Princeton University Press

A model of objective biography, one that is amazingly modern and as valuable today as when it was written... Thayer's Life remains the definitive biography — The New York Times More…

An important contribution to the discussion on Shostakovich — Library Journal More…

rather, it might be his tumultuous, trenchant, Zelig-like diary... His perspective is singularly significant — The Philadelphia Inquirer More…

An insightful volume — The New York Times More…

Winner of the 1996 Wallace Berry Distinguished Book Award, Society for Music Theory "Strategic economy is a very striking feature of this book, as striking as its breathtaking ambition... Those... — New York Review of Books More…

[In] Kate Kennedy's admirably detailed and perceptive biography . . . . [she] examines in some detail the extraordinary depth and talent of Gurney's creative genius - she is particularly illuminating... — BBC Music Magazine More…