Problems of Tempo in Puccini's Arias

01 October 2000 The problems of tempo in Puccini's soprano arias are surprisingly vexing for performers, given that the composer provided many indications in his scores, including many metronome markings, and supervised the preparation of several singers who went on...

Unlocking Meaning in Art Song: A Singer’s Guide to Practical Analysis Using Schubert’s Songs by Beverly Stein

22 April 2026 Unlocking Meaning in Art Song: A Singer’s Guide to Practical Analysis Using Schubert’s Songs. Beverly Stein. London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2024. 340 pp. ISBN: 9781538187869, $110.00 (hardcover); ISBN: 97815387876, $39.95 (paperback); 9798881868253,...

[i]New Oxford History of Music[/i], vol. 9: [i]Romanticism (1830-1890)[/i], edited by Gerald Abraham

01 October 1991 New Oxford History of Music, vol. 9: Romanticism (1830-1890), edited by Gerald Abraham. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. xx + 935 pp. ISBN 0-19-316309-8. It takes temerity these days to write a history of music. The very nature of...

“Oh My Son!”: The Musical Origins and Function of King David’s Lamentation

01 October 2009 Introduction In his 1981 article “Prince Henry as Absalom in David’s Lamentations” Irving Godt examined a group of seventeenth-century English settings based on King David’s laments for his son Absalom and his friend Jonathan.1 On the basis of the...

[i]Tristan[/i] Quotations in Alban Berg’s Opera [i]Lulu[/i] and Berg’s Late Style

15 November 2021 Abstract It is well known that Alban Berg drew heavily from both the musical material and dramatic themes of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (1857–59) in his opera Lulu (1929–35, completed by Friedrich Cerha in 1979). This article provides an overview of...