Takes the reader through the essentials from locating and defining jazz to jazz in performance.

From silent cinema to the modern Hollywood blockbuster a lively and international perspective on ...

A collection of specially commissioned essays investigating the extraordinary diversity of twenti...

An illuminating study of Britten's War Requiem, examining the composer's treatment of the anti-wa...

Billy Budd, based on Herman Melville's nautical allegory, is one of Britten's most challenging op...

An illuminating study of Britten's War Requiem, examining the composer's treatment of the anti-wa...

A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music fun...

A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working under high pressure in the US...

From silent films to modern blockbusters, with behind-the-scenes accounts and international case-...

A comprehensive Companion to Britten's music and life.

This Companion celebrates the extraordinary riches of the twentieth-century operatic repertoire i...

A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music fun...