Requiem for the Sun

The chapter begins with testimonies about the aesthetic impact of the War Requiem at the time of its premiere followed by a survey of war-themed musical compositions that preceded ...

"Nuestra reflexión intenta discernir la permanencia de la obra artística y sus razones. Si pensamos en las obras que permanecen a lo largo de los siglos, muchas terminan hablando d...

Historical discussion in this chapter focuses on the reasons Verdi composed a Requiem (first for the death of Gioachino Rossini and then for the death of the poet Allesandro Manzon...

This book provides extensive and in-depth material about eleven epoch-making choral masterworks that span the history of Western culture from the Renaissance to the modern era. Inc...

Abstract To hand down the wisdom he had gained from years of battles, more than two millenia ago the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote the classic work on mili...

Chapter 8 begins with historical precedents, including Brahms’s appointments as a choral conductor during his early professional life, his interest in and performance of works by J...

This chapter embarks on a close reading of the video game BioShock Infinite, investigating how its use of popular and classical music connects with the game’s larger themes. The ch...

Abstract Long acknowledged as a classic text on strategy, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War has been admired by leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong and General Norman Schwart...