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Foreign Rights List Spring 2018 · Music 1

Sven Oliver Müller: Leonard Bernstein. Biography[German title: Leonard Bernstein. Der Charismatiker]300 pages, 25 illustrations. Hardcover with dust jacket 15 × 21,5 cmISBN 978-3-15-011095-9

The biography written on occasion of the international star’s 100th birthday portraits Leonard Bern­stein as conductor, composer, teacher, civil rights activist, businessman, erotomaniac and charismatic showman. Bernstein conducted almost every important orchestral piece from the classical repertoire and impressed an audience of millions with his musical skills as well as his charisma.Sven Oliver Müller describes the life of an exceptional character without glossing over his negative sides: his vanity, his penchant for cigarettes and alcohol or the inner loneliness of his later years.

Sven Oliver Müller (* 1968), a historian at the University of Tübingen, has published books on the history of music in Europe and the USA, the political assessment of Richard Wagner in the 20th century as well as the history of opera.

Michael Wersin: How to listen to Bach[German title: Bach hören. Eine Anleitung]176 pages, 22 illustrations, 26 musical examples. Paperback 12 × 19 cmISBN 978-3-15-020517-4

Michael Wersin gives the listener the key to a deeper understanding of Bach’s music. Besides ana­lysing musical structures in Bach’s compositions, he also looks at their historico­cultural context, at the educational approach in Bach’s works, at the chorales and their part in church services or his late masterworks such as the »Mass in B minor« or »The Art of Fugue«.Musical examples throughout the book illustrate the author’s analysis.

Michael Wersin (* 1966) is a professor of History of Music at Feldkirch Conservatoire. He is also director of studies at the School of Church Music St. Gallen. As choirmaster of the professional choir Capella Vocale he is responsible for a series of Baroque music concerts. He writes for the classic magazine RONDO and has published several books with Reclam.

Herbert Hellhund: Jazz. Harmonics, melodics, improvisation, analysis[German title: Jazz. Harmonik, Melodik, Improvisation, Analyse]260 pages, 100 musical examples. Paperback 16 × 24 cmISBN 978-3-15-011165-9

Jazz is highly intense music – and the more you know about it, the more you can hear. Unlike other teaching material on jazz this book takes a new, more extensive approach: It focuses on improvisation, key characteristic of jazz, as a process of developing musical ideas. Herbert Hellhund gives an introduction to harmonics, rhythm, form and expression as well as to the underlying melodic principles of improvisation. In order to exemplify these principles, the author analyses the soli of great jazz musicians.

Herbert Hellhund (* 1950) is a jazz trumpeter and professor at Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media where he has been in charge of the course »Rock, Pop and Jazz« since 1986.

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Barbara Achermann: Working Women’s Wonderland. Rwanda’s Success Story[German title: Frauenwunderland. Die Erfolgsgeschichte von Ruanda]184 pages, 25 illustrations. Paperback 12,5 × 20,5 cmISBN 978-3-15-011128-4

This book tells Rwanda’s success story, written by Rwanda’s women. Twenty years ago, women were neither allowed to open a bank account nor to speak publicly. Today Rwanda’s parliament has more female members than any other in the world and over half of private businesses are owned by women. The bloody genocide of 1994 furthered an express emancipation without which Rwanda’s rapid economic growth would not have been possible. Even more impressive than this economic development are the people behind it – the women portrayed in this book.

Barbara Achermann (* 1979) is an editor for the Swiss magazine annabelle. 2016 she was awarded the Swiss media prize »real 21 – Die Welt verstehen« for her report on Rwanda. For the research on this book, she returned to Rwanda in 2017.

Ulf Brunnbauer / Klaus Buchenau: A History of South-Eastern Europe[German title: Geschichte Südosteuropas]511 pages, 7 maps. Hardcover with dust jacket 15 × 21,5 cmISBN 978-3-15-011154-3

There is no region in Europe more diverse than South­Eastern Europe, once a part of Byzantium, then the Ottoman Empire, the Austro­Hungarian Empire and eventually belonging to the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence. Today many countries are troubled by poverty, corruption and tensions caused by the coexistence of different religious beliefs. This book looks at the roots of these problems giving an extensive historical overview of the region.

Ulf Brunnbauer (* 1970) is a professor and academic director of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies at Regensburg University.Klaus Buchenau (* 1967) is a professor of Southeast and East European History at Regensburg University.

Norbert Angermann / Karsten Brüggemann: A History of the Baltic Countries[German title: Geschichte der baltischen Länder]400 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket 15 × 21,5 cmISBN 978-3-15-011167-3

All of the Baltic countries are members of the European Union, Riga was European Capital of Culture in 2014. Tourism in the Baltics is flourishing and Estonia ranks among the top countries in digi talization as well as IT. A look at the past helps understanding present developments: In the Middle Ages, all three countries were closely associated with their neighbours to the west. In the heyday of the Hanseatic League, the German influence was strong, Lithuania and Poland were closely connected for centuries, and since the 17th century Sweden and Russia dominated the region.Each of the Baltic countries has its individual history – acknowledged and described in this book.

Norbert Angermann (* 1936) is a professor emeritus for History of Eastern Europe at Hamburg University. Karsten Brüggemann (* 1965) is a professor of Estonian and General History at Tallinn University.

Foreign Rights List Spring 2018 · History 2

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Foreign Rights List Spring 2018 · Philosophy 3

Harry Misho Teske: Zen Buddhism Step by Step[German title: Zen-Buddhismus Schritt für Schritt]250 pages, 20 illustrations. Hardcover 12 × 19 cmISBN 978-3-15-011153-6

Harry Mishō Teske is a Zen master in Kiel, Germany, and teaches in the authentic Japanese Rinzai tradition. His introduction is a step­by­step guide to Zen Buddhism.Zen means continuous practice, its aim is complete enlightenment. The path of Zen is simple but it is not easy: Zazen, sitting and meditating in silence. The author explains the concept and principles of Zen, gives meditation instructions for beginners and points out the challenges or obstacles Zen practitioners might face.Coloured illustrations by Christian Meier show the Ten Bulls used in the Zen tradition to depict the practitioner’s path to enlightenment.

Harry Misho Teske (* 1958), a trained carpenter, first encountered Zen in 1981 during his journey man years. He has practised Zazen since 1985 and was ordained as a monk in the Japanese monastery Hoko­ji in 1991. For 13 years he had worked as a social education worker and therapist.