June 24, 2019
New from the University of Rochester Press is the long-awaited first English translation and revised edition of François Lesure’s acclaimed biography of Claude Debussy, originally published by Fayard in 2003…. READ MORE
June 17, 2019
He doesn’t sing and he doesn’t dance, but he knows all there is to know about American popular music.” We are thrilled to be publishing City Songs and American Life,… READ MORE
June 10, 2019
August 2019 marks the one-hundred-year anniversary of celebrated German Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Dr. Karl Muck’s deportation from the United States. Muck’s last moments in America were dramatic. One can… READ MORE
May 29, 2019
Who was Kitty Clive? London Stage Star ⭐ Activist ⭐ Handel’s Favourite For anyone curious about performance history and star production in eighteenth-century England, Clive’s story is not to be… READ MORE
May 14, 2019
This month we have two major University of Rochester Press publications coming out on French organist and composer Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937): the paperback release of the acclaimed Widor: A Life… READ MORE
April 29, 2019
Within biographical accounts of the life and career of George Rochberg, authors have understandably focused on the impact of the premature death of his twenty-year-old son, Paul, on his musical… READ MORE
April 18, 2019
From admin to rights Upon graduating the Publishing BA from Oxford Brookes with a first-class degree I applied for an Editorial Assistant position at Boydell & Brewer Ltd. My Publishing… READ MORE
April 16, 2019
When I first saw The Cunning Little Vixen as a teenager during a school trip to Düsseldorf in 1972, it was one of those occasions when I came out so… READ MORE
April 15, 2019
We are excited to announce the paperback release of James E. Frazier’s acclaimed Maurice Duruflé: The Man and His Music. Praised by Lawrence Archbold from the American Organist as “a… READ MORE
April 13, 2019
“The songs of the American Songbook are urban creatures. They breathe city air and make it their own. They sing the city electric.” What makes a Great American Songbook classic?… READ MORE
The Arms and Armour of Death