Boydell & Brewer

Packed full of fascinating material reflecting upon the difficult and sometimes intangible issues that face a busy professional pianist...what emerges from these pages is Tomes's strong sense... — BBC Music Magazine More…

This book reveals [Tomes'] talents as a writer, too, one with a capacity for imaginative enquiry and a gift for the telling phrase... as natural and compelling a communicator in words as she... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Immensely detailed, rich, and often fascinating anecdotal biography — Choice More…

Rewarding ... Enlightening ... An exciting new addition to the musical and historical literature — British Music Society More…

[Susan Tomes's] penetrating intelligence is refreshing in a discourse often reduced to cliche and lazy generalisation ... One has only to think of Tomes's exceptional playing to understand why... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Potter's scholarly and engaging book brings out the ways in which Satie's music...absorbed the 'sonic environment' of the city — Sunday Times More…