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The collection of essays is a sort of appendix to Alan Walker's three-volume biography of Liszt. That was not a study of the music, though it commented selectively on the music as part of the... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Reich's first edition contributed to the increase in interest in Clara Schumann and in the performances and recordings of her music. The publication of this revised edition will continue to stir... — Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music More…

Applegate brings together the personnel and circumstances around an event famous in all music history books. Her confident handling of written sources reveals Berlin as a burgeoning city of culture... — Musical Times More…

A macabre little classic." -- Alex Ross — The New Yorker More…

Reich's first edition contributed to the increase in interest in Clara Schumann and in the performances and recordings of her music. The publication of this revised edition will continue to stir... — Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music More…

Applegate brings together the personnel and circumstances around an event famous in all music history books. Her confident handling of written sources reveals Berlin as a burgeoning city of culture... — Musical Times More…

Alan Walker's biography of Liszt... has been widely hailed as a groundbreaking work of scholarship.... Not only did his dogged research correct numerous, mostly damaging preconceptions about... — The New York Times More…

Susan Youens's Retracing a Winter's Journey is the most successful and appealing of the various recent studies of Winterreise. Youens is a true Schubertian, able to find the subtlety of the cycle... — Music and Letters More…