Fanfare for a City: Music and the Urban Imagination in Haussmann’s Paris invites us to listen to the sounds of Paris during the Second Empire (1852–1870), a regime that oversaw dramatic social change in the French capital. By exploring the sonic worlds of exhibitions, cafés, streets, a...
By Guthrie Ramsey, author of Who Hears Here? On Black Music Pasts and Present
Who Hears Here? is part of the UC Press Phono: Black Music and the Global Imagination series
I wrote the essays in my new book Who Hears Here? On Black Music Pasts and Present over twenty-five years. These...
A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar.Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century.This biography from distinguished music historia...
We’re delighted to offer free access to select content from our music journals in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Musicological Association. Click on the covers below for free access through the end of the year to current and recent issues, including the Journal of Pop...
‘Tis the season for academic conferences when scholarly societies announce their annual awards. We are delighted to share the news that both Pacific Historical Review (PHR) and the Journal of Popular Music Studies (JPMS) have recently been honored with awards from the Western History Asso...
Judith Peraino
Judith Peraino’s “I’ll Be Your Mixtape: Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, and the Queer Intimacies of Cassettes,” published in the Journal of Musicology, has been honored with two awards by the American Musicological Society. The article received both the H. Colin Slim Award fo...
UC Press is thrilled to be publishing a number of new titles groundbreaking books in Musicology.
Beethoven, A Lifeby Jan Caeyerstranslated by Brent Annable
The authoritative Beethoven biography, endorsed by and produced in close collaboration with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, is...
Although we are unable to see you in person at this year’s American Musicological Society conference, we’d still love for you to “stop by the booth” and meet with us virtually. Our music editor is taking Zoom appointments.
Raina Polivka, EditorMusic
“University of California Pre...
We are proud to announce the book and journal award winners from the 2019 American Musicological Society annual conference. Please join us in offering warm congratulations to the following authors.
BOOK AWARD
AMS Teaching Award for an exceptional pedagogical resource
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