2013. Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913--1976; volume 6: 1966--1976 Boydell Press/Britten--Pears Foundation. (In Press.)
2013. 'Be flat or be natural? Tonal symbolism in Britten's operas'. In: Rethinking Britten Oxford University Press. (In Press.)
COOKE, M.J., 2012. A History of Film Music: Czech translation of CUP monograph (2008) Casablanca, Prague. (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., 2012. Review of Richard Dyer, Nino Rota: Music, Film and Feeling Music, Sound, and the Moving Image. 5(2), 185--190
2012. Composer of the Week: Scott Joplin BBC Music Magazine. 50--53
COOKE, M. J., 2011. CD liner notes on Britten's Cello Symphony and other works, for recording by Paul Watkins and BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Edward Gardner (Chandos 10658) (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., 2011. 'English Anthems', liner notes for EMI recording by the choir of King's College Cambridge [1993], reprinted in booklet accompanying 5-CD set 'Best of British' (EMI 028982), pp. 16--19
COOKE, M. J., 2011. CD liner notes on Steve Reich's The Desert Music and Three Movements for recording by Tonkuenstler Orchester Niederoesterreich under Kristjan Jaervi (Chandos CHSA 5091) (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., 2011. CD liner notes on Latin American orchestral works by Piazzolla, Gomez Carrillo, Castro, Valcarcel, Mignone, Holguin and Williams for recording by Wuerrtembergische Philharmonie under Gabriel Castagna (Chandos 10675) (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., 2011. CD liner notes on Britten's Double Concerto, Violin Concerto and Lachrymae for recording by Anthony Marwood, Lawrence Power and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov, Hyperion CDA67801 (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., 2010. Review of Anthony Davis: Amistad, CD recording by Lyric Opera of Chicago Journal of the Society for American Music. 5 i, (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., ed., 2010. The Hollywood Film Music Reader New York: Oxford University Press. (In Press.)
COOKE, M.J. AND PHILIP REED, ed., 2010. Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913--1976; volume 5: 1958--1965 Boydell Press/Britten--Pears Foundation.
COOKE, M. J., 2010. CD liner notes on Britten's works for baritone and piano, recorded by Gerald Finley and Julius Drake, Hyperion Records (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., 2010. 'Jak powstala amerykanska muzyka filmowa' ['Making Film Music "American"']. In: TOPOLSKI, JAN, ed., Nowa muzyka amerykanska [New American Music] Krakow: Ha!art/Sacrum Profanum. 160--183
COOKE, M. J., 2009. 'Anatomy of a Movie: Duke Ellington and 1950s Film Scoring'. In: LOCK, GRAHAM and MURRAY, DAVID, eds., Thriving on a Riff: Jazz and Blues Influences in African American Literature and Film Oxford University Press. 240-259
COOKE, M. J., 2009. CD liner notes on Malcolm Arnold's ballet scores, recorded by BBC Philharmonic and Rumon Gamba (conductor), Chandos Records (In Press.)
COOKE, M.J., 2009. 'El "canto profetico" de Britten', article on Billy Budd for Programa Temporada de Opera de la ABAO, no. 58, Bilbao
COOKE M J, 2009. Chorale-Variations on 'Kjaerlighet fra Gud', for solo organ Cantando Musikkforlag A/S, Stavanger, Norway. (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., 2009. 'Leonard Bernstein, Mass: A Theater Piece, liner notes for CD recording by Tonkunstlerorchester Niederosterreich under Kristjan Jarvi (Chandos CHSA 5070 2)
COOKE, M.J. WITH PHILIP REED AND DONALD MITCHELL, ed., 2008. Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten. Volume 4, 1952-1957 The Boydell Press.
COOKE, M.J., 2008. A History of Film Music Cambridge University Press.
COOKE, M. J., 2008. French and Dutch translations of article on Britten's Death in Venice, for production at La Monnaie, Brussels (In Press.)
COOKE, M.J., 2008. 'Britten's Venetian Soundscape', in Programa Temporada d'Opera, to accompany production of Britten's Death in Venice at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona in May 2008. (In Press.)
