Browse: Ian Woodfield (author)

Woodsfield's admirable analysis equips the musical director to make [a choice of versions] in full possession of such facts as are currently known — Musical Times More…

Delightful book ... Ian Woodfield's solid achievement is a product of canny scholarship: the ability to select and relate evidence, to discern telling detail, structure an argument, and to write... — The Times More…

Compositional histories' do not always address such intriguing and controversial issues...Woodfield expounds the...technical aspects of his scrutiny...with unfailing clarity...We are swept along... — Musical Times More…

In his hands the period springs vibrantly to life ... Scholarship with a human face - wonderful stuff — International Record Review More…

an impressively-documented study of rivalries and reputations... This well-focused study clarifies many [...] issues, and sheds valuable light on the precarious nature of building a career in... — Musical Times More…

digging deep into Woodfield's text will reap significant benefits for the scholar already familiar with opera in Vienna in the 1780s and anxious to replace the convenient fictions with something... — Revue de musicologie More…

In his hands the period springs vibrantly to life ... Scholarship with a human face - wonderful stuff — International Record Review More…

There is no doubt that this book is now the authoritative treatment of the subject, and will remain so for some time to come — The Times More…