August 24, 2018
The previously untold story of the brilliant Russian concert pianist Gregory Haimovsky is revealed in Marissa Silverman’s new book for University of Rochester Press. Exiled by the Soviet regime, Haimovsky… READ MORE
August 15, 2018
Where in Vienna did Ludwig van Beethoven scribble down his early compositional ideas for Missa solemnis? To which poets and writers did he gravitate the most? How did he like… READ MORE
July 4, 2018
Dear Nancy, I’m writing a letter in the way that a woman of the late-eighteenth or early-nineteenth century might have written to her friend—to share ideas, emotions, thoughts, aspirations—assuming that… READ MORE
June 15, 2018
I have been fortunate to spend my whole career performing the great literature of classical music which I’ve loved ever since I was a child. I’ve had wonderful teachers and… READ MORE
June 10, 2018
Today marks the 107th birthday of eminent harpsichordist, scholar, and early music pioneer Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911-1984), perhaps best-known today for his interpretations and recordings of works by Baroque composers, notably… READ MORE
May 24, 2018
Eastman/Rochester Studies in Ethnomusicology seriesGuest post by Ellen Koskoff, Series EditorProfessor Emerita, EthnomusicologyUniversity of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music About ten years ago, the University of Rochester Press made an… READ MORE
May 18, 2018
If you want to know what composers really think about their art, about the act of creating music, you might ask Bálint Varga. Bálint spent more than forty years working… READ MORE
May 17, 2018
(Jean-Baptiste Lully who famously died after accidently driving his conductor’s staff into his foot. Image: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) Syphilis, alcohol, a broken heart – the notable lives of history’s musical geniuses… READ MORE
March 23, 2018
100 years ago on 25th March 1918, the French composer Claude Debussy died at the age of 55. To commemorate the 2018 centenary we have selected five books on Debussy… READ MORE
February 27, 2018
The Montpellier Codex The Final Fascicle. Contents, Contexts, Chronologies Edited by Catherine A. Bradley, Karen Desmond No, this isn’t the latest Dan Brown, it’s actually on medieval music. The Montpellier… READ MORE
Finding the Meaning of Music and Morality