Orchestral Conducting in the Nineteenth Century
edited by Roberto Illiano and Michela Niccolai, Turnhout, Brepols, 2014 (Speculum Musicae, 23), XIV+441 pp., ISBN 978-2-503-55247-7.
Contents
The nineteenth century witnessed the birth of the...
Music and Propaganda in the Short Twentieth Century
edited by Massimiliano Sala, Turnhout, Brepols, 2014 (Speculum Musicae, 22), pp. xii+472, ISBN 978-2-503-55246-0.
Contents
This volume investigates the relationships between music and propaganda in the...
Music and Francoism
edited by Gemma Pérez Zalduondo andy Germán Gan Quesada, Turnhout, Brepols, 2013 (Speculum Musicae, 21), pp. XII+488, ISBN: 978-2-503-54889-9.
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The present volume has been made...
«Grandeur et Finesse»: Chopin, Liszt and the Parisian Musical Scene
edited by Luca Lévi Sala, Turnhout, Brepols, 2013 (Speculum Musicae, 20), pp. XII+362, ISBN: 978-2-503-54884-5
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Due to its plethora of concert halls, publishing houses and...
From Stage to Screen: Musical Films in Europe and United States (1927-1961)
edited by Massimiliano Sala, Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 (Speculum Musicae, 19), pp. XIV+338, ISBN: 978-2-503-54614-8.
Contents
Via a collection of essays using different analytical perspectives, the aim...
The Legacy of Richard Wagner
edited by Luca Lévi Sala, Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 (Speculum Musicae, 18), pp. XVI+460, ISBN: 978-2-503-54613-1.
Contents
In the context of the social culture of Europe, the...
Michela Niccolai, La dramaturgie de Gustave Charpentier
pp. xxxiv + 540, 2011, ISBN: 978-2-503-54340-6.
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Gustave Charpentier is one of the most original fin de siècle composers. His musical output — in particular...
Beyond Notes: Improvisation in Western Music of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
edited by Rudolf Rasch, pp. xii+392, 2011, ISBN: 978-2-503-54244-7.
Contents
Improvisation is an important aspect of music, not only in jazz and other 'improvised music', but...
The Opéra-comique in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
edited by Lorenzo Frassà, x+394 pp., Brepols 2011, (Speculum Musicae, 15), ISBN 978-2-503-52781-9.
Contents
This volume presents sixteen essays, ranging from the reception of the genre's...
Music and Dictatorship in Europe and Latin America
edited by Roberto Illiano and Massimiliano Sala, XIV+767 pp., Brepols 2009, (Speculum Musicae, 14), ISBN 978-2-503-52779-6.
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In this book, edited by Roberto Illiano and Massimiliano...
Forthcoming Publications
New Perspectives on the 19th-Century Cello
edited by George Kennaway, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026 (Speculum Musicae)
This book offers a rich variety of approaches to the nineteenth-century cello and cellists. Its range...
The Theatre of Death: Noble Funerals with Music in Early Modern Europe
edited by Grégoire Bauguil, Galliano Ciliberti and Galliano Ciliberti, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026 (Speculum Musicae, 63).
The public nature of funerals for the noble elite was...
Soundscapes of Histories Entwined: Food and Music 1400-1850
edited by Iain Fenlon and Allen Grieco, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026 (Speculum Musicae, 64).
For many, the coincidence of social practices uniting music and food immediately...
The Italian Madrigal in Performance: Architectural Settings, Materiality, and Social Spaces
edited by Stefano Lorenzetti, Elisa Sala, and Livio Ticli, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026 (Musica Incarnata, 4).
The volume rethinks the Italian madrigal not as a self-contained...
New Releases
Music and the Figurative Arts in the Baroque Era
edited by Florence Gétreau and Fulvia Morabito, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025 (Speculum Musicae, 59), pp. xv+448+16 color ills., ISBN 978-2-503-62184-5.
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The figurative arts — or the...
The Body in Musical Performance: Knowledge, Gesture, and Identity
edited by Marcello Mazzetti, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025 (Applied Music Studies, 2),pp. xx+276, ISBN 978-2-503-62192-0.
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This volume offers a groundbreaking exploration of musical embodiment across time,...
Perspectives on the Music of György Kurtág: Performance, Language and Memory
Edited by Rachel Beckles Willson and Gergely Fazekas, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025 (Contemporary Composers, 7), pp. xii+252, ISBN 978-2-503-61866-1.
Contents
The present volume has been made possibile...
Embodied Musicology: Ways that Embodiment Shapes Performance and Reception
edited by Arnie Cox, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025 (Applied Music Studies, 1), ISBN 978-2-503-62191-3, pp. xvi+378.
Contents
For most of its history, as one might reasonably imagine,...