The English composer C. Hubert H. Parry published a historic overview of European music for music students in 1893.

Lively descriptions of the musical life of German cities, and extended essays on Spohr, Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn.

'The loveliest -- and certainly the most human -- book about pop music I've ever read ! A delightful and humane soap opera, a real page-turner, full of rounded and entirely recognisable characters.' Jon Ronson, Daily Telegraph

Features questions and answers about classical music. The questions featured include: Which composer is alleged to have poisoned Motzart? Who wrote the words to Land of Hope and Glory ? Which product was advertised on television to the tune of JS Bach's Air On The G String ? Who invented the saxaphone? And more.

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the ..

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the ..

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the ..

The autobiography of Sir Charles Halle, the pianist, conductor and founder of the Halle Orchestra.

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the ..

The Tonic SolFa Movement. Providing an alternative history of Victorian British music, this book examines the methods of teaching the revolutionary sight-singing notation tonic sol-fa to the masses in Britain and its colonies. Using previously unknown primary sources, McGuire investigates the significant influence the system had on the social history of the Victorian era.

A survey of Schubert's instrumental music. It asks questions such as: Did the prolific composer of the C major String Quintet and more than a thousand other masterpieces manage to achieve so much in a career that spanned less than two decades?

A biography of Handel of 1857, ahead of its time because of the author's extensive research into primary sources.

Celebrates the richness and diversity of Cage s achievements, providing a rounded portrait of an influential composer.

For this new edition David Nicholls provides an explanatory essay and annotations to Henry Cowell's classic text.

Examines the most influential figures in the development of American experimental music at the end of the nineteenth century.

Provides an account of the history of music from the death of Beethoven. This book shows how music has developed, and thus provides a connected history. It includes a chronology and a full bibliography and index. It offers commentary on developments in music techniques.

For this new edition David Nicholls provides an explanatory essay and annotations to Henry Cowell's classic text.

Helps students and their teachers achieve stylish performances of music of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. These guides include chapters from leading experts on historical background, notation and interpretation, and sources and editions. They are also illustrated with many music examples, facsimiles and pictures.