books

Serendipity

Jürgen Wuchner's musical legacy – 75 compositions and personal reflections.

36,00 €

sinusoidal run rhythm

The sinusoidal running rhythm thus understands rhythm as a wave and clearly differs from the conventional rhythm theory of the European musical tradition.

29,00 €

Perpetuum. Mein Leben durch Musik

In this book, Darmstadt-based composer Barbara Heller writes about her life as a musician and composer.

28,00 €

Watching with my Ears

"Jorgo hears and sees with his eyes and ears and takes risks when creating the sheets himself. As soon as the last note has faded away, the picture is finished; nothing more is added or painted over. The element of spontaneity is at the forefront—painting as improvisation." (Stefan Altevogt)

39,00 €

Parlez-moi d’amour

French chansons from the years 1870 to 1940 impressively embody the painful times of social upheaval.

9,50 €

Die Avantgarde war ein Irrtum

A life between musical avant-garde, political exile and sharp-tongued mockery.

9,00 €

Music Autopsies

The book explores music’s critical potential to interrogate history, ideology, and power. Benjamin Dwyer offers eclectic insights into composers, improvisation, and music’s broader cultural reach.

28,00 €

Ins Unbekannte

Analysis of Polyphonie X, Boulez's early, legendary serial experiment.

46,00 €

Now! Writings 1982–2021

A pivotal collection of Peter Ablinger’s writings (1982–2021), exploring listening, language, and the nature of sound.

38,00 €

Alvin Lucier’s Reflexive Experimental Aesthetics

Making the normally inaudible audible—that is the groundbreaking work of Alvin Lucier.

36,00 €

Plötzlich Hip(p)

Biography of jazz pianist Jutta Hipp – between fame, retreat, and artistic versatility.

28,00 €

Cosmic Dreamscapes

This volume is dedicated to the enigmatic work of Charles Ives - between American utopianism and European compositional tradition.

9,50 €

Bernd Alois Zimmermann

The contributions gathered here show that Zimmermann's work has lost none of its relevance in an increasingly media-driven world.

34,00 €

Sighing For The Silvery Moon

Music hall songs are time capsules that reflect the former hopes and character of a nation.

9,50 €

Sound Studies and Sonic Arts Reader

Sound Studies and Sonic Arts is a postgraduate program at Berlin University of the Arts.

29,00 €

Schwarzwaldfahrt 1977

In the spring of 1977, two musicians vanished into the depths of a German deity known as the Black Forest.

28,00 €