What is the origin of music? In the last few decades this centuries-old puzzle has been reinvigorated by new archaeological evidence and developments in the fie

This monograph examines the place of repetition in perceived musical structure and in theories of music. Following a preface and introduction, there are four ma

The idea of a global history of music may be traced back to the Enlightenment, and today, the question of a conceptual framework for a history of music that pay

Music and/as Process brings together ideas about music and the notion of process from different sub-fields within musicology and from related fields in the crea

Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the composer to orchestral writing after a gap of six years. This in-depth study demonstrates the central pos