Austrian conductor Hans Rosbaud was a leading figure in European musical life from the late 1920s until his death in 1962. Internationally respected as a conductor of Mozart and Haydn, Bruckner and Mahler, his posthumous reputation rests primarily on his standard-setting performances of modern music. In this complete research tool, musicologist Joan Evans brings together all the materials vital for a full assessment of his career. The eminent composer and conductor Pierre Boulez presents his personal recollections of Rosbaud in a foreword.
Because Rosbaud's primary sphere of activity was radio, he made relatively few commercial recordings, but his broadcast recordings number in the hundreds. Evans carefully documents all commercial and private recordings, also providing a biography of the conductor, a section of first performances and an annotated bibliography comprising books, articles, record and concert reviews, radio interviews, and documentary broadcasts. A career chronology appears as an appendix, and a description of his musical compositions and other papers, as well as a list of the works he conducted at the annual Donaueschingen Festival, comprise further appendixes. All sections are fully cross referenced and indexed, thereby providing ready access to this wealth of data.

Hans Rosbaud: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music)

Arts & Photography

Evans, Joan

Music

Greenwood

The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos; Volume 1

Evans, Arthur

History

Franklin Classics

Originally published in 1938, this volume provides a detailed study of the Romanesque style as exemplified by the architecture of the Cluniac Monastic Order. The key features of Cluniac architectural style are discussed in detail and observations are supported with a broad variety of illustrative examples. Other features include comprehensive lists of Cluniac Houses and affiliated Parish Churches, a key to Marrier's Catalogus, and a generous bibliography. This is a well-presented and highly informative book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in Christian monastic architecture.

Romanesque Architecture of the Order of Cluny

Architecture

Ams Pr Inc

1922. Contents: Magical Jewels and Gems in the Ancient World. The Earlier Christian Lapidaries. Lapidaries of Spain and the Nearer East. Western Mediaeval Lapidaries: Mediaeval Popular Lapidaries; Christian Symbolic Lapidaries; Mediaeval Scientific Lapidaries. Mediaeval Astrology: Lapidaries of Engraved Gems. Magical Jewels of the Middle Ages. The Renaissance: Lapidaries of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Magical Jewels of the Renaissance. The Age of Criticism: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Illustrated.

Magical Jewels of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Particularly in England

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Dover Pubns

The history of jewelry has closely paralleled the history of mankind. Used as amulets to protect against harm and worn for ceremonial occasions, jewels also signaled wealth, power, and position. This engrossing scholarly study by a noted English antiquarian offers a splendid account of jewelry styles over a 700-year period — from the early Middle Ages and Gothic period, through the Renaissance as well as the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Drawing on a number of vital sources — museums and private collections, evidence given by portrait painters, surviving designs for jewels and others — the author gives us not only a comprehensive chronicle of the jewels themselves but also their relation to costume and fashion and their reflection of changing social values. Enhancing the meticulously detailed narrative are 400 photographs and illustrations depicting, among scores of other pieces, a gold heart-shaped brooch inscribed with "You are my earthly joy," dating from the fifteenth century; a gold brooch set with sapphires, emeralds, and pearls; a diamond and topaz necklace (c. 1760); a gold padlock, set with cornelian and pearls (c. 1800); a gilt bronze clasp (c. 1200); the silver Loch Buy Brooch, set with rock crystals and pearls (sixteenth century), and a thirteenth-century reliquary pendant of the Holy Thorn. For anyone interested in the long and fascinating history of handcrafted jewelry, here is a superb sourcebook of extremely rare ornamentation, a rich and detailed study that will also appeal to fashion and costume historians, collectors, and lovers of antiques.

A History of Jewellery 1100-1870

Sculpture

Dover Publications

An extensively illustrated collection of essays by noted scholars which examine in depth six aspects of the medieval life and culture of Europe: the monastic world; the cathedrals, courts and castles; death and the afterlife; scholarships and universities; and industry, money and trade.

THE FLOWERING OF THE MIDDLE AGES /ANGLAIS

Thames&Hudson

France is a country so rich in architecture that it is not surprising that some of its fine buildings receive little attention. Amongst the Romanesque and Gothic churches and the Renaissance châteaux, the domestic architecture of the monasteries has been overlooked. Originally published in 1964, this book was the first study of French domestic monastic architecture since the Renaissance. The architecture corresponds to the collegiate and academic architecture of England, but its style is more splendid. To gain material for this book Dr Evans travelled all over France, and found that many of the buildings were now farms or country houses. The book includes 822 photographs, and the study is divided according to the various orders. This is a book which will appeal to art-lovers as well as architects and historians of the religious orders.

Monastic Architecture in France: From the Renaissance to the Revolution

Cambridge University Press

The new edition of Dr. Joan Evan's well-known history of jewellery in Europe from mediaeval times to the mid-19th century, long since recognized as a standard work, has been eagerly awaited. It includes two extra colour plates and sixteen extra pages of black-and-white plates, which among them give a better representation of 19th century jewellery and of jewellery worn by people in portraits, a special feature of the book. The text has been corrected, new locations of pieces have been indicated, and the bibliography has been radically revised, about 150 titles having been added. Illustrated with 192 black-and-white plates and 12 colour plates.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Boston Book and Art

Life in Medieval France (Illustrated Edition)

Life in Medieval France / Life in Mediaeval France

Phaidon

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Hans Rosbaud: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music)

The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos; Volume 1

The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos; Volume 1

Romanesque Architecture of the Order of Cluny

Magical Jewels of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Particularly in England

A History of Jewellery 1100-1870

THE FLOWERING OF THE MIDDLE AGES /ANGLAIS

Monastic Architecture in France: From the Renaissance to the Revolution

A History of Jewellery 1100-1870

Life in Medieval France / Life in Mediaeval France