Index 2008

Volume 149 (2008)

Articles

Eric L. Altschuler & William Jansen: ‘ “R.H.”, Bembo and Croce’s Musica sacra’, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.71–78.

Allan W. Atlas: Lord Arthur’s “infernals”: Balfour and the concertina’, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.35–51.

Ian Bartlett: ‘Thomas Philips, Lord Chesterfield and the enigma of a popular 18th-century ballad by William Boyce’, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.26–38.

David Beard: ‘Beauty and the beast: a conversation with Sir Harrison Birtwistle’, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.9–25.

Sylvia Bowden: ‘The theming magpie: the influence of birdsong on Beethoven motifs’, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.17–35.

Mary Cyr: ‘Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre: myth or marvel? seeking the composer’s individuality’, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.79–87.

Rodney Stenning Edgecombe: ‘Internationalism, regionalism and Glazunov’s Raymonda’, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.47–56.

Simon Fleming: ‘Harmony and brotherly love: musicians and Freemasonry in 18th-century Durham city’, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.69–80.

Lyn Henderson: A solitary genius: the establishment of Pärt’s technique (1958–68)’, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.81–88.

Fabian Gregor Huss: ‘On the beautiful in music, or the emotional fly in the musical ointment’, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.39–46.

Peter James: ‘John Hilton the younger’s Service “in Gamut” ’, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.67–70.

Aaron C. Keebaugh: ‘Sterndale Bennett’s piano music’, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.61–68.

Emily Kilpatrick: ‘Into the woods: retelling the wartime fairytales of Ravel’, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.57–66.

Deborah Mawer: ‘Positioning Milhaud’s late chamber music: compositional “full circle”?’, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.45–60.

Paul Merrick: ‘Liszt’s music in C major’, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.70–80.

Balázs Mikusi: ‘Evoking the exotic: Schumann’s “Danish” manner’, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.36–46.

Stephanus Muller: ‘Arnold van Wyk’s hard, stony, flinty path, or making things beautiful in apartheid South Africa’, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.61–78.

Joseph W. Pegg: ‘Avison observed’, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.79–90.

Caroline Potter: ‘Unreliable machines: an interview with Kenneth Hesketh’, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.15–24.

Jürgen Schaarwächter: ‘Chasing a myth and a legend: “The British musical renaissance” in a “Land without music” ’, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.53–60.

Nigel Simeone: ‘Messiaen, Koussevitzky and the USA’, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.25–44.

Rita Steblin: ‘Schubert’s Pepi: his love affair with the chambermaid Josepha Pöcklhofer and her surprising fate’, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.47–69.

Chris Walton: ‘Bach, Brahms, Schoenberg: marginalia on Berg’s Violin Concerto’, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.81–86.

Arnold Whittall: ‘ “A play of pure forces”? Elliott Carter’s opera in context’, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.3–13.

Arnold Whittall: ‘Wagner and 21st-century opera’, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.5–16.

David Wright: ‘Concerts for coteries, or music for all? Glock’s Proms reconsidered’, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.3–34.


Book reviews

Michael Aschauer: Einheit durch Vielfalt? das Klavier-k-ammermusikwerk ausgewählter ‘Konservativer’ um Johannes Brahms, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.104–10.

Jeremy Barham, ed.: The Cambridge companion to Mahler, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.89–96.

Andrew Barnett: Sibelius, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.108–10.

William Sterndale Bennett: Lectures on musical life, reviewed by Andrew Thomson, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.111–14.

Karol Berger: Bach’s cycle, Mozart’s arrow, reviewed by Peter Williams, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.116–18.

Boris Berman: Prokofiev’s piano sonatas, reviewed by Andrew Thomson, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.105–12.

Leo Black: Edmund Rubbra: symphonist, reviewed by David Wright, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.103–06.

Hugh Cobbe, ed.: Letters of Ralph Vaughan Williams 1895–1958, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.97–102.

Suzanne Cole: Thomas Tallis and his music in Victorian England, reviewed by Peter Phillips, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.107–10.

Mary E. Davis: Classic chic: music, fashion and modernism, reviewed by Nigel Simeone, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.118–20.

Jeremy Dibble: John Stainer: a life in music, reviewed by David Wright, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.95–103.

Christopher Dingle: The life of Messiaen, reviewed by Andrew Thomson, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.91–98.

Christopher Dingle & Nigel Simeone, edd.: Olivier Messiaen: music, art and literature, reviewed by Andrew Thomson, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.91–98.

Ulrich Drüner: Mozarts grosse Reise: sein Durchbruch zum Genie: 1777–1779, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.116–18.

Martha Feldman: Opera and sovereignty, reviewed by Patricia Howard, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.87–93.

