Boydell & Brewer

Indispensable for anyone wanting to quickly discover useful facts and scholarly information about every conceivable Ramellian subject . . . The compendium is a monumental dissemination of scholarship... — Gramophone Magazine More…

This is a fascinating book that every baroque soloist and conductor should read and I'm sure it will have a profound influence on the performance of these works in the future - -- Adrian Butterfield — Early Music Today More…

This collection will stand for many years to come as [a] beacon to future learning — Early Music Today More…

[A] a valuable collection of essays that reflect the multilayered character of Goethe's Faust. It is an essential text for libraries that serve research and teaching needs at the postsecondary... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

An engrossing, thought-provoking, and unusual book about a most unusual man. . . Delectable smorgasbord of biography, cultural and reception history, and philological review. [The chapter on... — Music and Letters More…

Tightly organized and impeccably researched, this engaging study triangulates the disciplines of musicology, literary history, and iconography to present the political roles music could play... — Renaissance Quarterly More…