Caprices

The Caprices series brings together short texts with a big impact: incisive essays, reflections, sketches, and flights of fancy about listening to, thinking about, and living with music. Open, ongoing, always surprising.

Musik und Bewegung / Music and Movement

How is a novel based on music history created? Christian Much invites readers to his desk and shows how a novel takes shape from research into music history, literary ideas, and philosophical questions. A personal essay on writing, thinking, and the inspiring power of music.

12,00 €

Die Nadel

What does a sewing needle reveal about an opera? An essayistic exploration of Ljubomir Pipkov’s Jana’s Nine Brothers —navigating the realms of music, legend, and symbolism.

14,60 €

A Shorter Bad Boy of Music

Peters' book decodes George Antheil's "Bad Boy" memoirs. Truth and fiction dance like his music: brilliant, provocative, full of twists and turns!

9,50 €

Kranichsteiner Gespenster / Specters of Kranichstein

This volume evokes the repressed spirit of criticism in Darmstadt.

8,99 € – 12,00 €

La musique, c’est moi!

Boulez wrote polemically and precisely. Driven by the desire to rethink music.

10,00 €

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 €

Habe nun ach! Philosophie

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

9,50 €

Zur Überlieferung der Klänge

Peter Hirsch considers the extent to which Benjamin's concept of "transmissibility" can be significant for musical tradition.

9,50 €

Camille Saint-Saëns

"I, on the other hand, pursued the chimera of purity of style and perfection of form", Saint-Saëns wrote in 1885, directing his "énergie intellectuelle" towards classicism in the midst of romantic seduction.

9,50 €

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 spent between musical avant-garde, political exile, and biting satire.

9,00 €

Cosmic Dreamscapes

This volume explores the enigmatic work of Charles Ives—situated between American utopianism and the European compositional tradition.

9,50 €

Sighing For The Silvery Moon

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

9,50 €

Musikalische Heimatkonstruktionen

The study shows how music shapes the concept of 'home' and cultural identity. Various aesthetic approaches are analyzed based on works by Heuckes and Neuwirth.

9,00 €

Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung

Three authors whose works are pervaded by music in unexpected ways.

9,00 €

Lücken im Ablauf

Reflections on the unpredictable in musical art since Mozart.

9,00 €

Caprices

The Caprices series brings together short texts with a big impact: incisive essays, reflections, sketches, and flights of fancy about listening to, thinking about, and living with music. Open, ongoing, always surprising.

Musik und Bewegung / Music and Movement

Die Nadel

A Shorter Bad Boy of Music

Kranichsteiner Gespenster / Specters of Kranichstein

La musique, c’est moi!

Spiel mir das Lied von Giacomo

Habe nun ach! Philosophie

Zur Überlieferung der Klänge

Camille Saint-Saëns

Parlez-moi d’amour

Die Avantgarde war ein Irrtum

Cosmic Dreamscapes

Sighing For The Silvery Moon

Musikalische Heimatkonstruktionen

Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung

Lücken im Ablauf

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