Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Composer Studies

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.