Composers in Context – serie
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The Beatles in Context
Häftad, 2021
452 kr
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Since their first performances in 1960, The Beatles' cultural influence grew in unparalleled ways. From Liverpool to Beatlemania, and from dance halls to Abbey Road Studios and the digital age, the band's impact exploded during their heyday, and has endured in the decades following their …
Boulez in Context
Inbunden, 2025
1610 kr
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Pierre Boulez was a towering figure in contemporary music from the 1940s and 1950s to his death in 2016. This volume demonstrates his distinctive impact on new music and situates him within a wide range of contexts to enhance appreciation of the cultural embeddedness of his work. Successive …
Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context
Av Thomas Schmidt, Benedict Taylor
Inbunden, 2026
1610 kr
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Brimming with fresh insights, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the personal, cultural, intellectual, professional, political and religious contexts in which immensely gifted brother and sister Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy lived and worked. Based on …
Barbara Strozzi in Context
Inbunden, 2026
1602 kr
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Renowned as both a singer and composer, Barbara Strozzi was among the most accomplished and prolific composers of vocal chamber music in the seventeenth century. Her works, which have become increasingly popular in concert and recordings in recent decades, are remarkable for their musical …
Elizabeth Maconchy in Context
Av Justin Vickers, Lucy Walker
Inbunden, 2026
1442 kr
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Elizabeth Maconchy was one of the most prominent and successful composers of the twentieth century, a champion of contemporary music who composed chamber operas, choral music, orchestral works, a range of compositions and operas for children, and a highly-regarded series of string quartets. This …
Rodgers and Hammerstein in Context
Av Dominic Broomfield-McHugh, William A. Everett
Inbunden, 2027
1239 kr
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Illuminating the world of Broadway's greatest collaborators, this volume presents an accessible new look at the people, places and ideas behind the mid-century musical and its legacy. From Oklahoma! to The Sound of Music, the book brings together perspectives across disciplines to rethink some of …
Brahms in Context
Av Natasha Loges, Katy Hamilton
Inbunden, 2019
1727 kr
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Brahms in Context offers a fresh perspective on the much-admired nineteenth-century German composer. Including thirty-nine chapters on historical, social and cultural contexts, the book brings together internationally renowned experts in music, law, science, art history and other areas, including …
Mozart in Context
Inbunden, 2018
1643 kr
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The vibrant intellectual, social and political climate of mid eighteenth-century Europe presented opportunities and challenges for artists and musicians alike. This book focuses on Mozart the man and musician as he responds to different aspects of that world. It reveals his views on music, …
The Beatles in Context
Inbunden, 2020
1643 kr
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Since their first performances in 1960, The Beatles' cultural influence grew in unparalleled ways. From Liverpool to Beatlemania, and from dance halls to Abbey Road Studios and the digital age, the band's impact exploded during their heyday, and has endured in the decades following their …
Liszt in Context
Inbunden, 2021
1446 kr
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Liszt in Context explores the political, social, philosophical and professional currents that surrounded Franz Liszt and illuminates the competing forces that influenced his music. Liszt was immersed in the religious, political and cultural debates of his day, and moved between institutions, …
Richard Strauss in Context
Av Morten Kristiansen, Joseph E. Jones
Inbunden, 2020
1520 kr
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Richard Strauss in Context offers a distinctive approach to the study of a composer in that it places the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather than on biography and artistic output. One might say that it inverts the relationship between composer and context. Rather than studies of Strauss's …
Stravinsky in Context
Inbunden, 2020
1520 kr
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Stravinsky in Context offers an alternative to chronological biography. Thirty-five short, specially commissioned essays explore the eventful life-tapestry from which Stravinsky's compositions emerged. The opening chapters draw on new research into the composer's childhood in St. Petersburg. …
Handel in Context
Av Annette Landgraf, Helen Coffey
Inbunden, 2027
1182 kr
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A celebrity in his own time, Handel remains popular with performers, music-lovers and scholars today. The specially commissioned contributions to this volume will enable students, teachers and concert-goers to better appreciate his music through a deeper understanding of the world in which he …
Mahler in Context
Inbunden, 2020
1520 kr
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Mahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output. Focusing on the contexts surrounding the artist, the collection provides a sense of the complex crosscurrents against …
Liszt in Context
Häftad, 2023
608 kr
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Liszt in Context explores the political, social, philosophical and professional currents that surrounded Franz Liszt and illuminates the competing forces that influenced his music. Liszt was immersed in the religious, political and cultural debates of his day, and moved between institutions, …
