books

Music books and specialized literature on contemporary music, jazz, music education, sound art, biographies, and music history.

Formale Konzepte der ersten Sinfonien W.A. Mozarts

A contribution to the musical form of early Viennese Classicism.

42,00 €

Process and Form: Selected Writings on Music

Gotttfried Michael Koenig shaped serialism, sonology, and algorithmic thinking — this volume presents key texts from 1954–2001.

32,00 €

Sätze über musikalische Konzeptkunst

I completely understand it when a musician today says: "I hate conceptualism, but I can't stand any other music."

16,00 € – 20,00 €

con tutta forza. Bernd Alois Zimmermann

A compelling portrait of the composer, caught between artistic vision and personal struggles—featuring unpublished documents, photos, and interviews.

39,00 €

Kammermusik der Gegenwart

This publication brings together 55 essays on the forms, questions, and facets of contemporary chamber music.

29,00 €

Klanglandschaften

On the diverse ways nature is reflected in music, from Schütz to Björk, exploring themes of imitation, sound ecology, and influences from the visual arts.

24,00 €

Salvatore Sciarrino. Vanitas

An interdisciplinary volume on Salvatore Sciarrino's composition Vanitas —with musicological, literary, and art-historical approaches to the aesthetics of transience.

28,00 €

»kunst ist das gegenteil von verarmung«

This analysis examines Hans-Joachim Hespos’ compositional strategies—which navigate the tension between excessive demands, theatricality, and notation—and demonstrates how his works deliberately engage with ambiguities in interpretation and reception.

28,00 €