Browse: Boydell & Brewer (publisher), Western Classical Music History

[W]ith massive reference and exceptionally useful appendices, giving a fine, detailed background to the whole topic. . . . [T]he sheer range of factual information [Murray's book] provides .... — Musical Times 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…

Marrying theoretical insight with thick description, Scheding's work moves the study of World War II-era, European-Jewish composers in exile into a maturer set of relations with migration and... — Revue de musicologie More…

The 'Preface' to Michael Reynolds's charming book begins with a pithy statement: 'This is a book about creation, authorship and relationships'. Thus, in a nutshell, he lays out succinctly the... — Music and Letters More…

The author is to be applauded for shining a much-needed spotlight on the vast corpus of similar Spanish and New World cantorales that until very recently have been regarded as 'of very little... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

The anthology's greatest strength is its accessibility.... The abundant modern English glossing makes it well suited to the student or non-specialist — Folklore More…

Fascinating and persuasive blend of documentary and critical study — Musical Times More…