This wide-ranging and thought-provoking collection of specially-commissioned essays provides a un...

Takes the reader through the essentials from locating and defining jazz to jazz in performance.

Takes the reader through the essentials from locating and defining jazz to jazz in performance.

From silent cinema to the modern Hollywood blockbuster a lively and international perspective on ...

This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring fr...

A comprehensive Companion to Britten's music and life.

A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working under high pressure in the US...

Billy Budd, based on Herman Melville's nautical allegory, is one of Britten's most challenging op...

Why is it that well-prepared, talented, hardworking, and intelligent performers find their perfor...

A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music fun...

This Companion celebrates the extraordinary riches of the twentieth-century operatic repertoire i...

An illuminating study of Britten's War Requiem, examining the composer's treatment of the anti-wa...