The Classical Music Lover’s Playlist by Robert Philip
To celebrate the publication of The Classical Music Lover’s Companion To Orchestral Music, we asked Robert Philip, scholar,…
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Greil Marcus on Real Life Rock
Greil Marcus is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to cultural criticism. For three decades…
Who was Béla Bartók?
The Hungarian musician and composer Béla Bartók is the subject of a comprehensive new book by David Cooper, bringing…
David Cooper on Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók is widely acknowledged as one of the most important musical composers of the early 20th century. He is…
Before Pop… There was Folk
When we consider the term Pop Art, images that spring to mind might be Andy Warhol’s immortalising screen prints of…
A Book Lover’s Gift Guide: Books for mods, rockers and all that jazz
This winter we have gathered together some of our favourite books – books for Biography Buffs, History Lovers and…
‘Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis’. Author Article by Michael Haas
Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis explores the legacy of those musicians persecuted by the Third…
Another Side: Extract from ‘Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown’ by David Yaffe
In Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown (out now in paperback) iterary scholar and music critic David Yaffe offers an…
From Bach to Berg: Piano virtuoso Charles Rosen examines how composers represent emotion
In his acclaimed book Music and Sentiment (out in paperback this month), the acclaimed pianist and writer Charles…
Page Turners for the Proms: Books on Classical Composers
As the BBC proms kicks off tonight at the Royal Albert Hall, we take a look at books…
From Captain Cook to Bob Dylan: Book ideas for Father’s Day
This Sunday is Father’s Day. In case you are still looking for gift ideas, take a look at…
Happy Birthday Bob! New book explores the life and career of Bob Dylan
As Bob Dylan turns 70, Yale University Press publishes a new biography exploring the many facets of the…
Guitar Heroes: Yale and the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrate legendary guitar makers
A new book which accompanies an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, celebrates legendary Italian-American guitar makers, tracing…
Anthology of Rap continues to provoke discussion and controversy
Yale’s Anthology of Rap has been kicking up a storm within the literary establishment. Seeking to showcase the inventiveness…
February Book of the Month: ‘Ravel: A Life’ by Roger Nichols
This new biography of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French…