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Specvlvm Mvsicae

Directed by Roberto Illiano.

The series is to consist of important musicological monographs and miscellanea covering the whole range of music history from Antiquity to the present.

«En Pèlerinage avec Liszt»: Virtuosos, Repertoire and Performing Venues in 19th-Century Europe

edited by Fulvia Morabito, Turnhout, Brepols, 2014 (Speculum Musicae, 24), XVI+376, ISBN 978-2-503-55324-5. Contents In 2011 the musical world celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth...

Orchestral Conducting in the Nineteenth Century

edited by Roberto Illiano and Michela Niccolai, Turnhout, Brepols, 2014 (Speculum Musicae, 23), XIV+441 pp., ISBN 978-2-503-55247-7. Contents The nineteenth century witnessed the birth of the...

Music and Propaganda in the Short Twentieth Century

edited by Massimiliano Sala, Turnhout, Brepols, 2014 (Speculum Musicae, 22), pp. xii+472, ISBN 978-2-503-55246-0. Contents This volume investigates the relationships between music and propaganda in the...

Music and Francoism

edited by Gemma Pérez Zalduondo andy Germán Gan Quesada, Turnhout, Brepols, 2013 (Speculum Musicae, 21), pp. XII+488, ISBN: 978-2-503-54889-9. Contents --- The present volume has been made...

«Grandeur et Finesse»: Chopin, Liszt and the Parisian Musical Scene

edited by Luca Lévi Sala, Turnhout, Brepols, 2013 (Speculum Musicae, 20), pp. XII+362, ISBN: 978-2-503-54884-5 Contents Due to its plethora of concert halls, publishing houses and...

From Stage to Screen: Musical Films in Europe and United States (1927-1961)

edited by Massimiliano Sala, Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 (Speculum Musicae, 19), pp. XIV+338, ISBN: 978-2-503-54614-8. Contents Via a collection of essays using different analytical perspectives, the aim...

The Legacy of Richard Wagner

edited by Luca Lévi Sala, Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 (Speculum Musicae, 18), pp. XVI+460, ISBN: 978-2-503-54613-1. Contents In the context of the social culture of Europe, the...

Michela Niccolai, La dramaturgie de Gustave Charpentier

pp. xxxiv + 540, 2011, ISBN: 978-2-503-54340-6. Contents   Gustave Charpentier is one of the most original fin de siècle composers. His musical output — in particular...

Beyond Notes: Improvisation in Western Music of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

edited by Rudolf Rasch, pp. xii+392, 2011, ISBN: 978-2-503-54244-7. Contents Improvisation is an important aspect of music, not only in jazz and other 'improvised music', but...

The Opéra-comique in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

edited by Lorenzo Frassà, x+394 pp., Brepols 2011, (Speculum Musicae, 15), ISBN 978-2-503-52781-9. Contents This volume presents sixteen essays, ranging from the reception of the genre's...

Forthcoming Publications

Genre and the Production of Gendered Identity on the Lyric Stage

edited by Mark Everist and Jennifer Walker, Turnhout, Brepols, 2024, (Speculum Musicae, 55). The lyric stage is a cultural site at which constructions of gender...

Early Music Pedagogy Then and Now from the Classical Antiquity to the Renaissance

editing by Marcello Mazzetti and Livio Ticli, Turnhout, Brepols, 2024 (Musica Incarnata: Pedagogy, Performance and Market, 3). This volume explores various aspects of early music...

Transcending Nationalism? Shifts of Perspective in Eastern European Music History

edited by Christoph Flamm, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025 (Speculum Musicae, 57) The European music world at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century was...

Music and the Politics of Censorship: From the Fascist Era to the Digital Age

edited by James Garratt, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025 (Music, Criticism & Politics, 12). In relation to music, the word censorship immediately calls to mind the totalitarian...

European Musical Competitions, 1700-1940: History, Context and Meanings

edited by Charles Edward McGuire, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025 (Speculum Musicae, 57). As music moved from the church and court into the public sphere, competitions –...

New Releases

Musical Exoticism. The Mediterranean and Beyond in the Long Nineteenth Century

edited by Michael Christoforidis and Ramón Sobrino, Turnhout, Brepols, 2024 (Speculum Musicae, 53), pp. xii+402, ISBN 978-2-503-61177-8. Contents The sound image of Otherness has been a...

Max Richter: History, Memory and Nostalgia

edited by Delphine Vincent, Turnhout, Brepols, 2024 (Contemporary Composers, 6), pp. xx+354, ISBN 978-2-503-61185-3. Contents A major figure in the world of contemporary music, Max Richter...

Music and Institutions in Fascist Italy

edited by Roberto Illiano and Luca Lévi Sala, Turmhout, Brepols, 2024 (Music, Criticism & Politics, 10), pp. xxx+416, ISBN 978-2-503-61184-6. Contents In the 1920s and 1930s,...

Sound, Music and Architecture

edited by Roberto Illiano, Turnhout, Brepols, 2024 (Music, Science and Technology, 7), pp. xiv+410 + 16 color ills., ISBN 978-2-503-61183-9. Contents This book traces the relationship...