University Of Rochester Press imprint: 79 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Though Susan B. Anthony is best remembered for leading the campaign for women's suffrage, she worked in multiple movements for equality beyond women's right to vote, including antislavery, Native American rights, temperance, and labor reform. In doing so she forged alliances with other activists to...
Reflections of an American Harpsichordist
Unpublished Memoirs, Essays, and Lectures of Ralph Kirkpatrick
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This collection of unpublished writings by the eminent harpsichordist and scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick contains his memoirs for the period 1933-77 as well as essays on a variety of topics, including his preparation for the first performance of Elliott Carter's Double Concerto, thoughts on editing Bach's...
Looking for the "Harp" Quartet
An Investigation into Musical Beauty
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2011
This book is a philosophical tour through the experience of beauty: what it is, and how the composer, performer, and listener all contribute. It explores -- with insight, patience, and humor -- profound issues at the essence of our experience. A student performance of Beethoven's String Quartet No....
The African Diaspora
Slavery, Modernity, and Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
The African diaspora is arguably the most important event in modern African history. From the fifteenth century to the present, millions of Africans have been dispersed -- many of them forcibly, others driven by economic need or political persecution--to other continents, creating large communities...
by Markand Thakar
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This book is a practical manual for anyone who stands on a podium helping an ensemble make music. The four main chapters address the major obligations of the conductor: (1) bringing the musical tones to life in the most beautiful, most moving way possible; (2) freeing the mind to fully absorb all...
Ira Aldridge
The Vagabond Years, 1833-1852
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2011
Ira Aldridge: The Vagabond Years, 1833-1852 deals in depth with the later experiences of one of the modern world's first black classical actors as he toured throughout the United Kingdom impressing audiences with his virtuosity and versatility as an interpreter not only of tragic and comic black roles...
Ira Aldridge
The Early Years, 1807-1833
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2011
Ira Aldridge: The Early Years, 1807-1833 chronicles the rise of one of the modern world's first black classical actors, as he ascended from an impoverished childhood in New York City to a career as a celebrated thespian on the British stage. After a successful debut in London in 1825, Aldridge began...
Ira Aldridge
Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855, the third volume of Bernth Lindfors's award-winning biography, traces the American-born black classical actor's itinerary on his first Continental tour. Starting in Brussels and following Aldridge up the Rhine to Basel, on to Berlin and Vienna,...
Lies and Epiphanies
Composers and Their Inspiration from Wagner to Berg
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Lies and Epiphanies offers case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg. Their own tales of their epiphanies played a determining role in the reception history of their works: the finale of Mahler's...
From Boulanger to Stockhausen
Interviews and a Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Bálint András Varga makes available here for the first time in English nineteen extended interviews with some of the most notable figures in music from the past fifty years, as well as lively snippets from interviews Varga conducted with thirteen other equally renowned musicians. The interviewees...
by Bálint András Varga
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Do today's composers draw inspiration from life experiences or from, say, the natural world? What influences, past and present, have influenced recent composers? How essential is it for a composer to develop a personal style, and when does this degenerate into self-repetition? These are questions...
The Courage of Composers and the Tyranny of Taste
Reflections on New Music
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Bálint András Varga is perhaps the world's most respected interviewer of living composers. For The Courage of Composers and the Tyranny of Taste: Reflections on New Music, Varga has confronted thirty-three composers with quotations carefully chosen to elicit their thoughts about an issue that is...
by David Schulenberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Of Bach's four sons who became composers, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-88) was the most prolific, the most original, and the most influential both during and after his lifetime. This is the first comprehensive study of his music, examining not only the famous keyboard sonatas and concertos but...
Marching to the Canon
The Life of Schubert's "Marche militaire"
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Marche militaire is Franz Schubert's most recognizable and beloved instrumental work. Originally published for piano four hands in 1826, this tuneful march -- Schubert's first of three military marches -- was arranged, adapted, and incorporated into new incarnations over the next two centuries. Its...