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  • New Publications, New Music Book Publications - 12th August 2024

    12th August 2024

    An examination of the formative years of Pierre Boulez, a collection of essays looking at the legacy of Berlioz, a guide for singers on analysing the musical and textual context of Schubert songs, an exploration of the evolution of the guitar in the twenty-first century, essays on music by Theodor Adorno, and a humorous take on all things musical from comedian Alex Horne and The Horne Section.

  • New Publications, New Music Book Publications - 15th July 2024

    15th July 2024

    Analyses of the song outputs of Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann, a look at the art and craft that went into the establishment of the "Great American Songbook", an examination of the importance of the year 1924 to the world of musical theatre, a survey of the symphonies of Robert Simpson, and a study of the connections between music and the modern in eighteenth-century Spain.

Presto Book of the Month

Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer

Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer

Simon Morrison; Yale University Press; Hardback

This iconoclastic biography re-examines the relationship between Tchaikovsky's music, personal life, and politics, and his engagement with the cultures of the imperial margins in Ukraine, Poland, and the Caucasus. It gives us a vivid new appreciation of Russia’s most popular composer.

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