Richard Strauss in Context
Av Morten Kristiansen, Joseph E. Jones
Häftad, 2022
468 kr
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Richard Strauss in Context offers a distinctive approach to the study of a composer in that it places the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather than on biography and artistic output. One might say that it inverts the relationship between composer and context. Rather than studies of Strauss's …
Stravinsky in Context
Häftad, 2022
468 kr
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Stravinsky in Context offers an alternative to chronological biography. Thirty-five short, specially commissioned essays explore the eventful life-tapestry from which Stravinsky's compositions emerged. The opening chapters draw on new research into the composer's childhood in St. Petersburg. …
Handel in Context
Av Annette Landgraf, Helen Coffey
Häftad, 2027
403 kr
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A celebrity in his own time, Handel remains popular with performers, music-lovers and scholars today. The specially commissioned contributions to this volume will enable students, teachers and concert-goers to better appreciate his music through a deeper understanding of the world in which he …
Mahler in Context
Häftad, 2022
442 kr
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Mahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output. Focusing on the contexts surrounding the artist, the collection provides a sense of the complex crosscurrents against …
Debussy in Context
Inbunden, 2024
1575 kr
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Exploring the many dimensions of Debussy's historical significance, this volume provides new perspectives on the life and work of a much-loved composer and considers how social and political contexts shape the way we approach and perform his works today. In short, focused chapters building on …
Messiaen in Context
Av Robert Sholl
Inbunden, 2023
1693 kr
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Exploring the many dimensions of Messiaen's life, thought and music, this book provides fresh perspectives on the contexts within which the composer worked, the intellectual currents that influenced him, and the influence he himself exerted on twentieth-century music. It enables a holistic …
Vaughan Williams in Context
Av Julian Onderdonk, Ceri Owen
Inbunden, 2024
1610 kr
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Challenging residual doubts about Vaughan Williams's role and significance within twentieth-century music and culture, this book places and explores his life and music in their broad musical, cultural, social, and political contexts. Chapters by scholars from a range of disciplines re-evaluate the …
Benjamin Britten in Context
Av Vicki P Stroeher, Justin Vickers
Inbunden, 2022
1446 kr
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Benjamin Britten, pianist, conductor, educator, composer of a wide range of music from large-scale operas and choral works to string quartets and songs, is acknowledged as a pivotal figure in mid-twentieth-century Britain. This volume explores the contexts for his multi-faceted career and his …
Benjamin Britten in Context
Av Vicki P Stroeher, Justin Vickers
Häftad, 2024
423 kr
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Benjamin Britten, pianist, conductor, educator, composer of a wide range of music from large-scale operas and choral works to string quartets and songs, is acknowledged as a pivotal figure in mid-twentieth-century Britain. This volume explores the contexts for his multi-faceted career and his …
Clara and Robert Schumann in Context
Inbunden, 2026
1526 kr
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Illuminating the shared world of Clara and Robert Schumann, this volume takes a renewed look at the Schumanns and reconsiders them both as individual artists and as a couple who each charted their trajectories with the other in mind. It focuses on key aspects of their artistic and cultural …
Puccini in Context
Inbunden, 2023
1898 kr
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Exploring the many dimensions of Giacomo Puccini's historical legacy and significance, this book provides new perspectives on the life and work of a much-loved opera composer and demonstrates how political concerns shape the way we approach and perform his works in the present day. Accessibly …
Leonard Bernstein in Context
Inbunden, 2024
1602 kr
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Designed for students, aficionados of classical music, and historians, this volume offers a wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary and comprehensive view of one of the most important musicians of the twentieth century at his 100th anniversary. Scholars from diverse backgrounds and fields have contributed …
Wagner in Context
Inbunden, 2024
1610 kr
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Few composers embodied wider cultural interests than Wagner or had greater cultural consequences. This is the first collection to examine directly the rich array of intellectual, social and cultural contexts within which Wagner worked. Alongside fresh accounts of historical topics, from spa culture …
Schoenberg in Context
Inbunden, 2025
1610 kr
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Contradictory and paradoxical, Schoenberg was responsible for explosively radical innovations in composition - including atonality and the twelve-tone method - that changed the face of music in the twentieth century. This volume explores Schoenberg's life, work and world, offering contributions …
Brahms in Context
Av Natasha Loges, Katy Hamilton
Häftad, 2021
468 kr
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Brahms in Context offers a fresh perspective on the much-admired nineteenth-century German composer. Including thirty-nine chapters on historical, social and cultural contexts, the book brings together internationally renowned experts in music, law, science, art history and other areas, including …
