Music theorists have long believed that 19th-century triadic progressions idiomatically
extend the diatonic syntax of 18th-century classical tonality, and have accordingly unified the …

With their insistence that form is a dialectical process in the music of Beethoven, Theodor
Adorno and Carl Dahlhaus emerge as the guardians of a long-standing critical tradition in …

Musicology: the Key Concepts provides a vital reference guide for students of contemporary
musicology. Its clear and accessible entries cover a comprehensive range of terms …

The Orchestral Revolution explores the changing listening culture of the eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries. Delving into Enlightenment philosophy, the nature of instruments …

How do keyboards make music playable? Drawing on theories of media, systems, and
cultural techniques, Keys to Play spans Greek myth and contemporary Japanese digital …

This systematic literature review aims to identify and critically examine the prevailing general
trends of music education research that addresses issues of improvisation from 1985 to …

The term'music sketch'relates to the vast variety of documents that are used by composers to
work out a musical technique or idea and to prepare their work for performance or …

From the Romantic era onwards, music has been seen as the most quintessentially temporal
art, possessing a unique capacity to invoke the human experience of time. Through its play …

How is it possible to talk or write about music? What is the link between graphic signs and
music? What makes music meaningful? In this book, distinguished scholar Leo Treitler …

In this first comprehensive examination of the music of the most prolific Bach son, David
Schulenberg offers new perspectives on the career, style, and originality of Carl Philipp …