary Modernism
Critical Essays and Comparative Studies 2nd Edition
Scholars examine the intersections of music, literature, and language in modernism. Essays explore music's place in the writing of Joyce, Woolf, and Pound, and literature's importance for composers from Antheil to The Beatles. Revised and updated second edition.
Scholars examine the intersections of music, literature, and language in modernism. Essays explore music’s place in the writing of Joyce, Woolf, and Pound, and literature’s importance for composers from Antheil to The Beatles. Revised and updated second edition.
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