Julian Dodd offers an original approach to the controversial concept of authenticity in musical performance. He argues that the fundamental norm is not historical authenticity but interpretive authenticity: being faithful to the work by evincing a profound far-reaching or sophisticated understanding of it.

Volume 2 - Works Written Before 2000-Vocal Repertoire for the Twenty-First Century is an insightful and practical interpretive guide to contemporary repertoire assembled by celebrated soprano Jane Manning. This first of the two-volume set covers works composed prior to the year 2000.

Music and Spectacle in the Lives of Lorenzo Onofrio and Maria Mancini Colonna-The Politics of Princely Entertainment follows the travels of Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna and Maria Mancini two of the most active music patrons of seventeenth-century Italy tracing their influence on music across a rapidly transforming Europe through the singers composers and librettists they supported.

Political Action and Music in Late Twentieth-Century Poland-A vibrant study of music and protest that focuses on the Solidarity movement in 1980s Poland Musical Solidarities explores how and why sound mattered to the opposition to state socialism. Unfurling the rich soundscapes of political action at demonstrations church services meetings and in detention it offers a nuanced portrait of this pivotal decade of European and global history.

Through the analysis and comparison of diverse repertoires performance practices and theories Thought and Play in Musical Rhythm responds to the critical need for developing richer ways of describing rhythm in all its complexity. Focusing on tensions between the general and the culturally specific the book considers musics from Africa and Asia as well as jazz popular music and new music of the late 20th century.

in Music Theory-Music Theory operates with a number of fundamental terms that are rarely explored in detail. This book offers in-depth reflections on key concepts from a range of philosophical and critical approaches that reflect the diversity of the contemporary music theory landscape.

Sense and Sadness Syriac Chant in Aleppo

Performing Music Shared Concerns

Bits and Pieces A History of Chiptunes

Bits and Pieces A History of Chiptunes

A Shakespeare Music Catalogue: Volume IV Indices

A Shakespeare Music Catalogue: Volume I

Mendelssohn and the Organ

Off Key When Film and Music Won't Work Together

Music in American Religious Experience

Composers of the Nazi Era Eight Portraits

The Atonal Music of Arnold Schoenberg 1908-1923

Echoes of History Naxi Music in Modern China

Quem vidistis pastores?

Screendance Inscribing the Ephemeral Image