books

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

Tempo

Tempo is the international journal for contemporary music—essays, interviews, and reviews on today's music.

15,00 € – 18,00 €

KLANGPLASTIK

Die erste umfassende Werkschau von Johannes S. Sistermanns: Ein hochwertiger, zweisprachiger Bildband über vier Jahrzehnte Klangkunst – mit großformatigen Fotografien, Künstlertexten, Essays sowie QR-Codes zu Klang- und Videodokumentationen.

49,00 €

Die Gedächtnisfabrik

Was erzählt eine Oper über ein politisches System? Diese Studie erschließt erstmals das Musiktheater der Volksrepublik Bulgarien als Schlüssel zum Verständnis von Erinnerung, Macht und Kultur im Kalten Krieg.

59,00 €

Die Nadel

Was erzählt eine Nähnadel über eine Oper? Ein essayistischer Streifzug durch Ljubomir Pipkovs Janas neun Brüder – zwischen Musik, Legende und Zeichen.

14,60 €

Die Stimme der Musik

What does music say when words fail? This volume considers music as a language in its own right and explores its expression, meaning, and philosophical power.

21,99 € – 28,00 €

Music Is (also) a Women’s Affair

Esther Abramis’s inspiring book about forgotten female composers, classical music, social media, and the courage to speak out as a woman.

18,00 €

Musik ist (auch) Frauensache

Esther Abramis’s inspiring book about forgotten female composers, classical music, social media, and the courage to make oneself visible as a woman.

18,00 €

Die Henze Challenge

A challenge for the ears: Christoph Becher invites you to discover twelve works by Hans Werner Henze —with QR codes, a playlist, and an entertaining and accessible journey through one of the most exciting soundscapes of the 20th century.

24,00 €

Composing While Black

Revised and expanded: *Composing While Black* is now available with a new foreword—a incisive, urgent exploration of race, representation, and structural inequality in contemporary music.

22,99 € – 29,00 €

I welcome whatever happens next

Klaus Reichert Remembers John Cage – a book about music, listening, and collaboration. Told with precision and calm, it opens up new perspectives on sound, language, and the art of listening.

14,99 € – 28,00 €

Der neue wilde Wohlklang

On the 100th anniversary of Hans Werner Henze’s birth: A multifaceted volume on one of the most contradictory and influential composers of the 20th century—spanning the avant-garde, politics, and his personal musical language.

18,00 €

Śabdagatitāra

With *Śabdagatitāra*, Sandeep Bhagwati presents a radically new way of thinking about music across cultures—one that goes beyond cultural appropriation, exoticism, and Eurocentric assumptions.

26,00 €

con tutta forza: Bernd Alois Zimmermann

The Intimate Biography of Bernd Alois Zimmermann, as told by his daughter: a multifaceted portrait spanning the avant-garde, postwar culture, and artistic radicalism.

39,00 €

kaput Magazin

The famous online magazine is now available in print: over 150 pages of pop culture, music, and contemporary issues—beyond algorithms and snap judgments

20,00 €

Die Welt strukturieren queeren [?]

Structuring the world queerly — an essay on compositional thinking beyond music. Eloain Lovis Hübner understands composition as a transdisciplinary practice of structuring, opening and queering the world.

16,00 €

Wo hört die Musik auf?

Peter Kraut explores in 100 paired reflections the limits of music — between listening experience, theory and philosophical irritation.

14,00 €