Western Music Styles (Early & Classical) Products

Edited by Éva Guillorel, David Hopkin, Will Pooley

The culture of insurgents in early modern Europe was primarily an oral one; memories of social conflicts in the communities affected were passed on through oral forms such as songs and legends. This popular history continued to influence political choices and actions through and after the early…

Hardback – 2017-10-04 
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Edited by Amy Bauer, Márton Kerékfy

Since György Ligeti’s death in 2006, there has been a growing acknowledgement of how central he was to the late twentieth-century cultural landscape. This collection is the first book devoted to exploring the composer’s life and music within the context of his East European roots, revealing his…

Hardback – 2017-10-03 
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By Ethel Bassin

Edited by Derek Bowman

Originally published in 1977. Frances Tolmie (1840-1926) was one of the foremost Gaelic folklore and folksong experts. This account of her life and work places her unique contribution to human song against a full personal, historical and cultural background. The book includes a selection of the…

Paperback – 2017-10-01 
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Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music

By Robin Morton

Originally published in 1973. Folk-life and folk-culture, usually the preserve of the scholar, have been brought vividly and entertainingly to life in these recollections and stories of one man’s life in the Irish countryside. This book tells the life story of John Maguire, who died in 1975,…

Paperback – 2017-10-01 
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Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music

By Keith Sanger, Alison Kinnaird

This is the first history of the harp in Scotland to be published. It sets out to trace the development of the instrument from its earliest appearance on the Pictish stones of the 8th century, to the present day. Describing the different harps played in the Highlands and the Lowlands of Scotland,…

Paperback – 2017-10-01 
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Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music

By Alastair Mitchell

This title was first published in 2001. This work provides detailed information taken from the ’Programmes-as-Broadcast’ daily log of output held at the BBC Written Archives Centre in Caversham. Arranged in chronological order, entries are given for broadcasts of first performances of musical works…

Hardback – 2017-09-30 
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Routledge Revivals

Edited by George Odam

This book was published in 2003.Alfred Schnittke's music presents a mixture of the old and the new, modernist, post-modernist and an eclectic collection of influences. Born in 1934, he was confined to his native Russia by political necessity but from 1977 became a frequent and welcome visitor to…

Hardback – 2017-09-30 
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Routledge Revivals

By Elizabeth Emery, Laura Morowitz

This title was first published in 2003. From pilgrimages to popular festivals, from modern spectacles to advertising, from the work of avant-garde painters to the novels of Emile Zola, Consuming the Past explores the complexity of the fin-de-siècle French fascination with the Middle Ages. The…

Hardback – 2017-09-30 
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Routledge Revivals

By David Milsom

This title was first published in 2003. With most of western art music, it can be argued that music-making requires performers to interpret a composer's original, notated ideas. Often, an informed and perceptive reading of the score needs to be combined with the inspiration to convey the feelings…

Hardback – 2017-09-30 
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Routledge Revivals

By Paul R.W. Jackson

This title was first published in 2003. 'All of my music is biographical' declared Sir Malcolm Arnold in an interview in 1991. Arnold's turbulent life has permeated his music to a greater degree than probably any other British composer as Paul Jackson reveals in this illuminating account.…

Hardback – 2017-09-30 
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Routledge Revivals

By Fiona Richards

This title was first published in 2000. John Ireland (1879-1962) was as elusive as the music that he composed. His music resists easy categorization, in part because it is linked so closely to specific events, places and people in Ireland's personal life. The Music of John Ireland explores the…

Hardback – 2017-09-30 
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Routledge Revivals

By Maryann McCabe

Mabel Daniels (1877-1971): American Composer in Transition assesses Daniels within the context of American music of the first half of the twentieth century. Daniels wrote fresh sounding works that were performed by renowned orchestras and ensembles during her lifetime but her works have only…

Hardback – 2017-09-26 
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