Browse: Boydell & Brewer (publisher), Classical Composers

Grimley has given us provocative and stimulating new guidelines for understanding Nielsen, not as a marginal figure, but as one very much a part of a cultural generation deeply involved in aesthetic... — American Record Guide More…

Takes a unique approach to Gioachino Rossini and five of his operas. The author puts the operas in historical context and argues that they could have been written only in a post-revolutionary... — Choice More…

This volume is a crucial addition to scholarship. Being the first 'detailed and long-overdue study of Bridge' it will be of huge interest to serious researchers into his music. Added value here... — MusicWeb International More…

[Santos has] much to say about the dramatic representation of Lulu herself, and the role of a tonality-acknowledging 12-tone technique in that representation. Makes good use of the multiplicity... — Musical Times More…

Christina Guillaumier has made the first comprehensive and critical evaluation of [Prokofiev's operatic] works. The result forms a most persuasive and thoroughly researched case for this least... — Musical Times More…

[A] noble effort which for almost 200 years many people have thought important enough to compile. The fact the hefts [books] still exist after two 20th Century wars is amazing — American Record Guide More…

The whole book is written with the love, poetry and insight that Delius' music deserves — BBC Music Magazine More…

I recommend [Cole's] contribution to the available literature on Tallis wholeheartedly. -- Peter Phillips — Musical Times More…

This wonderful and much-needed monograph not only provides the essential information about Cousser's life and career, but also allows us to examine the contents of a precious little book, pocket-sized... — Early Music America More…

Insights aplenty.Delving into his inspirations is rewarding for all opera lovers — Opera Now More…