Donald Sanders 
Music at the Gonzaga Court in Mantua 

______________________________________ ”Engaging, entertaining, brilliantly recounted” Mirror ”Captivating . . . an incredible story” i paper __________________________________ MUSIC, FAME AND A …

Adorno”s aesthetics are one of the most important philosophical analyses of the 20th century, but their development remains unclear. Adorno, Aesthetics, Dissonance is the first book to provide a …

Finding the Beat explores humankind”s ability, propensity, and enjoyment in finding the beat in live and recorded experiences of music-making through the lens of entrainment, the human capacity to …

Women in Vinyl: The Art of Making Vinyl provides a comprehensive guide to the world of vinyl, with a focus on empowerment, diversity, and inclusion, designed to both demystify the vinyl community and …

Depeche Mode’s 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its Concert for the Masses, 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche …

"The Great German Composers" by George T. Ferris is a comprehensive masterpiece in classical music history books, offering insightful biographies of prominent German composers. Through …

A transporting voyage of archaeological discovery: Sound Tracks unearths instruments from around the world and across time, releasing the past”s musical secrets for the first time. ‘A thrilling jour …

Crime of the Century is a comprehensive book about classic rock’s connections to true crime cases with over twenty true stories of classic rock musicians and their encounters with murderers, and musi …

Movie soundtrack music is big business. In both film studios and at major record labels, entire divisions focus exclusively on marketing movie music. Film composers like John Williams have become i …