Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music.
Kant described wordless music as" more pleasure than culture," and Rousseau dismissed it …

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain explores the efforts of the current government
in southern Spain to establish flamenco music as a significant patrimonial symbol and …

In this enlightening and entertaining book, one of the most original and sophisticated
musicologists writing today turns his attention to music's most dramatic genre. Extending his …

If classical singers and vocal pedagogues are to be prepared adequately for performance,
teaching and co-operation in inter-professional relations, then an holistic education entailing …

Eric Zakim follows the literary and intellectual career of the powerful Zionist slogan" to build
and be built" from its conceptual origin in reaction to the Kishinev pogroms of 1903, when it …

Recent scholarship on Nazi music policy pays little attention to the main party newspaper,
the Völkischer Beobachter, or comparable Nazi publications for the general public. Most …

The music listener in European art attained a newfound prominence from 1880 to 1900. The
extraordinary focus on listeners, previously dismissed as passive vessels unworthy of …

It is the peculiar fate of the theater to find itself suspended between two types of art. 1 As a
performing art, it relies on the physical presence of human beings executing their artistry the …

Nothing has preoccupied me more profoundly than the problem of decadence" writes
Nietzsche in The Case of Wagner (P). 1 That preoccupation is likewise evident in …

This dissertation explores the perception of agency in musical works through an
interdisciplinary lens spanning music theory, music cognition, and psychological research …