This indispensable handbook explains how scholars and students should work with and think about the composer's working manuscripts.

This introduction provides students and scholars with the information and skills they need when studying composers' sketches.

Among major 20th-century composers whose music is poorly understood, Sergei Prokofiev stands out conspicuously. The turbulent times in which Prokofiev lived and

This collection represents current research on Birtwistle's music, reflecting the diversity of his work through a wide range of perspectives.

Alastair Williams argues that the social transformations of 1968 led to a new phase of art music in Germany.