A Companion to Music at the Habsburgs Courts in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, edited by Andrew H. Weaver, is the first in-depth survey of Habsburg mu

Through a thematic overview of court culture that connects the cultural with the political, confessional, spatial, material and performative, this volume introd

This book brings vividly to life the courtiers and servants of the imperial court in Vienna and the royal court at Paris-Versailles. Drawing on a wealth of mate

Musical representations of Europe in myth and allegory are well known, but when and under what circumstances did the words "European" and "music" become linked

Music, Place, and Identity in Italian Urban Soundscapes circa 1550-1860 presents new perspectives on the role music played in the physical, cultural, and civic