Nikolay Myaskovsky. A Composer and His Times, Hardback - Patrick (Royalty Account) Zuk

Drawing on a wealth of unexplored sources, this biography offers the first comprehensive critical reappraisal of the life and works of Nikolay Myas...

Completely revised and updated from recently discovered archive material, Lewis Foreman's classic biography is the essential handbook to Bax and hi...

This work charts the life of 19th-century journalist, diplomat, adventurer, and enthusiast John Louis O'Sullivan. It presents an in-depth examinati...

Covering Brahms's 32 song opuses published during four decades of song-writing, this book offers a way of understanding what Brahms believed to be ...

A richly detailed history of Ashdown Forest -- home of Winnie-the-Pooh.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Brian (Royalty Account) ShortIllus...

Satie's music and ideas are inextricably linked with the City of Light. This book situates Satie's work within the context and sonic environment of...

Widor's pedagogical writings, translated for the first time, offer essential guidance for interpreting his organ compositions as well as those of h...

A long-overdue study of the East German view of the Holocaust over the years 1946-1989.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Thomas C. (Royalty...

A detailed and lively discussion and analysis of the novels, short stories, newspaper columns, and other works of one of the most important and pop...

Reducere. The book "" The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg; An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft, has been considered important throug...

A comprehensive and fascinating study of the overall creative output of Johann Sebastian Bach, capturing the essence of his art.

A full-length study of two of Berlioz's most unique works, which combine the highest goals of both symphony and opera and incorporate two of the gr...

Revitalizes Alexander Kluge's classic 1979 film, showing it to be not just great storytelling but also an exploration of the poetic force of Frankf...

A strikingly original approach to Beowulf, linking its structure to the dynastic life-cycle.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Francis (Roya...

Reducere. Despite the importance of St. Benedict of Nursia in the history of the Church and of the world, we know precious little about his life. He left no ...

Reducere. Despite the importance of St. Benedict of Nursia in the history of the Church and of the world, we know precious little about his life. He left no ...

Marked by names such as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce and Patrick Pearse, the decade 1910-1920 was a period of revolutionary change in Ireland, in liter...

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) is one of the most admired and honored American composers of the twentieth century. An unabashed Romantic, largely indepe...

Publisher: Oxgarth PressAuthor(s): Michael JohnsonIllustration(s): about 160 illustrations, 2 detailed mapsNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 20...

Reducere. In this genre-bending, speculative historical novel set in Europe at the height of the Age of Enlightenment, Austrian composer and spy, Phillipe Wo...

Reducere. In this genre-bending, speculative historical novel set in Europe at the height of the Age of Enlightenment, Austrian composer and spy, Phillipe Wo...

The life and crimes of the last, great ImperialistPublisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Tariq AliIllustration(s): 8pp b&w plate sectionNumber of pages: ...

The music and life of one of modernity's most prevalent figures through the compositions that shaped him, from a dazzling new writer of non-fiction...

Reducere. DescriptionCharles C. Flint's life story reveals the Political life of a pioneer Black man in service to his community and uplifting of his people....

Pioneering investigation of the popular "double tomb" effigies in the Middle Ages.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Jessica (Royalty Accoun...

Shortlisted for the SAUK Fage & Oliver Prize 2020'Honorable Mention' for the ALA First Book Award - Scholarship 2021 A path-breaking contribution t...

Fresh perspectives on the English clergy, their books, and the wider Anglo-Saxon church.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Gerald P. (Royalt...

Fourteen revealing essays by a prominent Berlioz authority on some of the composer's acclaimed compositions (the Symphonie fantastique, Les Nuits d...

DescriptionThis book presents a new and comprehensive biography of one of the most prominent artists of the twentieth century in dialogue with the ...

Reducere. Concise explanations of the major naval and land battles of world history ending with 1905.

Describes Roman York in the second and early 3rd centuries ADIllustrations: 100 colour illustrations

Reducere. Jeff Hamilton, only thirteen when purchased in 1853 by Sam Houston at a slave auction in Huntsville, Texas, was Houston's personal body servant dur...

Reducere. King Alfred. Everybody knows that he is called "the Great, " but few remember why. Forgetfulness is strange, for few men have led lives so full of ...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Mikhail MaslovIllustration(s): c 500 b/w photos, 10 scale drawings, 50 colour profilesNumber of pages: 276Pub...