Matthew Head

Biographic Data

ID3861326
NAMEMatthew Head
GIVEN NAMESMatthew
FAMILY NAMEHead
SIGNATUREHEAD M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Southampton
ORCID0000-0002-0569-7981
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • The Many Haydns of Musicology

    Open AccessEmily I Dolan, Matthew HeadCHAPTERHaydn Studies 22025

    With this contract, Nicholas Mathew opens the final chapter of his recent book The Haydn Economy , which is simply entitled: ‘Work’. ‘For most of his life’, Mathew writes, ‘Haydn was constantly busy’. In the chapter, Mathew deftly traces the common origins of the musical work concept and the economic concept of work. As Mathew builds his argument, he delves into Haydn’s varying forms of labour and work, and Haydn’s reflections on them. Mathew pla…

  • Haydn Studies 2

    Open AccessEmily I Dolan, Matthew Head et al.BOOKHaydn Studies 22025

    Haydn scholarship has mirrored recent trends in musicological research with an increased interest in the cultural context and reception of his music, though he has not received the sustained consideration given to other canonical figures. Over the past decade, more consideration has been paid to Haydn's operas and oratorios which previously tended to be eclipsed by his chamber and orchestral music. These new perspectives are the focus of this col…

  • The Cambridge Companion to The Magic Flute

    Open AccessEstelle Joubert, Martin Nedbal et al.BOOKThe Cambridge Companion to The…2023

    Since its premiere in 1791, The Magic Flute has been staged continuously and remains, to this day, Mozart's most-performed opera worldwide. This comprehensive, user-friendly, up-to-date critical guide considers the opera in a variety of contexts to provide a fresh look at a work that has continued to fascinate audiences from Mozart's time to ours. It serves both as an introduction for those encountering the opera for the first time and as a treas…

  • Introduction

    Matthew HeadARTICLEJournal of Musicological Research2021

    Example 1. Carl Heinrich Graun (attr.), “Apollo amante di Dafne” (GraunWV C:III:67). Opening recitative, “Ferma Daphne crudel” (Apollo), mm. 7–13. Set from Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D–B): Am.B 22

  • Howard Skempton

    Matthew William Head, Esther Cavett et al.EDITORBOOKHoward Skempton2019

  • Musicology on Safari

    Open AccessMatthew HeadARTICLEMusic Analysis2003Cited by: 2

  • Schubert, Kramer, and Musical Meaning

    Matthew HeadARTICLEMusic and Letters2002Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Schubert, Kramer, and Musical Meaning Get access Matthew Head Matthew Head Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume 83, Issue 3, August 2002, Pages 426–440, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/83.3.426 Published: 01 August 2002

  • Birdsong and the Origins of Music

    Open AccessMatthew HeadARTICLEJournal of the Royal Musical…1997Cited by: 4References: 1

    How old is music, and what are its most ancient forms? What is its origin, its source, and to whom shall we attribute its invention? Is music from man, from nature, or from God? Whom does it serve, in whose name is it sung? These are the questions that eighteenth-century writers asked themselves as they embarked on their histories of music; these are the questions they felt it necessary to answer on the first pages of their manuscripts. Today we …