Gregorian Chant
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What is Gregorian chant, and where does it come from? What purpose does it serve, and how did it...
Harrison Birtwistle's Operas and Music Theatre
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David Beard presents the first definitive survey of Harrison Birtwistle's music for the opera house...
Mary Gladstone and the Victorian Salon: Music, Literature, Liberalism
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The daughter of one of Britain's longest-serving Prime Ministers, Mary Gladstone was a notable...
Mozart in Vienna: The Final Decade
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Mozart's greatest works were written in Vienna in the decade before his death (1781-1791). This...
Performing Civility: International Competitions in Classical Music
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Although competitions in classical music have a long history, the number of contests has risen...
The Ballad in American Popular Music: From Elvis to Beyonce
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While ballads have been a cornerstone of popular music for decades, this is the first book to...
The Legacy of Johann Strauss: Political Influence and Twentieth-Century Identity
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To this day, Johann Strauss, Jr remains one of the most popular composers in his native city of...
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 4, Traditional Botany: an Ethnobotanical Approach
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This volume offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of botanical knowledge in China from...
Security Relations Between China and the European Union: From Convergence to Cooperation?
Emil J. Kirchner, Thomas Christiansen and Han Dorussen
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Over the past decade, the EU and China have expanded their relations beyond a focus on economic and...
Sovereignty, Property and Empire, 1500-2000
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This book analyses the laws that shaped modern European empires from medieval times to the twentieth...