Browse: Boydell & Brewer (publisher), Classical Composers

This welcome, much-needed study is superbly argued and written. It is attractively produced and presented — Tempo More…

Chisholm's contribution has been crying out for this reassessment - that it's as readable as this is a real bonus — The Scotsman More…

The book is fascinating for its insights into politics as much as into musical matters including the Russians' influence on Britten and he on the Russians — American Record Guide More…

[U]ntil now there has been no extensive study of what the words set by Byrd in his 1588 and 1589 song collections really mean, that is, 'what they are,' apart from songs. Smith...offers a brilliant,... — Choice More…

Offers a stimulating reading with insights into the act of creation, the compositional process, and the vantage point of the modern creative artist in the twenty-first century — Music and Letters More…

We are fortunate to have Dean's erudite and enthusiastic advocacy of these splendid works. Handel's Operas provides essential reading for scholars, a warning for directors, information for opera-goers...and... — Musical Times More…

Deftly executed. . . . Must find a place in every comprehensive music library. Summing Up: Essential [i.e., highest category]. Graduate students, researchers, professionals — Choice More…

An extensive haul of letters spanning more than four decades (1929-41) [that] saw the continuation of the composer's remarkable contribution to 'modernist discourse — Musical Times More…