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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…

This is a book about the artistic credos of five superb musicians. It is literate, well crafted, readable, and holds one's interest from beginning to end. Arnold Steinhardt (of Guarneri Quartet... — American Record Guide 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…

Polenberg writes engagingly about the Crescent City at the turn of the last century, as he does about everything he addresses in this entertaining and enlightening book." -- Jerome Clark — fRoots 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…

[Lewis] has all of the skills and instincts of a historian, a gift for clear description of complex technologies and a real passion for detail — Los Angeles Times More…

Lively.... Readers with an interest in 19th-century American religious and political popular culture will enjoy this biography of a hymn — Publishers Weekly More…

The conundrum of musical understanding has always been problematic because of music's keen relationship to time: it progresses through time, and therefore does not reveal itself inherently holistically.... — Choice More…