Cambridge University Press

This valuable book is an outstanding example of interdisciplinary scholarship that incorporates music sources, art and artifacts, and politics and addresses far more than its title suggests.... — Renaissance Quarterly More…

It can be warmly recommended as a worthwhile institutional purchase and as an encouragingly good read — Music Teacher More…

This is an outstanding book, in scope, in scholarship and in presentation. Its 88 contributors read like a roll-call of the great and good in the field of Handel studies. Not simply an essential... — BBC Music Magazine More…

contains much valuable information — BBC Music Magazine More…

There are so many points of interest between these covers ... this is essential reading for Sibelians, a magnificent and illuminating volume - and congratulations are in order on the elegant... — International Record Review More…