Ingrid Fuchs, ed.: Festschrift Otto Biba zum 60. Geburtstag, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.104–10.

Aubrey S. Garlington: Society, culture and opera in Florence, 1814–1830, reviewed by Patricia Howard, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.87–93.

Philip Gossett: Divas and scholars: performing Italian opera, reviewed by Patricia Howard, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.110–12.

David Gramit, ed.: Beyond The Art of Finger Dexterity, reviewed by Peter Williams, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.97–104.

Henri-Louis de la Grange: Gustav Mahler, volume 4, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.89–96.

James Grier: The musical world of a medieval monk: Adémar de Chabannes in eleventh-century Aquitaine, reviewed by Peter Williams, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.114–16.

Christopher Grogan, ed.: Imogen Holst: a life in music, reviewed by Andrew Thomson, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.89–96.

Kenneth Hamilton: After the golden age, reviewed by Peter Williams, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.97–104.

Peter Hill & Nigel Simeone: Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques, reviewed by Andrew Thomson, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.91–98.

Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen & Laurenz Lutteken, edd.: Bruckner – Brahms: urbanes Milieu als kompositorische Lebenswelt im Wien der Grunderzeit, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.104–10.

Renate & Kurt Hofmann: Johannes Brahms als Pianist und Dirigent, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.104–10.

Victoria Johnson, Jane F. Fulcher & Thomas Ertman, edd.: Opera and society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu, reviewed by Patricia Howard, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.87–93.

Mark Kroll: Johann Nepomuk Hummel, reviewed by Peter Williams, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.97–104.

Luca Lombardi: Construction of Freedom and other writings, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.105–08.

David Manning, ed.: Vaughan Williams on music, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.97–102.

Alfred Mathis-Rosenzweig: Gustav Mahler, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.89–96.

Piero Melograni: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: a biography, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.116–18.

Danuta Mirka & Kofi Agawu, edd.: Communication in eighteenth-century music, reviewed by Peter Williams, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.112–15.

Donald Mitchell: Discovering Mahler, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.89–96.

David Nicholls: John Cage, reviewed by Christopher Fox, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.113–16.

Franz Niemetschek: Mozart: the first biography, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.116–18.

Margaret Notley: Lateness and Brahms, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.104–10.

George Odam, ed.: Landscapes of the mind: the music of John McCabe, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.97–102.

Fiona M. Palmer: Vincent Novello (1781–1861), reviewed by Andrew Thomson, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.111–14.

Beate Perry, ed.: The Cambridge companion to Schumann, reviewed by Leo Black, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.99–104.

Howard Pollack: George Gershwin: his life and work, reviewed by Robin Holloway, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.112–14.

Edwin Prévost, ed.: Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981): a reader, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.105–08.

Sergey Prokofiev: Diaries 1915–1923, reviewed by Andrew Thomson, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.105–12.

Philip Reed, Mervyn Cooke & Donald Mitchell, edd.: Letters from a life: the selected letters of Benjamin Britten, volume four 1952–1957, reviewed by Andrew Thomson, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.89–96.

Owen Rees & Bernadette Nelson, edd.: Cristóbal de Morales, reviewed by Peter Phillips, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.115–16.

Inge van Rij: Brahms’s song collections, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.104–10.

Ellen Rosand: Monteverdi’s last operas: a Venetian trilogy, reviewed by Patricia Howard, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.118–20.

Peter Russell: Johannes Brahms and Klaus Groth: the biography of a friendship, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.104–10.

Susan Rutherford: The prima donna and opera, 1815–1930, reviewed by Patricia Howard, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.87–93.

Toby Thacker: Music after Hitler, 1945–1955, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.118–20.

Stephanie D. Vial: The art of musical phrasing in the eighteenth century, reviewed by Peter Williams, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.112–15.

Edward Venn: The music of Hugh Wood, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.97–102.

Christiane Wiesenfeldt: Zwischen Beethoven und Brahms: die Violoncello-Sonate im 19. Jahrhundert, reviewed by Chris Walton, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.104–10.

Alexandra Wilson: The Puccini problem, reviewed by Patricia Howard, vol.149 no.1903 (Summer 2008), pp.87–93.

Hugh Wood: Staking Out the Territory and other writings, reviewed by Arnold Whittall, vol.149 no.1904 (Autumn 2008), pp.116–18.

John Worthen: Robert Schumann: life and death of a musician, reviewed by Leo Black, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), pp.99–104.

Adrian Wright: The innumerable dance: the life and work of William Alwyn, reviewed by David Wright, vol.149 no.1905 (Winter 2008), pp.103–06.


In memoriam

‘Karlheinz Stockhausen’, by Arnold Whittall and Christopher Fox, vol.149 no.1902 (Spring 2008), p.4–7.