books

Musical Morphology

What do figure, gesture or melody mean today? Composers explore form beyond sound in new music.

22,00 €

The Foundations of Contemporary Composing

Composing Today: This book explores theory, practice and reflection in contemporary composing.

22,00 €

Musik und Metaphysik

An interdisciplinary volume on music as a medium of transcendence and contemporary criticism in the 21st century.

19,00 €

PAX

Scelsi's sound world between East and West: "Pax" as the key to form, harmony, and spirituality.

29,00 €

Boris Blacher

A volume about a composer between East and West - with essays, memories and archive material.

19,00 €

Geschichte der Musikerziehung

Wilfried Gruhn's book offers the first comprehensive history of music education from the 19th century to the present day since 1931.

39,00 €

Können Improvisatoren tanzen?

Improvisation meets composition: this volume documents a groundbreaking symposium with texts and a CD.

19,00 €

Artur Schnabel

Insights into the life and work of Artur Schnabel - for the first time also focusing on him as a composer.

19,00 €

Free Jazz

Reissued unchanged, this book remains a timeless document of free jazz.

28,00 €

Electronics in New Music

12 composers explore today's technology-driven possibilities of music and sound.

24,00 €

Jazz und Gesellschaft

Jazz shaped the 20th century: The 7th Jazzforum sheds light on the aesthetic, social and media interactions between jazz and society.

19,00 €

Musik der Zeit 1951–2001

50 years of contemporary music recounted through concerts, world premieres, ensembles, and the voices of those involved.

34,80 €

Übersetzte Zeit

This volume examines the diverse reception of medieval music in the present day - between artistic appropriation, distancing and reinvention.

14,80 €

Artur Schnabel – Musiker Musician 1882–1951

A bilingual portrait of pianist and composer Artur Schnabel with texts, letters, and documents.

34,00 €

Übersetzte Zeit

This volume examines the diverse reception of medieval music in the present day - between artistic appropriation, distancing and reinvention.

34,00 €

Duke Ellington und die Folgen

To mark the 100th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth, the 6th Darmstadt Jazz Forum 1999 sheds light on his work between stylistic boundaries, aesthetics, influence and reception - in a polyphonic and surprising way.

19,00 €