Howard Pollack, author of Samuel Barber: His Life and Legacy, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? For all my artist biographies, […]
Q&A with Howard Pollack, author of SAMUEL BARBER
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SAM 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 Society for American Music conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
Q&A with Carol A. Hess, author of AARON COPLAND IN LATIN AMERICA
Carol A. Hess, author of Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her new book. Q: Why […]
AARON COPLAND IN LATIN AMERICA by Carol A. Hess Receives NEH Open Book Award
We are delighted to announce that Carol A. Hess’s forthcoming book, Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics, has been awarded funding from the Fellowships Open Book Program […]
AMS/SEM/SMT 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 American Musicological Society (AMS), Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), and Society for Music Theory (SMT) joint meeting! Explore our extensive collection […]
MOVIE WORKERS Awarded the Theatre Library Association’s 2021 Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize
We are pleased to announce that Melanie Bell’s book, Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema, has won the 2021 Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize for an exemplary work in the field […]
TANIA LEÓN’S STRIDE Awarded Bronze Medal at the 2022 International Latin Book Awards
We are pleased to announce that Tania León’s Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life by Alejandro L. Madrid was awarded the Bronze Medal in the category of Best Biography in English at […]
Sneak Peak Inside Bach Perspectives Vol. 13
In this volume of Bach Perspectives, Laura Buch edits essays that reconsider parody, transcription, and adaptation in the sphere of the composer J.S. Bach. In Bach Perspectives, Volume 13: Bach […]
Like a huwwicane
Monday marked the 75th anniversary of Bugs Bunny’s first appearance. Icon and Coyote-level mischief maker, tormentor of ducks and Fudds and violent cowboys, Bugs tapped into all kinds of pop […]
Q&A with Charles Ives in the Mirror author David C. Paul
David C. Paul is an assistant professor of musicology and theory at the University of California, Santa Barbara and author of Charles Ives in the Mirror: American Histories of an […]
George Szell the teacher
Orchestra and opera conductor George Szell was known not only for his prolific career and innovations, but also for his tempestuous personality. Referred to, even in his obituary, as a “tyrant of […]