Memoirs of an American Prima Donna


Book Description




A Complete History of Music


Book Description

Reproduction of the original: A Complete History of Music by W.J Baltzell




Modern Enchantments


Book Description

Magic, During suggests, has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition, During's work gets at the aesthetic questions at the very heart of the study of culture. How can the most ordinary arts—and by “magic,” During means not the supernatural, but the special effects and conjurings of magic shows—affect people?




Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama


Book Description

Reproduction of the original: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama by E. Cobham Brewer







The Star of the North


Book Description




Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe


Book Description

This encyclopedia documents the presence and impact of nationalized cultural consciousness in European nationalism. It tracks how intellectuals, historians, philologists, novelists, poets, painters, folklorists, and composers, in an intensely collaborative transnational network, articulated the national identities and aspirations that would go on to determine European history and politics, with effects that are still felt today. Edited by Joep Leerssen, in cooperation with almost 350 authors from dozens of countries, this encyclopedia gives a clear idea of the intricate (transnational and intermedial) networks and entanglements in which all aspects of Romantic Nationalism are connected. The online Open Access edition of The Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe is available here.




The History of Music in Performance


Book Description

Today our musical life has become more and more centered on the performer, who often overshadows the composer himself. What are the interpreter's rights? Where are his limits? Here is a book devoted to the performer's approach to music and to the different styles of interpretation.







Recent Books