The Norms of Taste and the Music of Mozart uncovers what contemporaries meant when they praised composers like Mozart for their “good taste” and, in the process,illustrates how judgments of taste were intertwined with developments in the social, cultural, and political arenas.Taking as its starting point Haydn’s purported reference to Mozart’s Geschmack und Compositionswissenschaft, this book offers an in-depth analysis of the shiftingconnotations of...

'I truly could not recommend this book highly enough, not only to blended and step-families themselves, but all those involved in their support' - Professor Andrew Reeves, BACP fellow and Professor in Counselling Professions and Mental Health'Clear, accessible and understanding . . . A book many step-parents will have been waiting for' - Monica Hanaway, psychotherapist, coach, mediator, trainer, and author of books on coaching, leadership, and conflict reso...

Interpreting Music, Engaging Culture: An Introduction to Music Criticism offers a clear, hands-on guide for emerging music critics that brings together aesthetics, critical theory, and practical music criticism in an accessible format. Over the course of the book, readers develop a vocabulary and framework for criticizing music of all kinds and for various media while learning how to connect music to its cultural, social, and political contexts.Excerpts from primary source...

With the recent turn to science studies and interdisciplinary research in Shakespearean scholarship, Shakespeare and Science: A Dictionary, provides a pedagogical resource for students and scholars. In charting Shakespeare's engagement with natural philosophical discourse, this edition shapes the future of Shakespearean scholarship and pedagogy significantly, appealing to students entering the field and current scholars in interdisciplinary research on the topic alongside the non-...

Kate's family has told her that on her thirteenth birthday she'll hear the "Whooooo" call of the moon, and howl back, and become a werewolf just like them. But she doesn't want to be a werewolf. She's always felt more like a duck. On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Kate stands near her family's cabin in the backwoods of New Brunswick and hears the moon calling—but it sounds like more of a "Whooooo?" as in "Who are you?" and Kate does what she's always wanted to do—she quacks...

'I truly could not recommend this book highly enough, not only to blended and step-families themselves, but all those involved in their support' - Professor Andrew Reeves, BACP fellow and Professor in Counselling Professions and Mental Health'Clear, accessible and understanding . . . A book many step-parents will have been waiting for' - Monica Hanaway, psychotherapist, coach, mediator, trainer, and author of books on coaching, leadership, and conflict reso...