Browse: WW Norton & Co (publisher), Classical Composers

If Wolff's first book, could be described in its simplest terms as "Bach in his world ', his second is "Bach in eternity — Gramophone Magazine More…

A thoughtful cultural history that takes into account the times in which Beethoven lived and worked-and they were times of revolution — Washington Post More…

Summertime is a genial and enthusiastic book — The Times More…

a sequence of thematic chapters, each with its own timeline, charting the composer's career through others' eyes and ears, evoking more vividly than most the society in which Handel moved — Sunday Times More…

Lockwood has given music lovers a great gift. By looking at historical context-who listened to Beethoven, what he read-and how the symphonies were planned, the reader gets a unique view of the... — Yo-Yo Ma More…

[A] brilliant look at how cultural influences propagate through time in strange and unpredictable ways — Library Journal More…