Bücher der Reihe Composers in Context

This comprehensive and accessible book focuses on the professional, cultural and historical environments in which Mozart operated, and how they influenced his output. The concise, topic-based essays will appeal to students, researchers and music lovers wishing to deepen their understanding of this outstanding composer and his world.

This collection of essays by internationally renowned scholars offers fresh perspectives on the nineteenth-century German composer Johannes Brahms. It brings together thirty-nine short and incisive chapters on the historical, social and cultural contexts in which Brahms lived and worked and will appeal to students, researchers and music lovers.

This comprehensive and accessible book focuses on the professional, cultural and historical environments in which Mozart operated, and how they influenced his output. The concise, topic-based essays will appeal to students, researchers and music lovers wishing to deepen their understanding of this outstanding composer and his world.

This collection of essays by internationally renowned scholars offers fresh perspectives on the nineteenth-century German composer Johannes Brahms. It brings together thirty-nine short and incisive chapters on the historical, social and cultural contexts in which Brahms lived and worked and will appeal to students, researchers and music lovers.

Provides a guide to the contexts of The Beatles' unparalleled cultural achievements, from their early performances to cultural legacy. Wide-ranging chapters are devoted to the many and varied influences on their lives and works and demonstrate the profound and enduring nature of the band's relationship with people, place, media and politics.