The composition of the solo concerto studied as an evolving debate (rather than a static technique), and for its stylistic features.

A rare volume dedicated entirely to scholarship on the genre of the concerto.

The first thorough English-language exploration of the concerto as a musical form, this is an oft-quoted, authoritative survey. Examining the social, economic,

Traditional approaches to musical form have always adopted a top-down perspective whereby a work's form organizes and unifies the individual parts of the work t