Browse: Oxford Monographs on Music (series)

This volume represents a milestone in the history of Pfitzner scholarship, being the first complete study of the composer's music in English and appearing at an ideal time for an objective re-evaluation... — Musical Times More…

Brilliantly argued, deeply researched study showing how the Montmartre cabaret music influenced Satie's mature work — BBC Music Magazine More…

The richest aspect of this book is the detailed chronicle it provides of five generations of nuns ... coming to terms with the new insistence on monastic enclosure and the threat that it posed... — The Times More…

Ostensibly mundane details, about payments to musicians, for instance, convey a vivid picture of the palaces, theatres and outdoor carnivals for which Corelli played and composed ... he not only... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Spink tells us with breathtaking candour: "The fact that most of his songs are short and restricted in their musical range makes writing interestingly about them rather a challenge." Given this... — The Times More…

A full and invaluable account of English theoretical writing over the period ... A particularly valuable contribution of the book to English music history is the four full appendices — Musical Times More…

Harrison provides useful insights into the performance practices concerning Joseph Haydn's sonatas for keyboard instruments ... graduate students and faculty will find much of interest in this... — Choice More…