A History of the Concerto may be read from cover to cover, but readers may also use the extensive index to focus on specific concertos and their composers. Nume

The first thorough English-language exploration of the concerto as a musical form, this is an oft-quoted, authoritative survey. Examining the social, economic,

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Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto is the story of Sibelius as performer and composer, of violin performing traditions, of histories of musical transmission, and o

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