COOKE, M J, 2008. 'Franz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln', liner notes to CD recording by Tonkunstlerorchester Vienna/Jarvi (Chandos Records) (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., 2008. ‘Reflections on and around Britten’s War Requiem at Yale’ Colloquium 5 (Yale University Institute of Sacred Music). 2008(5), 73--81
COOKE, M.J., 2008. 'Piano works by Joseph Marx', liner notes to CD recording by Tonya Lemoh (Chandos Records)
COOKE, M.J., 2008. Chorus and incidental music to Euripides' Hippolytus for production at New College Oxford to commemorate the centenary of Gilbert Murray's appointment as Regius Professor of Greek (5, 6 and 7 June)
COOKE, M.J., 2007. Jazz [Korean translation of book first published in English by Thames & Hudson, 1998] Sigong Books, Seoul, South Korea.
COOKE, M. J., 2007. 'Britten's Death in Venice', article for programme book to 60th Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts (In Press.)
COOKE, M. J., 2007. Clarinet Sonata (first performance): Simon MacRae (clarinet) and Mervyn Cooke (piano), Djanogly Recital Hall, 19 October
COOKE M.J., 2007. 'The film music of John Addison', liner notes to CD recording by Rumon Gamba and the BBC Concert Orchestra
COOKE, M J, 2007. First performance of 'Fanfare for Youth', for brass band, by the Princeton Brass Band conducted by Stephen Arthur Allen, Yvonne Theater, Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey USA (2 December)
COOKE, M J, 2007. 'Turning the Tonal Screw', programme article for English National Opera/Kirov production of Britten's The Turn of the Screw, London Coliseum, December 2007
COOKE M.J., 2007. 'Astor Piazzolla: Sinfonia Buenos Aires and other orchestral works', liner notes to CD by Gabriel Castagna and the Wurrtemberg Philharmonic Orchestra (In Press.)
COOKE, M.J., 2007. 'East Meets West: The Musical Idiom of Death in Venice', programme book to accompany the English National Opera production of Britten's opera at the London Coliseum, May 2007 (In Press.)
COOKE, M.J., 2006. Two featured interviews on Benjamin Britten for BBC Radio 3 'Composer of the Week', broadcast on 7 and 8 December (In Press.)
COOKE, M.J., 2006. Programme notes for 59th Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts, June 2006
COOKE, M.J., 2006. 'Britten's Canticles', article in programme book to performance of complete cycle by Ian Bostridge et al., Carnegie Hall, New York City, 8 March 2006
COOKE, M.J., 2006. CD recording of 40-part motet 'Deus, Deus Meus' by Thomas Tallis Society Choir Dilute Ltd. (DIL06001).
COOKE, M.J., 2006. Review of Penny M. Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War, in Music & Letters
COOKE, M.J., ed., 2005. The Cambridge companion to twentieth-century opera Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
COOKE, M.J., 2005. Opera and Film. In: COOKE, M.J., ed., The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. 267-90
COOKE, M.J., 2005. Forty-part motet 'Deus, Deus Meus' 01/01/1900 00:00:00
COOKE, M.J., 2005. Programme notes and articles for Bath Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Wigmore Hall and Kent County Youth Orchestra
COOKE, M.J., 2005. Premiere of <em>Fantasy on a Hungarian Theme</em> for two pianos, performed by Katy Hamilton and Mervyn Cooke, Djanogly Recital Hall, University of Nottingham (4 May) 01/01/1900 00:00:00
COOKE, M.J., 2005. 'The Film Music of Stanley Black', liner notes to CD by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
COOKE, M.J., 2005. Review of Philip Rupprecht, Britten's Musical Language, Journal of The American Musicological Society. 58(1), 243-7 COOKE, M.J., 2005. 'Malcolm Arnold: A Grand Grand Overture and other concert overtures', liner notes to CD by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
COOKE, M.J., 2004. After swing: modern jazz and its impact. In: COOK, N. and POPLE, A., eds., The Cambridge history of twentieth-century music Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 395-417
COOKE, M.J., MITCHELL, D. and REED, P., eds., 2004. Letters from a life: the selected letters of Benjamin Britten 1913-1976. Vol. 3, 1946-1951 London: Faber.
COOKE, M.J., 2004. 'Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish) and other works', liner notes to CD by Jamie Bernstein (speaker) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Leonard Slatkin (Chandos 10172)
COOKE, M.J., 2004. 'Escenas Argentinas: symphonic works by Piazzolla, Buchardo, Aguirre, Giudice, Guastavino and Gianneo', liner notes to CD by Orquesta Sinfonica de Entre Rios conducted by Gabriel Castagna (Chandos 10185)
COOKE, M.J., 2004. Articles on Ernest Bullock and William Harris. In: MATTHEW, H.C.G. and HARRISON, B.H., eds., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford : Oxford University Press.
