A bold application of the concept of canonical works to the development of French operatic and concert life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

A ground-breaking study of the musical and literary priorities, professional practices and creative interactions that shaped one of the most adventurous artform

"This book examines the shifting attitudes toward Wagner reflected in the Parisian press during the period of the Third Reich. Paradoxically, during one of the

This book on the Australian music publisher and patron Louise Hanson-Dyer brings together, for the first time, an international group of scholars with expertise

"International exhibitions were among the most significant cultural phenomena of the late nineteenth century. These vast events aimed to illustrate, through dis