Music, Theatre & Films

The work of German poet frederich Hölderlin (1770–1843) has inspired countless poets and philosophers from Paul celan to Rainer Maria Rilke to Mart...

Citizens of Tokyo the first collection in English of plays by one of Japanese most important contemporary playwrightsoriza hirata, whose works have...

Although Theodor W. Adorno is best known for his association with the Frankfurt school of critical theory, he began his career as a composer and su...

Everything: and other performance texts from Germany, Matt Cornish gathers texts drawn from performances by five of the most renowned theatre colle...

Lata Mangeshkar: ... in her own voice

Born in Tehran in 1957, filmmaker Mohsen Ostad Ali Makhmalbaf grew up in the religious and politically charged atmosphere of the 1960s, and the Jun...

Few writers have ever experienced such a steady rise in their reputation and public profile as Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878–1956) has seen in r...

“Tarkovsky for me is the greatest,” wrote Ingmar Bergman. Andrey Tarkovsky only made seven films, but all are celebrated for its striking visual im...

Real Sex Films explores one of the most controversial movements in international cinema through an innovative interdisciplinary combination of theo...

Few figures in cinema history are as towering as Russian filmmaker and theorist Sergei Mikhailovitch Eisenstein (1898-1948). Not only did Eisenstei...

Few figures in cinema history are as towering as Russian filmmaker and theorist Sergei Mikhailovitch Eisenstein (1898-1948). Not only did Eisenstei...

‘New Bollywood’ has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style...

One film out of every five made anywhere on earth comes from India. From its beginnings under colonial rule through to the heights of Bollywood , I...

Mohammed Albakry is professor of English and applied linguistics at Middle Tennessee State University. Rebekah Maggor is assistant professor in the...

Books and Movies, translated from the original Marathi bestseller Not Gone with the Wind, is a fascinating journey into the world of legendary auth...

This ultimate collection on Natyacharya Sisir Kumar Bhaduri includes snippets of history from 19th century Bengali theatre and also commentaries of...

From before history was recorded to the present day, theatre has been a major artistic form around the world. From puppetry to mimes and street the...

This book provides a historical understanding of the Indian Audio-Visual media. It asserts that media is essential to the bourgeois domination of a...

This volume attempts to address some of the questions that arise when considering the complex role that cinema has performed and continues to perfo...

Film is considered by some to be the most dominant art form of the twentieth century. It is many things, but it has become above all a means of tel...

An intricately woven saga of love, revenge and retribution, resonates with the ethos of karma. A 2010 award-winning title (first prize) by the Fede...

Utpal Dutt (1929–93), playwright, director and actor, an inspiration and role model for the activist theatre person. Whether through the proscenium...

Now in paperback, the journey of a great Hindustani classical vocalist's search for the voice of emptiness. Here, two men, five centuries apart, ma...

Richard Gilman referred to How to Read a Film as simply "the best single work of its kind." And Janet Maslin in The New York Times Book Review marv...

Until Masculine Interests not much had been written about men "as men" in the cinema. Now Robert Lang considers how Hollywood articulates the eroti...

Titu Mir, a peasant leader, led a revolt against the British in Bengal in 1830- 31, in the course of which he was killed. This was a period of tran...

Game Audio Mixing offers a holistic view of the mixing process for games, from philosophical and psychological considerations to the artistic consi...

Networked Music Performance (NMP) is the essential guide to both playing music online and ensemble music through networks. Offering a range of case...

Making It Happen is a comprehensive guide to navigating the modern music industry, that redefines what ‘making it’ means for musicians, and inspire...

Bringing together a diverse group of world leading professionals across Post-Production Film Sound and Electroacoustic Music, Art of Sound explores...

Film Music: Cognition to Interpretation explores the dynamic counterpoint between a film’s soundtrack, its visuals and narrative, and the audience’...

Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production investigates both the history and current realities of life and work in professional t...

Innovation in Music: Cultures and Contexts is a groundbreaking collection bringing together contributions from instructors, researchers, and profes...

Innovation in Music: Technology and Creativity is a groundbreaking collection bringing together contributions from instructors, researchers, and pr...

Theatre in Practice, third edition, is an accessible and wide-ranging exploration of the central practices and key practitioners covered on the var...

Now in its seventh edition, The Art of Voice Actingcovers all aspects of the craft and business of performing voiceover. Starting with the basics ...

From healing, fertility, and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, the updated and revised...

Experiencing Jazz, Third Edition is an integrated textbook, website, and audio anthology for jazz appreciation and history courses. Through reading...

A collection of two plays by Indian playwright Satish Alekar. Satish Alekar is widely considered one of the most progressive and influential play...

This illuminating book offers a unique view into the art of sound design and the post production audio process. It was written for filmmakers and d...

Earshot: Perspectives on Sound awakens an understanding of the decisive role that sound has played in history and culture. Although beginning with...