COOKE, M.J., 2004. First performance of My Maiden Isabel, for unaccompanied women's voices, by Cantamus under Pamela Cook, Djanogly Recital Hall, University of Nottingham, 16 June 2004 01/01/1900 00:00:00
COOKE, M.J., 2004. 'The English Oboe', liner notes to CD of concerti by Vaughan Williams, Holst, Goossens, Elgar and Jacob, performed by Ruth Bolister and the Elgar Chamber Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell (ASV Digital 1173)
COOKE, M.J., 2004. 'Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream', article for Programa Temporada d'Opera 2004--2005, to accompany production of the opera at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona (September 2004)
COOKE, M.J., 2004. Programme notes for Bath Festival, Kent County Youth Orchestra and Wigmore Hall
COOKE, M.J., 2004. 'John Ireland: Chamber Music', liner notes to ASV Sanctuary CD featuring performances by Julian Lloyd Webber, Daniel Hope and John McCabe
COOKE, M.J., 2004. Histoire de poche de l'opera anglais. In: , ed., Haendel: Hercules (L'Avant-Scene Opera, 221; Paris, 2004) 75-79
COOKE,M.J., 2003. Jazz among the classics, and the case of Duke Ellington. In: The Cambridge Companion to Jazz Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 153-173
COOKE, M.J., 2003. Four programme articles for 'Britten and the Far East' concert series, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (January--June 2003)
COOKE, M.J., 2003. 'Astor Piazzolla: Symphonic Works', liner notes for CD by the Wuerrtemberg Philharmonic Orchestra conduced by Gabriel Castagna (Chandos 10049/5006)
COOKE, M.J., 2003. 'Alberto Ginastera: Obras Sinfonicas', liner notes to CD by Berlin Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Gabriel Castagna (Chandos 10152)
COOKE, M.J., 2003. Programme notes for Aldeburgh Festival, Bath Festival, BBC Philharmonic, Kent County Youth Orchestra and Wigmore Hall (BBC lunchtime concerts)
COOKE, M.J., 2003. Premiere recording of Britten: Suite from The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57, edited by Donald Mitchell and Mervyn Cooke, by BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin (Chandos 10111) 01/01/1900 00:00:00
COOKE, M.J., 2003. 'Astor Piazzolla: The Song of the Angel', liner notes to CD by James Crabb (accordion) and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (Chandos 10163)
COOKE, M.J., 2003. 'Bernard Herrmann'. In: Les compsiteurs de musique (Les metiers du cinema): French translation of Film Music (Rotovision Screencraft) Compagnie du livre.
COOKE, M.J., 2003. 'Anthems from King's', liner notes to CD by Choir of King's College directed by Sir David Willcocks (EMI Classics for Pleasure)
COOKE, M.J. and HORN, D., eds., 2002. The Cambridge companion to jazz Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
COOKE,M.J., 2002. Turning the Tonal Screw: Britten and Serialism. In: AA314, Studies in Music 1750-2000: Offprints 2 Open University Press, Buckingham. 154-168
COOKE, M.J., 2002. Programme notes for Aldeburgh Festival, Bath Festival, Buxton Festival, Halle Youth Orchestra, Kent County Youth Orchestra and Wigmore Hall
COOKE, M.J., 2002. 'Myths and Melodrama' and 'Britten and Viennese Song', programme book to the Britten--Strauss Festival, Aldeburgh (October 2002), pp. 12--13 and 18--20
COOKE,M.J., 2001. Film music and articles on twentieth-century British Composers. In: SADIE, S. and TYRRELL, J., eds., The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians MacMillan Publishers Ltd, London. 797-810 etc
COOKE, M.J., 2001. Interviews for BBC Radio 4 on the film music of Sir Malcolm Arnold ('Front Row', 4 September) and on Britten's War Requiem ('Requiem', 25 October)
COOKE,M.J., 2001. 'Britten and Takemitsu', programme book to The Britten Festival 2001, Aldeburgh Productions, 25--28 October 2001
COOKE, M.J., 2001. 'Malcolm Arnold: Oboe Concerto and Symphonies 7, 8 and 9', liner notes to 2-CD set by BBC Philharmonic (Chandos 9967(2))
COOKE, M.J., 2001. 'Britten and the String Quartet: Contexts and Connections', programme book to the autumn string-quartet series, Turner Sims Concert Hall, University of Southampton
