Boydell & Brewer

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…

If his opinions are often provocative, his writings also stir one into reflection on even well-known works... Plenty to stimulate and even inspire — Gramophone Magazine More…

This acute and entertaining book will be indispensable for film-music buffs and enthusiasts for British music generally. Swynnoe writes out of deep knowledge and love of the subject. BBC MUSIC... — Journal of British Cinema and Television More…

This collection contains much enlightening material, and is a thought-provoking volume for anyone researching the music of the long nineteenth century in general. As we have come to expect from... — Fontes Artis Musicae More…

These essays, some the result of this new access, include...Kevin Salfen's very fine chapter on No drama...Jenny Doctor on Britten's wartime radio work and Byron Adams on the little-explored... — BBC Music Magazine More…

The book raises more questions than it answers, and that is surely a good thing: it makes one think. . . [Many of the] scores [in reduction] are quoted complete, which is certainly an aid to... — Tempo More…