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Serie: Composers in context
GebondenEngels9781009288729
19-3-2026
Renowned as both a singer and composer, Barbara Strozzi was the one of the most accomplished and prolific composers of vocal chamber music in the seventeenth century. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108487917
30-11-2023
The rich variety of aesthetic and cultural influences experienced by the French composer Olivier Messiaen helped foster the creativity that gave him a multi-dimensional presence in twentieth-century music. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108835701
28-3-2024
From his early education, through his conducting and composing careers, to his fame as musical and cultural ambassador to the world, this book introduces Bernstein the man and the artist and provides fascinating insights into American classical music and musical theatre culture during Bernstein's long career in the public spotlight. Meer
GebondenEngels9781107181052
20-12-2018
The vibrant intellectual, social and political climate of mid eighteenth-century Europe presented opportunities and challenges for artists and musicians alike. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108721844
30-5-2024
Britten in Context offers historical, social, cultural, queer, musical, and political context for one of the pivotal British composers of the twentieth century. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108472067
23-5-2024
Exploring the many dimensions of Debussy's historical significance, this volume charts the influences, relationships and performances that shaped his creativity in the complex world of Belle Époque Paris. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781316615195
19-8-2021
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 many figures whose work is appearing in English for the first time. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781316632444
10-10-2019
The vibrant intellectual, social and political climate of mid eighteenth-century Europe presented opportunities and challenges for artists and musicians alike. Meer
GebondenEngels9781316513828
4-9-2025
Breathes new life into the study of Schoenberg's worlds and work, exploring his multi-faceted environments and showcasing his centrality to the understanding of musical modernism. Meer
GebondenEngels9781009172752
8-1-2026
An authoritative overview of the personal, professional, cultural, political and religious contexts in which Hensel and Mendelssohn lived. The authors provide insights into nineteenth-century musical culture, including gender roles and private and public music-making, enhancing our understanding of the music of these immensely gifted siblings. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108496698
21-4-2022
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. Meer
GebondenEngels9781107163416
9-5-2019
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 many figures whose work is appearing in English for the first time. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108421843
14-10-2021
Liszt in Context explores the political, social, philosophical and professional currents that surrounded Franz Liszt and illuminates the competing forces that influenced his music. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108422000
29-10-2020
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. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108422192
17-12-2020
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. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108434720
10-11-2022
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. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108438353
10-11-2022
Mahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output. Meer
GebondenEngels9781108423779
19-11-2020
Mahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108434362
21-12-2023
This book explores the social, political, philosophical and professional currents that influenced Liszt's career. It reveals the rich contextual tapestry against which Liszt composed some of the most iconic, popular, and also contentious music of his time, and explains his importance to Romanticism and nineteenth-century European culture. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108434461
10-11-2022
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. Meer