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We publish books of high intellectual merit that reflect the strengths of the university and contribute to scholarly dialogue in musicology and music theory, African studies, European history, and the history of medicine.
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NEW: The #Mozart Week of the German Reich by Marie-Hélène Benoit-Otis & Cécile Quesney is a piercing investigation showing how a glittering Mozart music festival in 1941 Vienna became a powerful instrument of Nazi propaganda in both annexed Austria and occupied France. Learn more > buff.ly/5sHcjE3
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NEW! Daniel Roth, Organist of Saint-Sulpice by Pierre-François Dub-Attenti, Christophe Zerbini and translated by George Baker is a biography of the world-renowned French organist, composer, and teacher, told in his own words through lively, wide-ranging interviews. Learn more 👉 buff.ly/QTMqKgE
🎶 European #Composers on the American Tour, 1900-1914 by Matthew Frerking Reese explores American concert life and cultural history around 1900 through the lens of four visiting European composers. Pre-order 👉 buff.ly/CrycUS5
What does it really mean to decolonize #AfricanStudies? In this thought-provoking post, Toyin Falola explores why African history cannot be understood through colonial archives alone. Read the blog ➡️ buff.ly/IK7hZpA #BookSky
Publishing this month, Decolonization and the Future of African Studies by Toyin Falola, argues that indigenous methods and knowledge are essential for studying Africa’s diverse peoples and histories. Pre-order ➡️ buff.ly/kYeuwk1 #BookSky #AfricanStudies #NewBook
Great to see David Herzberg and Joseph M. Gabriel, 2 of the 3 editors of the new book, Dealing with Drugs at the AAHM conference! Learn more about the book in the latest episode of the Humanities in the World podcast 👉 buff.ly/XLYAyAm #HistMed @dhbuffalo.bsky.social @jmgabriel.bsky.social
Brahms Patriotic and Political by David Brodbeck offers a historical context in which to understand how #Brahms's three most intensely political and nationalistic works interact with questions of German patriotism, liberalism and nationalism. Learn more 👉 buff.ly/aTdFBsF
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NEW: Eighteenth-Century Opera and Ballet edited by Vanessa L. Rogers and Janet K Page offers 12 original essays that explore the rich interplay of opera, ballet, and culture in eighteenth-century Europe and beyond. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/Wo9Rwdb #BookSky
NEW: Museums, Monuments, and Memory in Poland by Anna Krakus demonstrates how museums, public monuments & private collections in Poland generate competing interpretations of the past-particularly the Holocaust. Offers universal insights into the power of curated memory. Learn more 👉 buff.ly/uDADh47
This first in-depth biography looks at Janequin’s revolutionary approach to entertainment music, his pioneer status in the developing #music-printing industry, and his contributions to sacred music in the turmoil that followed the Reformation. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/gTId3Sc
Coquettes, Wives, and Widows by Marcie Ray, is a revelatory study of how composers and dramatists of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France criticized and trivialized independent women in their portrayals of them in works of #theater and #opera. Learn more: buff.ly/N5fcrXZ
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From Jeffrey Arlo Brown, The Life and Music of Gérard Grisey, shows how the artist’s sensuality and rigor came together to form the musical genre known as spectralism. Save 60% on the hardback until 5 May 2026. 👉 buff.ly/5gbGtwQ
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The Musical Identities of Harry Partch, edited by S. Andrew Granade, is an exploration of Partch’s visionary #music, instruments & identities, revealing how his singular sound-world challenges conventions, & continues to redefine the possibilities of musical expression. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/kiXPWcs
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Hungarian “Gypsy-Band” Music in Vienna, 1850-1914 offers a detailed investigation, based on extensive study of press reports and early recordings, of the popular Hungarian bands in Vienna who influenced Brahms and other composers. Learn more > buff.ly/twfuHYm
On the Run in Occupied Poland by Grażyna Gross and edited by Irene Kacandes is a child’s-eye account of fleeing Soviet-occupied Vilnius in 1940 bringing wartime and refugee experiences vividly to life. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/py1NfsX #UniversityPress #BookSky
We need historians because the past is never just the past. Every policy debate, public conversation, and cultural shift is shaped by what came before. Historians help us understand context, trace change over time, and recognize what’s at stake. #TalkAboutHumanities 🗃️
Beginning with a trip to London in 1980, Jon Ceander Mitchell reflects on his decades-long journey of research, travel, and inspiration shaped by the enduring #music of Gustav #Holst. Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/9hw7rK8 #UofRPress #UniversityPress
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