Boydell & Brewer

Deftly executed. . . . Must find a place in every comprehensive music library. Summing Up: Essential [i.e., highest category]. Graduate students, researchers, professionals — Choice More…

His letters are never less than articulate and inventive in prose, while at best, they rise to an exuberance of argument and evocation, shot through with penetrating insights into music and... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Berkeley's character emerges through his music, through interviews with family, colleagues and pupils (including son Michael, Julian Bream and John Tavener) and through correspondence... Berkeley... — Classic FM Magazine More…

Jonathan Bernard's collection. . . includes several highly characteristic pieces. . . he emphasizes the more substantial and elaborate materials of the essays and lectures. Bernard's selection... — Music and Letters More…

This excellent book offers something for everyone, with exemplary studies using a wide range of analytical and hermeneutic techniques. It provides a welcome summary of the major trends in the... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

Worthy of its subject, perhaps, as few other books can really claim to be. -- Stephen Daw — Musical Times More…

No one writes better on Handel. No one has so sure a hotline to the whole range of his characters, in their strengths and weaknesses (and for Dean, the heart of the operas is character)...We... — Musical Times More…

This is a delightful book. . . . What is remarkable about this book is its freshness: the vividness of Grainger's personality -- its originality, forcefulness, and impact seem undimmed by the... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

Balint Andras Varga is one of the great listeners in the recent history of music. Surging toward sound on every silent page, this book is a major document both of the century now past and of... — The New Yorker More…

This new translation will make it easier for those interested in Wagner to comprehend the musician's elusive philosophy on music, and will place this, the best-known of the composer's writings... — Fontes Artis Musicae More…