books

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

Performing Live Electronic Music

The book complements a large number of academic essays, articles, performances, and recordings.

36,00 €

Spiel mir das Lied von Giacomo

Puccini, charming and melodious, shapes opera films and Hollywood soundtracks; Busoni, on the other hand, provokes modernism with visions of a new aesthetic.

9,50 €

… als ob Musik die Welt verändern könnte.

Pianist, composer, thinker: Stefan Litwin combines political reflection and radical music.

38,00 €

Aufs Spiel gesetzt

A study of play, indeterminacy, and cybernetics: Michel Roth combines game theory, musical practice, and analysis to create new perspectives on contemporary music.

0,00 €

nothing is original!

From the perspective of appropriation art, Bauer questions artistic categories such as original, repetition, and difference.

34,00 €

Cause and Curiosity

A book about the composer's work.

38,00 €

Habe nun ach! Philosophie

From buffo-philosopher to musical theater hero - thinkers heard anew on the opera stage.

9,50 €

Dear Billy

The book sheds light on the life of William Pearson in the field of tension between new music, racism and artistic emancipation.

38,00 €

Die Schönberg Challenge

Becher describes and listens to twelve works by Schoenberg with his readers. A playlist supports the listening experience.

24,00 €

Sergei Rachmaninoff in His Own Words

In interviews and conversations collected and annotated for the first time, Rachmaninoff talks about his compositions and the art of piano playing.

36,00 €

Michel van der Aas Musiktheater an den Schnittstellen der Künste

Michel van der Aa combines music, film, and technology to create works about identity and society. The volume discusses aesthetic and genre-theoretical questions of contemporary opera.

34,00 €

Sergei Rachmaninoff spricht

In interviews and conversations, collected and published with commentary for the first time here, Rachmaninoff talks about his compositions and the art of piano playing.

36,00 €

Politik des Hörens

This book considers hearing as a political asset—inspired by Luigi Nono's music.

32,00 €

In the Brewing Luminous

In the Brewing Luminous is the first comprehensive biography of Cecil Taylor.

36,00 €

Schnee von morgen

For a long time, it seemed perfectly clear what musical theater was and where it should take place. But what does the future hold? What might the future of musical theater look like?

25,00 €

George Gershwin

The biography of a composer whose symphonic and operatic music ranges from blue notes to double counterpoint, bitonality, and the Tristan chord.

32,00 €