
Poulenc: A Biography by Roger Nichols – An extract
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
These tracks feature pianist and author Charles Rosen performing extracts from several Beethoven piano sonatas, illustrating points made…
To celebrate the publication of The Classical Music Lover’s Companion To Orchestral Music, we asked Robert Philip, scholar,…
2017 marks a century since the revolutionary year that brought about the fall of the Russian Empire and…
Patrick Coleman, co-author of The Art of Music – Right now, one of the most exciting art exhibitions…
Greil Marcus is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to cultural criticism. For three decades…
Article by Bernie Krause, author of Voices of the Wild ‘While a picture may be worth a thousand…
The Hungarian musician and composer Béla Bartók is the subject of a comprehensive new book by David Cooper, bringing…
Dance writer and critic Zoe Anderson’s new book The Ballet Lover’s Companion examines 140 of the most loved, influential and successful…
Béla Bartók is widely acknowledged as one of the most important musical composers of the early 20th century. He is…
When we consider the term Pop Art, images that spring to mind might be Andy Warhol’s immortalising screen prints of…
This winter we have gathered together some of our favourite books – books for Biography Buffs, History Lovers and…
The Oxford Lieder Festival in autumn 2014 will celebrate song through workshops, talks and master classes, ‘bringing Franz…
We are excited to announce The History of Rock ’n’ Roll in Ten Songs, by cultural critic and Rolling Stone columnist Greil…
Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis explores the legacy of those musicians persecuted by the Third…