More than a century after Guido Adler's appointment to the first chair in musicology at the University of Vienna, Music, Criticism, and the Challenge of History

This book argues for the relevance, appropriateness, and usefulness of historical materialism to the musicological project. It interrogates the history of encou

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

What does it mean to say that music is deeply moving? Or that music's aesthetic value derives from its deep structure? This study traces the widely employed tro

Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Chronology of Newman's Life and Works -- Abbreviations -- 1 Ernest Newman and the C