Browse: Plumbago Books and Arts (publisher)

These memoirs are valuable for the sense of context they cast on the personalities involved. [...] the reader [...] will find much to enjoy, and may well conclude that it attests to the integrity... — Musical Times More…

[Reviewed together with 'Towards a Poetics of Music and the Arts'] [T]hese two short books by the distinguished music critic Christopher Wintle [...] seek to revive criticism as a means of thought... — The Cambridge Quarterly More…

Immaculately presented, with copious musical examples. It stands as a prime example of how one might go about a critical analysis of a work, moving back and forth between historical, analytical,... — Music and Letters More…

These memoirs are valuable for the sense of context they cast on the personalities involved. [...] the reader [...] will find much to enjoy, and may well conclude that it attests to the integrity... — Musical Times More…

It is [...] fascinating to trace the emergence of the kind of 'Kellerism' that became such a strong feature of his journalism and scholarship from the letters [...] which he wrote as an internee — Musical Times More…

In a time when the idea of a volume celebrating an individual scholar is rarely a publisher's delight, The Wagner Style presents, in its breadth and coherence, a compelling case for such a book,... — Opera Magazine More…

An academic as well as respected commentator on opera, Christopher Wintle has here assembled a collection of his writings on the genre, including essays for the Royal Opera...plus a selection... — BBC Music Magazine More…

This book is a celebration of [Schoenberg's] chamber composition 'Pierrot Lunaire'. [...] Highly Recommended — Choice More…

Intriguing ... striking insights. [Four stars out of five] — BBC Music Magazine More…

Immaculately presented, with copious musical examples. It stands as a prime example of how one might go about a critical analysis of a work, moving back and forth between historical, analytical,... — Music and Letters More…