Harrison
Slater’s research
and writings on music range from specialized scholarly works that have
been called “absorbing,” “remarkable and thorough,”
and “fascinating,” to prose works in fiction that have been
called “poetic,” “exquisite,” and “evocative”
by both serious musicians and lovers of literature alike. His scholarly
research has focused on Italian music through the centuries and includes
the musical culture of the Etruscans, Josquin Desprez in Milan, the
seventeenth-century theorist Doni, Sammartini, Mozart’s four Milanese
sojourns, Verdi operas and contemporary
Italian operatic composers.
Theoretical and analytical studies include Rameau’s
treatise, Code
de musique pratique
and sketches
and fragments for Mozart’s first serious opera, Mitridate.
Like Umberto Eco, a scholar who chose the murder mystery as a vehicle
to introduce an educated public to the middle ages (The Name of the
Rose), Slater wrote NightMusic to open the world of the
eighteenth century and Mozart’s life and music to both serious
scholars and new audiences, and Nocturne to showcase the piano music of Chopin (www.nocturnethenovel.com). Having taught music for decades throughout
the world, he believes that state of the art scholarship can be combined
with writings that are educational, entertaining and compelling.

All publications below are free pdf downloads.
"Chopin and the Vocal Nocturne"
"And
Mozart Came In Search of Work"
"Mozart
in Turin" in Mozart Studien, 1997
"Mozart
and the 'Duetto Notturno' Tradition" in Mozart-Jahrbuch,
1993
"The
Genesis of 'Se di Lauri'" in Mozart Studien, 1994
"Mozart's
Imperial Opponent" (Italian and English) in Nuova rivista
musicale italiana, 1994
"Mozart
in Milan: Between Triumph and Disappointment" in Mozartwoche
und Salzburger Festpiele, 1997
"Guglielmo
d'Ettore: Mozart's First Mitridate" in The Opera Quarterly,
1994
"Rameau's
Treatment of Suspensions" in Indiana Theory Review,
1992
"Current
Trends in Italian Opera" in Perspectives in New Music,
1991
"Chickering's
'Old Ironsides'" in Piano Quarterly, 1988
"Behind
Closed Doors" in Keyboard Classics, 1987
"The
Development of Music in Boston, Part I: The Boston of Psalm-singers & Singing
Schools" in Massachusetts Music News, 1988
"The
Development of Music in Boston, Part II: Lowell Mason - A Sesquicentennial
Perspective" in Massachusetts Music News, 1988
"The
Development of Music in Boston, Part III: Pianos, Pedagogy & Performance" in Massachusetts
Music News, 1989
"The
Development
of Music in Boston, Part IV: Chickering's Victory of the Ironclads" in Massachusetts
Music News, 1989
"The
Development of Music in Boston, Part V: A Taste for the Monumental" in Massachusetts
Music News, 1990
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Nocturne (The Embrace Trilogy)
Hardcover, 2013
Includes an audio CD of the piano music of Chopin, as soundtrack integrated into the novel
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Nocturne (The Embrace Trilogy)
Paperback, 2010
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Chopin and the Vocal Nocturne (2011)
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In Mozart's Footsteps: A
Travel Guide for Music Lovers
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NightMusic (The Embrace Trilogy)
Hardcover, 2003
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