Browse: Boydell & Brewer (publisher), Classical Composers

This is a volume that every listener to or viewer of Handel's operas will want to purchase, and examine at length...Top marks for this reissue — Fanfare More…

The Parisian part of Wagner's journey is just that - a part - and Jeremy Coleman persuades us that it's not just a part that matters, but a part without which the whole could have been very different.... — Musical Times More…

[Grimley] shows an impressive and wide-ranging scholarship and a mastery not only of Grieg's music but the culture of his time...an authoritative and well documented survey with generous musical... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Intriguing — British Music Society More…

These profusely annotated and copiously documented volumes have often been seen as the nearest thing there is likely to be to an 'official' biography [...] it is a triumphant vindication of the... — Musical Times More…

This book is no eulogy compendium. Instead, the interviewees simply give us what we would all prefer to have, which is a diverse set of instructive, good-humoured accounts of their dealings with... — BBC Music Magazine More…

This new study offers a lively introduction to anyone seeking to understand [Wagner's ideas]...his highly opinionated survey brings fresh air to the debate. -- Andrew Clark — Financial Times More…

Albright has written a literary essay of great originality and charm, appealing to undergraduates through faculty, general readers, and professionals in both music and the humanitites — Choice More…

Dibble...does do Stainer proud in setting out his many achievements...It will be the standard text for a long time — Musical Times More…

A fascinating study of these three men at a 'crucial stage of their careers...highlights many troubles and tensions in music of the period: the future and purpose of the symphonic poem, the plight... — Music and Letters More…