Defining Deutschtum: Political Ideology, German Identity, and Music-Critical Discourse in Liberal Viennaoffers a nuanced look at the intersection of music, cultural identity, and political ideology in
Harmony and Discord: Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life explores the complex changes in Russian musical life during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At the heart of thi
Among the most memorable innovations of music and poetry in thirteenth-century France was a genre that seemed to privilege sound over sense. The polytextual motet is especially well-known to scholars
Over the last decade, the theatre and opera of the French Revolution have been the subject of intense scholarly reassessment, both in terms of the relationship between theatrical works and politics or
The Politics of Appropriation uncovers a largely forgotten chapter in music history by considering the intersection of music and Hellenism in nineteenth-century Germany. While the influence of Greece
The first cultural history of the Philippines during the twentieth century, Musical Renderings of the Philippine Nation focuses on the relationships between music, performance, and ideologies of natio
Music, Piety, and Propaganda: The Soundscapes of Counter-Reformation Bavaria explores the nature of sound as a powerful yet ambivalent force in the religious struggles that permeated Germany during th
