Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Composer Studies

Few composers' posthumous reputations have grown as steadily as Shostakovich's. Yet outside the concert hall the focus of attention seems to have been on the extraordinary circumstances of his life rather than on the music itself. This book seeks to show that the power of his work stems as much from its craftsmanship as from its political and personal context.

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.

Haydn Studies deals with many aspects of a composer who is perennially fresh, concentrating principally on matters of reception, style and aesthetics and presenting many interesting readings of the composer's work. Contributions by established Haydn scholars among others combine to give a stronger sense than is generally understood of the composer's immense significance.

This volume comprises a series of essays on one of the greatest and most famous musicians of all time. Many of Mozart's most popular works are represented, for example the Reqiuem, the piano concertos and the operas, and the reception of the composer and his music assumes special prominence.

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.

This 1997 book presents musicological and theoretical research on the life and music of Anton Bruckner. It provides biographical insights into the composer's personality, working procedure and circle of friends. The book challenges the reader to reassess the man and his music in a fresh light.

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.

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.

This book is a collection of twelve essays by British and American writers on William Byrd, one of the greatest of English composers. Byrd wrote choral music for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England, as well as songs, keyboard music and chamber music.

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.

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 volume of ten essays presents the most recent trends in Mendelssohn research, covering three broad categories - reception history, historical and critical essays and case studies of particular compositions.

This book contains nine essays by leading Berlioz scholars on various aspects of the great nineteenth-century musician's life and work. Among the pieces studied closely are Romeo et Juliette, La Damnation de Faust, and Les Nuits d'ete.

Haydn Studies deals with many aspects of a composer who is perennially fresh, concentrating principally on matters of reception, style and aesthetics and presenting many interesting readings of the composer's work. Contributions by established Haydn scholars among others combine to give a stronger sense than is generally understood of the composer's immense significance.

This volume of ten essays presents the most recent trends in Mendelssohn research, covering three broad categories - reception history, historical and critical essays and case studies of particular compositions.

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.

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.

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.

Few composers' posthumous reputations have grown as steadily as Shostakovich's. Yet outside the concert hall the focus of attention seems to have been on the extraordinary circumstances of his life rather than on the music itself. This book seeks to show that the power of his work stems as much from its craftsmanship as from its political and personal context.

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.

This 1997 book presents musicological and theoretical research on the life and music of Anton Bruckner. It provides biographical insights into the composer's personality, working procedure and circle of friends. The book challenges the reader to reassess the man and his music in a fresh light.

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.

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.

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.

This book contains nine essays by leading Berlioz scholars on various aspects of the great nineteenth-century musician's life and work. Among the pieces studied closely are Romeo et Juliette, La Damnation de Faust, and Les Nuits d'ete.

This book is a collection of twelve essays by British and American writers on William Byrd, one of the greatest of English composers. Byrd wrote choral music for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England, as well as songs, keyboard music and chamber music.

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.