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A practical manual for building musical understanding and physical skills, intended for conductors at all stages of development.

Thomas Coram was a supporter of women's and children's rights long before such causes became fashionable and founder of the children's hospital charity which still bears his name. This acclaimed biography unravels the many sides of this remarkable private man.

The definitive study of the LaSalle Quartet, for forty years the premier exponent of 'the new music' for string quartet.

First comprehensive study in English of Germany's most prominent female author.

Shows how the political turmoil of the Spanish American Wars of Independence allowed an upsurge in prize-taking activity by navies, privateers and pirates.

An examination of the evolution of national and cultural identity in French Flanders over a period of 200 years.

A wide-ranging and accessibly written account of designed medieval landscapes.

This is the first book to describe Arturo Toscanini's activities - the life he led, his concerts and recording sessions - during his visits to London and elsewhere in Britain in the years 1900-1952.

Biography of three artists closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelites whose letters give a vivid insight into the dramas of their personal life.

The writings of David Cairns have played a major part in the relatively recent acceptance of Berlioz as a central figure in western classical music. Discovering Berlioz collects articles, lectures and other texts from several decades of advocacy, throwing new light on this outsize personality - the Romantic composer par excellence.

The long-awaited sequel to Andrew Ashbee's pioneering study of the life and music of John Jenkins (1592-1678). The primary focus of this second volume is Jenkins' huge output of fantasia-suites, but his vocal music also comes under examination, and a complete source-list of Jenkins' music is provided.

Extensive use has been made of Ngugi's Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary

Ngugi advocates a cultural shift to redress the last 400 years of domination by a handful of western nations.

These two companion volumes on Soldiers and Society give new perspectives on Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.

A rare source of information about late-seventeenth-century trans-Atlantic enterprise and London business, through the letters of a sugar planter and slave trader.

Edition of the minutes of one of the most important ecclesiastical bodies in Scotland shows their response to Cromwell's invasion.

A guide to the origins and music of Szymanowski's exquisitely beautiful opera King Roger.

The Polish-born, British-based pianist André Tchaikowsky (1935-82) saw himself principally as a composer- one of several conflicting elements in his personality, charted by the diaries he kept between 1974 and 1982.

The cases overseen by justices such as Henry Norris reveal fascinating details of the then rural idyll of Hackney.