Browse: Boydell & Brewer (publisher), Classical Composers

The Compendium is well written, authoritative, and interesting enough to be read cover-to-cover or in large chunks, though most people will delve into it as fancy dictates. For scholars writing... — American Record Guide More…

Author and conductor Graham O'Reilly unravels the historical and musical threads in a meticulous and entertaining narrative — Opera News More…

Granade shows that the grim predicament of the transient population during the Depression depicted in films, the novels of Steinbeck and the songs of Woody Guthrie, is also central to Partch.... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Of particular interest are the essays that illuminate Britten's compositional methods of setting text, methods that have their origin in his intimate interaction with a wide variety of poetic... — Choice More…

A rare example of a book devoted entirely to a single, recent composition. . . . Show[s] how Carter manages to create a reliably functioning mechanism more than equal to the demands he makes... — Musical Times More…

This authoritative and intriguing book is both well-researched and generously illustrated. Erica Siegel writes with passion in an engaging, fluent and readable style. The book will appeal to... — MusicWeb International More…

The account rings true. Intriguing and meticulously produced — The Times More…

Turn to any one of these entries and your understanding of why and how Brahms set a particular text will be deepened many times over...the book's value to interpreters as well to the much wider... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Wright provides a direct, detailed chronicle of Alwyn's life...[which] fills in many gaps...the book is an engaging read and should encourage people to explore Alwyn's music — Gramophone Magazine More…