This book demonstrates the cultivation of instrumental genres by Neapolitan musicians and its significant stature at the royal court. Drawing on archival docume

A compelling new study of instrumental music in early modern Naples and of the string virtuosi who disseminated it through Europe.

This important new study reassesses the position of Anton Webern in twentieth-century music. The twelve-note method of composition adopted by Anton Webern had p

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