Boydell & Brewer

A landmark publication in the field of medieval music studies. Hartzell's achievement is nothing short of monumental, and the publishers have matched the wealth of his material with an elegant,... — Early Music Today More…

Scott Messing is a good digger. He successfully unearths the cultural politics out of which nouveau classicisme (in German, Klassizitat) began to emerge - not as nostalgia, and long before the... — Nineteenth-Century Music Review More…

Offers telling insights . . . [on the] linkage between teaching and communicating, teaching and composing. . . . Reach[es] to the core of Kurtag's essential expressionism. . . . [Kurtag's] tributes... — Musical Times More…

Informed by a broad expertise comprehending all of the disciplines for which human hearing is pertinent. Beament['s] model for the hearing of music...is not only the most speculative section... — Choice More…

A source of some solid enjoyment — Musical Times More…

[R]eveals the dazzling breadth of Rainbow's scholarship and capacity to ring bells of relevance to our here-and-now dilemma about music education. [...] Beautifully written, this is a book to... — Music Teacher More…