An incisive exploration of two works whose revival is a milestone in modern musical life: Margaret Bonds's Montgomery Variations and Credo - now receiving the r

In her lifetime, African American composer Margaret Bonds was classical music's most intrepid social-justice activist. Furthermore, her Montgomery Variations (1

Library Journal praises the book as "an excellent one-volume ready reference resource for students, researchers, and others interested in music history." Histor

Situates Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique within French Romanticism and considers influences, literary as well as musical, that shaped its conception.

Offers an introduction to one of the most important and influential piano concertos in the history of Western music. It combines an account of the work's genesi