COOKE, M.J., 2001. 'Classic Jazz and Swing at Snape', Snape Proms 2001 Programme Book, pp. 15--16
COOKE, M.J., 2001. 'Britten's Sacred and Profane and other choral works', liner notes to recording by Polyphony and Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67140)
COOKE,M.J., 2001. Articles on David Fanshawe and George Fenton. In: FINSCHER, L., ed., Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Personenteil 2nd. 6. B?renreiter, Kassel, Germany. 714-715; 953
COOKE,M.J., 2001. Review of Arnold Whittall, 'Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century' Music and Letters. 82(3), 472-477
COOKE, M.J., 2001. 'Rite of Passage: Stylization and Renewal in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia', programme book to the English National Opera production at the London Coliseum, October 2001
COOKE, M.J., 2001. Notes for Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra on occasion of first French performance of Donald Mitchell and Mervyn Cooke (eds), Britten: Suite from 'The Prince of the Pagodas' (6 February 2001)
COOKE,M.J., 2000. Review of John Caldwell, The Oxford History of English Music, ii: c.1715 to the Present Day Music and Letters. 81(4), 614-616
COOKE,M.J., 2000. Bernard Herrmann. In: RUSSELL, M. and YOUNG, J., eds., Film Music RotoVision, Crans-Pres-Celigny, Switzerland. 18-31
COOKE, M.J., 1999. Article on Benjamin Britten. In: Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart Mohr, J.C.B., Verlag, Paul Siebeck, Tbingen.
COOKE,M.J., ed., 1999. The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
COOKE,M.J., 1999. Article on William Alwyn. In: FINSCHER, L., ed., Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Personenteil 2nd. 1. Barenreiter, Kassel. 558-559
COOKE,M.J., 1999. Introduction; Britten and Shakespeare: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'; Distant Horizons: From Pagodaland to the Church Parables. In: COOKE, M.J., ed., The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 1-8; 129-146; 167-187
COOKE, M.J., 1998. The East in the West: Evocations of the Gamelan in Western Music. In: The Exotic in Western Music 258-280
COOKE,M.J., 1998. Review of Paul Oliver: Conversation with the Blues Music and Letters. 79(4), 638-639
COOKE,M.J., 1998. Jazz Thames and Hudson, London.
COOKE,M.J., 1998. Britten and the Far East Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge.
COOKE,M.J., 1998. New Horizons in the Twentieth Century. In: ROWLAND, D., ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Piano Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 192-208
COOKE,M.J., 1997. The Chronicle of Jazz Thames and Hudson, London.
COOKE, M.J., 1997. Eastern Influences in Britten's 'The Prodigal Son' Melos. 19,20, 37-45
COOKE, M.J., 1997. Review of Christopher Mark, Early Benjamin Britten Music Analysis. 16(3), 409-415 COOKE, M.J., 1997. Review of Stephen Banfield (ed.), The Blackwell History of Music in Britain, vol. 6: The Twentieth Century Music and Letters. 78(1), 115-118
COOKE,M.J., 1997. Review of Peter J. Hodgson, Benjamin Britten: A Guide to Research Music and Letters. 78(4), 629-631
COOKE,M.J., 1997. Review of Paul Banks (ed.), The Making of `Peter Grimes' Music and Letters. 78(3), 464-466
COOKE,M.J., 1996. Britten: War Requiem Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
COOKE,M.J., 1995. From No to Nebuchadnezzar. In: REED, P., ed., On Mahler and Britten: essays in honour of Donald Mitchell Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge. 135-145
COOKE,M.J., ed., 1995. Cradles of the New: writings on music 1951-91 Faber and Faber Ltd, London.
COOKE, M.J., Articles on Geoffrey Burgon and Nicholas Sackman in Die Musik in Geschicte und Gegenwart, Personentail supplement, Baerenreiter Verlag, Kassel, Germany (In Press.)
COOKE, M.J., 'Piano works by Joseph Marx', liner notes to CD recording by xxxxx (Chandos Records)
COOKE, M.J., Review of Richard Dyer, Nino Rota: Music, Film and Feeling Music, Sound, and the Moving Image. (In Press.)
COOKE, M.J., Review of Richard Dyer, Nino Rota: Music, Film and Feeling Music, Sound, and the Moving Image. (In Press.)