Richard Strauss in Context offers a distinctive approach to the study of a composer in that it places the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather than on biography and artistic output.  Meer

Liszt in Context explores the political, social, philosophical and professional currents that surrounded Franz Liszt and illuminates the competing forces that influenced his music.  Meer

Mahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output.  Meer

Since their first performances in 1960, The Beatles' cultural influence grew in unparalleled ways. From Liverpool to Beatlemania, and from dance halls to Abbey Road Studios and the digital age, the band's impact exploded during their heyday, and has endured in the decades following their disbandment.  Meer

Since their first performances in 1960, The Beatles' cultural influence grew in unparalleled ways. From Liverpool to Beatlemania, and from dance halls to Abbey Road Studios and the digital age, the band's impact exploded during their heyday, and has endured in the decades following their disbandment.  Meer

The rich variety of aesthetic and cultural influences experienced by the French composer Olivier Messiaen helped foster the creativity that gave him a multi-dimensional presence in twentieth-century music.  Meer

The vibrant intellectual, social and political climate of mid eighteenth-century Europe presented opportunities and challenges for artists and musicians alike.  Meer

Benjamin Britten, pianist, conductor, educator, composer of  a wide range of music from large-scale operas and choral works to string quartets and songs, is acknowledged as a pivotal figure in mid-twentieth-century Britain.  Meer

Exploring the many dimensions of Giacomo Puccini's historical legacy and significance, this book situates the much-loved opera composer within the cultural, social, political, and aesthetic contexts of his time and demonstrates how political concerns shape the way we approach and interpret his works in the present day.  Meer

From his early education, through his conducting and composing careers, to his fame as musical and cultural ambassador to the world, this book introduces Bernstein the man and the artist and provides fascinating insights into American classical music and musical theatre culture during Bernstein's long career in the public spotlight.  Meer

Britten in Context offers historical, social, cultural, queer, musical, and political context for one of the pivotal British composers of the twentieth century.  Meer

Exploring the many dimensions of Debussy's historical significance, this volume charts the influences, relationships and performances that shaped his creativity in the complex world of Belle Époque Paris.  Meer

Richard Strauss in Context offers a distinctive approach to the study of a composer in that it places the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather than on biography and artistic output.  Meer

Stravinsky in Context offers an alternative to chronological biography. Thirty-five short, specially commissioned essays explore the eventful life-tapestry from which Stravinsky's compositions emerged.  Meer

Mahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output.  Meer

This book explores the social, political, philosophical and professional currents that influenced Liszt's career. It reveals the rich contextual tapestry against which Liszt composed some of the most iconic, popular, and also contentious music of his time, and explains his importance to Romanticism and nineteenth-century European culture.  Meer

Brahms in Context offers a fresh perspective on the much-admired nineteenth-century German composer. Including thirty-nine chapters on historical, social and cultural contexts, the book brings together internationally renowned experts in music, law, science, art history and other areas, including many figures whose work is appearing in English for the first time.  Meer

Stravinsky in Context offers an alternative to chronological biography. Thirty-five short, specially commissioned essays explore the eventful life-tapestry from which Stravinsky's compositions emerged.  Meer

Breathes new life into the study of Schoenberg's worlds and work, exploring his multi-faceted environments and showcasing his centrality to the understanding of musical modernism.  Meer

Renowned as both a singer and composer, Barbara Strozzi was the one of the most accomplished and prolific composers of vocal chamber music in the seventeenth century.  Meer