"Theme and variation" is a popular musical form in which a composer states a melody and then repeats it several times with changes to create more interest and variety. Some famous examples of this ...

Musical theater artist and historian Ben West is writing a new book, “The American Musical: Evolution of an Art Form.” The book will be released by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor ...

COMPOSERS of music in the dawn of the twentieth century are experimenting. Musical history is making to-day just as surely as it was in 1700.

Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, will release the new book from musical theater artist and historian Ben West, The American Musical: Evolution of an Art Form, on April 1, 2024.

Gianmario Borio, THINKING MUSICAL FORM TODAY, Il Saggiatore musicale, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2021), pp. 113-122 ...