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Beethoven Forum volume 5 presents studies on Beethoven's Fidelio, his piano sonatas, and his uses of form and dynamics, along with reviews of Theodor Adorno's Beethoven's Philosophie der Musik and of recent writings on the Ninth Symphony.

Univ. of Nebraska; 172 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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Beethoven Forum volume 6 features essays on late 18th-century piano sonata culture and Beethoven's influence; the Tempest sonata; the lyrical and small-scale sonatas of his middle period; his late masterpiece Missa solemnis, and more.

Univ. of Nebraska, 1998; 254 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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John Sullivan Dwight, 1813-1893, the first American critic of art music, set a new standard for musical criticism in the 1840s by fostering the American reception of Beethoven's then unfamiliar symphonies.

Northeastern; 241 pp.; EN; index; hb

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For over 50 years Sir Arthur Bliss was a familiar and indefatigable figure on the English music scene. His best known works Madame Noy and Rout shocked the musical establishment with their originality, while Morning Heroes reflected the horrors of WWI.

Omnibus; 130 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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This volume, comprising documentary studies, historical and critical essays, and case studies of individual works, reflects the broad range of current Brahms research.

Univ. of Nebraska; 198 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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This volume collects the complete extant correspondence between Brahms and Keller. To read their correspondence is to witness a relationship of mutual respect and increasing friendship.

Univ. of Nebraska; 319 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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Brecht at the Opera looks at the German playwright's lifelong ambivalent engagement with opera. An ardent opera lover in his youth, Brecht later denounced the genre as decadent and irrelevant to modern society even as he continued to work on opera projects throughout his career.

Univ. of California, 2008; 282 pp.; EN; index; hb

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Camille Saint-Saens is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the popular opera Samson and Delila, but also because he was a keen observer of the musical culture in which he lived. Saint-Saens' writings provide a well-argued counter-discourse to the strong modernist music critics who rallied around Debussy and Ravel during the fin de siecle.

Oxford, 2008; 187 pp.; EN; index; hb

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This study explores the role and significance of aria insertion in the 19th century, the practice that allowed singers to introduce music of their own choice into productions of Italian operas. Each chapter investigates the tradition from varying perspectives, considering individual prima donnas and their relationship with particular arias.

Oxford, 2009; 226 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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Charles Ives and Aaron Copland are two composers whose works define what is now considered to be the American sound in classical music. This guide explains why their work is still admired and how their personalities affected their music.

Amadeus Press, 2004; 156 pp.; EN; pb + CD

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