During the turbulent decades of the 1970s and 1980s, Papua New Guinea gained political independence from a colonial hold that had lasted almost a century. It was an exciting time for a diverse group o
Davies (a retired doctor who has devoted his studies to the health, personality, and creativity of Mozart and Beethoven) provides an interesting, concise study of Beethoven's transformation of his dea
This book brings together music and visual arts, especially the art of landscape gardening, in the context of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century English and German culture. The aesthetic of
Eight contributions from academics explore representations of gesture in medieval art as a means to understanding how gesture might have been used in medieval theater. Topics include, for example, a s
Fragrant tropical flowers, opulent batik fabrics, magnificent bronze gamelan orchestras, and, of course, aromatic coffee. Such are the exotic images of Java, Indonesia's most densely populated island,
The emergence of modernity has typically focused on Western male actors and privileged politics and economy over culture. The contributors to this volume successfully unsettle such perspectives by emp
Highlights from Rossini's 14 unpublished volumes of vocal and solo piano pieces include Mon Prelude Hygienique du Matin, Ouf! Les Petits Pois (Oh! Those Little Peas), and Un Reve.
Volume I of this multi-part treatise features precise but creative exercises for serious pianists looking to build flexibility and skill. All of these original exercises were written specifically for
This is the first single-volume publication of newly edited versions of Tchaikovsky's Second and Third Piano Concertos, the latter first intended as the composer's Sixth Symphony. The Concerto No. 2 i
Here are two suites Debussy composed specifically for piano four hands, Petite Suite and Six Epigraphes Antiques, plus Ravel's arrangement for four hands of Debussy's Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune
The Faber Early Organ Series is among the most comprehensive anthologies of early organ music ever published. In 18 volumes it spans two centuries and six geographical regions, presenting a broad and
