Today the classical style is defined by the music of a handful of composers, Haydn and Mozart being the most prominent. As a result, the accomplishments of these masters have all but eclipsed the music of most of their contemporaries. In this book, Sterling Murray examines one of the most talented of this group, Antonio Rosetti. Born around 1750 and trained in Bohemia, Rosetti spent most of his creative life in Germany, where he served as music director to the Prince of Oettingen-Wallerste...

In Rethinking American Music, Tara Browner and Thomas L. Riis curate essays that offer an eclectic survey of current music scholarship. Ranging from Tin Pan Alley to Thelonious Monk to hip hop, the contributors go beyond repertory and biography to explore four critical yet overlooked areas: the impact of performance; patronage's role in creating music and finding a place to play it; personal identity; and the ways cultural and ethnographic circumstances determine the music that emerges fro...

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. In his five-volume series The Symphonic Repertoire, the late A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th-century beginnings to the end of the 20th century. In Volume 1, The Eighteenth-Century Symphony, 22 of Brown's former students and colleagues collaborate to complete the work that he began on this critical p...

**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****'A** writer of exceptional promise' Daily Mail**'A clever and satisfying thriller in a wonderfully decadent setting' Elly Griffiths** 'Excellent...combines some first-class Agatha Christie-esque plotting with a few sensual scenes that would make Monsieur Poirot blush to the very ends of his moustache' Daily TelegraphIn...

The thrilling sequel to the spicy Sunday Times bestseller, Murder at the Hotel Orient, set amongst the alluring grandeur of the Vienna State Opera.It's a sultry, sweaty summer in Vienna, but death lurks in the sparse shadows, as news of thepassing of famed vocal coach Enrico Volta unleashes chaos upon the city of music and Enrico's five soprano stars, the Emeralds, gather for his memorial concert.For Detective Andreas Wolke, devoted opera ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'A page-turning feminist mystery thriller' Observer'Distinctive and involving' Daily Mail'Surprising and satisfying' GuardianRose wants a better life for herself and her mother. Taking a job as a hostess in the Floating City's elite club feels like her best hope.It means she has a steady pay cheque, that she can stay cool as the...

**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****'A** writer of exceptional promise' Daily Mail**'A clever and satisfying thriller in a wonderfully decadent setting' Elly Griffiths** 'Excellent...combines some first-class Agatha Christie-esque plotting with a few sensual scenes that would make Monsieur Poirot blush to the very ends of his moustache' Daily TelegraphIn...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'A page-turning feminist mystery thriller' Observer'Distinctive and involving' Daily Mail'Surprising and satisfying' GuardianRose wants a better life for herself and her mother. Taking a job as a hostess in the Floating City's elite club feels like her best hope.It means she has a steady pay cheque, that she can stay cool as the...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 31 hours of vintage science fiction. These science fiction short stories were written by some of the most acclaimed, successful and influential authors of the time including, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Silverberg, John Wyndham, Frederik Pohl, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown, Edmond ...

The first human being in fairy-haunted England witnesses the battles between the light-loving fairies and their thunderous, mountain-dwelling brothers, the giants… Alexander the Great is granted a glimpse of the fate of all would-be world-conquerors, and trembles… Flighty, fun-seeking youths idle away the languorous hours by asking a magician what wonders he can show them… A novice in a monastery allows his hunger for forbidden knowledge to lead him to a dangerous book, and an even more da...

Aliens and Nothing But Aliens 4 - Eighteen Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sThe Weapon by Isaac AsimovThe Monsters by Robert SheckleyThe Portable Star by Isaac AsimovThe Mystery of Deneb IV by Robert SilverbergFarewell Message by David MasonThe Time of Cold by Mary CarlsonDerelict by Alan E. NourseSecond Census by John Victor PetersonThe Ultimate Vice by A. Bertram Chandle...

The first human being in fairy-haunted England witnesses the battles between the light-loving fairies and their thunderous, mountain-dwelling brothers, the giants… Alexander the Great is granted a glimpse of the fate of all would-be world-conquerors, and trembles… Flighty, fun-seeking youths idle away the languorous hours by asking a magician what wonders he can show them… A novice in a monastery allows his hunger for forbidden knowledge to lead him to a dangerous book, and an even more da...