Imaginative analytical and critical work on British music of the early twentieth century has been hindered by perceptions of the repertory as insular in its ref

British Musical Modernism explores the works of eleven key composers to reveal the rapid shifts of expression and technique that transformed British art music i

The first in-depth historical analysis of British art music post-1945, providing a group-portrait of eleven composers ranging from avant-garde to pop.

British Rock Modernism, 1967-1977 explains how the definitive British rock performers of this epoch aimed, not at the youthful rebellion for which they are lege

Modernism in music still arouses passions and is riven by controversies. Taking root in the early decades of the twentieth century, it achieved ideological domi