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Despite much triumph in adversity, illness fueling composition is a misconception. The health - and especially deaths - of composers excite controversy. Much good previous scholarship has been sullied by unsubstantiated views, and many composers' reputations have been unfairly tarnished by scandalous commentary, often involving alcoholism or syphilis. This book, by a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, charts the disturbed physical and mental health of 70 great composers

In this book, Susan McClary examines the mechanisms through which seventeenth-century musicians simulated extreme affective states--desire, divine rapture, and ecstatic pleasure.

Discoursing on music, three early modern Jewish scholars stand out as original: Judah Moscato presented music as a spiritual phenomenon; Leon Modena asked about the legitimacy of art music in the synagogue; Abraham Portaleone treated music in the Ancient Temple.

Volume 1 of this series features the Greek view of music, the early Christian view, music as liberal art, and music theory in the middle ages.

Volume 2 of the Source Readings in Music History.

The Castrato is a nuanced exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that the entire foundation of Western classical singing, culminating in bel canto, was birthed from an unlikely and historically unique set of desires, public and private, aesthetic, economic, and political.
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This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition.

Technologies may change, but the need for clear and accurate communication never goes out of style. That is why for more than one hundred years The Chicago Manual of Style has remained the definitive guide for anyone who works with words. This seventeenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has been prepared with an eye toward how we find, create, and cite information that readers are as likely to access from their pockets as from a bookshelf. It offers updated The Chicago Manual of Style remains the ultimate resource for those who care about getting the details right.