Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Composer Studies

Representing the latest research on Clara Schumann's social and musical contexts and her creative output, this book reconsiders the composer's songs and instrumental music, and her legacy as a pianist and teacher. It will be of interest to scholars and students of nineteenth-century music, cultural history and gender studies.

This benchmark collection of essays contain authoritative accounts of Thomas Ades's major compositions from a variety of analytical, critical, cultural and historical perspectives. It will appeal not only to Ades specialists, but to those with an interest in contemporary music more broadly.

Showcases new research by leading scholars on the life and music of Gabriel Faure, contemporary of Monet and Mallarme and one of the most influential of all French composers. This book encompasses hermeneutics, musical analysis, aesthetic theory, critical theory, and social history.

This collection of essays on Vaughan Williams brings together leading British and American scholars and covers a wide range of topics and approaches, exploring musical language, cultural context, biography, manuscript sources and reception history.

This volume comprises a series of essays on one of the greatest and most famous musicians of all time, by internationally renowned Mozart scholars. Chapters explore the composer's life and reception and many of his most popular works, including The Marriage of Figaro and his chamber and orchestral music.

This collection of essays represents current research on the music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle, reflecting the diversity of his music in terms of periods, genres, forms, techniques and related issues through a wide range of critical, theoretical and analytical interpretations and perspectives.

A team of distinguished international scholars presents fresh and lively interdisciplinary perspectives on the music of Maurice Ravel - one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century French music. Readers will gain new insight into Ravel's art through associations with literature, culture, history, and performance studies.

Elliott Carter's extraordinarily long musical career has engaged with many musical developments of the twentieth century. This collection of essays presents a diverse set of viewpoints on Carter's music, from the neo-classicism of the interwar period, through post-war modernism, to the reshaping of a modernist aesthetic in his late style.

Reflecting the recent transformation in Shostakovich studies, an international team of scholars sheds new light on Dmitri Shostakovich's life and work. Essays range from detailed documentary studies of his private diary and his lost opera Orango to historical accounts of what really happened behind the scenes of the Composers' Union.

This collection of essays represents current research on the music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle, reflecting the diversity of his music in terms of periods, genres, forms, techniques and related issues through a wide range of critical, theoretical and analytical interpretations and perspectives.

Sibelius Studies, first published in 2001, contextualizes Sibelius's symphonies and tone poems in the larger development of European music, especially its transition from late romanticism to modernism. The relationship between Sibelius the man and his music, his personal life and creative work is explored, with revelations emerging from sketches, diaries and letters.

Michael Tippett (1905-98) was one of the major figures of British music in this century. This volume of essays provides the first substantial writing on the composer for over a decade and includes the work of established scholars as well as several new voices.

This is the first major book about the music of the Czech composer Leos Janacek, one of the most important composers of the early twentieth century. The essays cover a range of topics relating to opera, symphonic poem, instrumental music, cultural context, reception, and Janacek as music theorist and analyst.

Elliott Carter's extraordinarily long musical career has engaged with many musical developments of the twentieth century. This collection of essays presents a diverse set of viewpoints on Carter's music, from the neo-classicism of the interwar period, through post-war modernism, to the reshaping of a modernist aesthetic in his late style.

This study represents a reflection on and celebration of the extensive musical achievements of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The book describes selected works from all periods of Davies's rich and diverse career, resulting in a portrait which reveals the essence of this remarkable composer and his music.

This collection of scholarly studies on the French composer Olivier Messiaen, one of the major figures of twentieth-century music, offers new cultural, historical, biographical and analytical perspectives on his musical oeuvre from 1941 to 1992. The book will be of interest to scholars of music, art, literature and theology.

Our knowledge of Debussy's life and music has increased considerably during the last decade or so. In this volume topics include an examination of Debussy's working methods, his visual tastes and his response to literature, his reception in England, as well as aspects of his performance practice.

A team of distinguished international scholars presents fresh and lively interdisciplinary perspectives on the music of Maurice Ravel - one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century French music. Readers will gain new insight into Ravel's art through associations with literature, culture, history, and performance studies.

Reflecting the recent transformation in Shostakovich studies, an international team of scholars sheds new light on Dmitri Shostakovich's life and work. Essays range from detailed documentary studies of his private diary and his lost opera Orango to historical accounts of what really happened behind the scenes of the Composers' Union.

This collection of essays looks at the music of Webern from several different perspectives. Webern scholarship, based on the sketches and other primary material now owned by the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel and the Library of Congress in Washington, has emphasised Webern's lyricism, and this is a theme running through Webern Studies.

Leading scholars from America and Europe present the best research on the life and work of Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. The volume is richly illustrated with musical examples and photographs and contains surprising archival discoveries about the composer's early life and important new information about his manuscript sources.

Includes essays on Bach's position on sensibility; sacred music and views on religion; and on the contemporary and posthumous reception of his music. As the first English-language collection devoted to C. P. E. Bach since 1988, it seeks to re-establish the centrality of Bach's music in eighteenth-century German culture.

This study represents a reflection on and celebration of the extensive musical achievements of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The book describes selected works from all periods of Davies's rich and diverse career, resulting in a portrait which reveals the essence of this remarkable composer and his music.

Michael Tippett (1905-98) was one of the major figures of British music in this century. This volume of essays provides the first substantial writing on the composer for over a decade and includes the work of established scholars as well as several new voices.

Reflecting the growth of international interest in Elgar's music, this collection of essays analyses the language and meaning of a wide range of Elgar's musical works, covering such themes as empire, race, the pastoral and idyllic, and mourning. The essays cover the entire range of current thinking on Elgar's music.

This second volume of Chopin essays contains Chopin research by twelve leading scholars. Three main topics are addressed: reception history, aesthetics and criticism, and performance studies. The essays explore Chopin as classical composer, modernist and androgyne.

Sibelius Studies, first published in 2001, contextualizes Sibelius's symphonies and tone poems in the larger development of European music, especially its transition from late romanticism to modernism. The relationship between Sibelius the man and his music, his personal life and creative work is explored, with revelations emerging from sketches, diaries and letters.

Mahler Studies comprises ten innovative essays on topics spanning the range of Mahler research. Highlights include previously inaccessible documents, sketches and family letters. The book includes biographical, psycho-analytical, source-critical and theoretical approaches to the composer.

The second volume of studies based on the work of Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935), now recognised as the twenty-first century's most influential figure in the areas of music theory and analysis. The book contains historical studies deriving from Schenker's unpublished papers, and analytical studies of music from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

This 1995 collection of essays on Purcell was published to mark the tercentenary of his death in 1695. The essays represent the best research, including studies of compositional technique, performance practice and eighteenth-century reception history.