Igor Stravinsky left behind a complex heritage of music and ideas. There are many examples of discrepancies between his literate statements about music and musi

In this ground-breaking study, Paul Laird examines the process and effect of orchestration in West Side Story and Gypsy, two musicals that were among the most s

This book breaks new ground in the social and cultural history of eighteenth-century music in Britain through the study of a hitherto neglected resource, the li

Sound Heritage is the first study of music in the historic house museum, featuring contributions from both music and heritage scholars and professionals in a ri

This book develops an innovative approach for understanding the relationship between music and words in the works of five major composers of the English Renaiss