Michael Tanner While no one would dispute Wagner's ranking among the most significant composers in the history of Western music, his works have been more fiercely attacked than those of...

Ronald Taylor This integrated study of the man, his life, and his works draws on Wagner's autobiographical writings and letters, the diary of his wife, Cosima, and the reminiscences of...

Natalia Ginzburg WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL CUSK‘As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones.’Between...

Philip Roth The Facts is the unconventional autobiography of a writer who has reshaped our idea of fiction—a work of compelling candor and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of...

Judea Pearl (Editor), Ruth Pearl(Editor) When Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was brutally murdered in Pakistan, many Jews were particularly touched by his last words affirming his Jewish identity. Many...

Cate Haste History has long vilified Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Critics accused her of distracting Gustav Mahler from his work, and her passionate love affairs shocked her peers.Drawing on Alma's vivid,...

Alex Ross   Alex Ross, renowned New Yorker music critic and author of the international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for...

Simon Morrison Acclaimed for treading new ground in operatic studies of the period, Simon Morrison’s influential and now-classic text explores music and the occult during the Russian Symbolist movement. Including...

Edited by Anastasia Belina and Derek B Scott Those whose thoughts of musical theatre are dominated by the Broadway musical will find this book a revelation. From the 1850s to...

Richard Crawford The life of a beloved American composer reflected through his music, writings, and letters. New York City native and gifted pianist George Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before...

Matthew Mugmon Reveals how Aaron Copland's complex relationship with the music of Gustav Mahler shaped his vision for American music in the twentieth century.The iconic American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990)...

Laurenz Lutteken Richard Strauss is an outlier in the context of twentieth century music. Some consider him a composer of the late romantic period, while others declare him a traitor...