This volume brings together scholars and artist-researchers to explore the nature and function of musical instruments in creative practices, and their role in m

This volume seeks to offer a new approach to the study of music through the lens of recent works in science and technology studies (STS), which propose that fac

By exploring the many different types and forms of contemporary musical instruments, this book contributes to a better understanding of the conditions of instru

English music studies often apply rigid classifications to musical materials, their uses, their consumers, and performers. The contributors to this volume argue

This book offers a new account of the composer's enduring popularity. 12 essays by a group of leading senior and emerging scholars offer fresh historical and in