For a century and a half Chopin's music has been played incessantly- yet the spell remains- and the 'Chopin recital'- whoever the pianist- still fills the concert halls. This Companion is designed to provide the enquiring music-lover with helpful insights into a musical style that recognises no contradiction between the accessible and the sophisticated- between the popular and the significant. …
The Cambridge Companion to Bach goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. Benefiting from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars- this Companion covers cultural- social and religious contexts- surveys and analyses Bach's compositional style- traces his influence- and considers t…
This volume shows how Calvin's germinal political ideas were furthered and spread by his disciples- both in Europe and to the West.