This guide to the orchestra and orchestral life is unique in its breadth of coverage. It combinesorchestral history and repertory with a practical bias offering

A comprehensive guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding one of the major genres of Western music.

In this wide-ranging inside view of the history and practice of conducting, analysis and advice comes directly from working conductors, including Sir Charles Ma

A comprehensive introduction to the life, music and compositional aesthetic of Maurice Ravel.

A rare volume dedicated entirely to scholarship on the genre of the concerto.