Browse: Arnold Whittall (author)

Whittall's emphasis on polarity is a superb way of describing the structure of musical language — 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…

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…

One might ask if this book, closely following Whitalls Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century (1999), is sufficiently different to merit consideration. The answer is an emphatic yes....... — Choice More…

This is an important book, enriching with far more exact substance than had so far been essayed the common view of these two composers as talents in many ways complementary — Music and Letters More…

Whittall's emphasis on polarity is a superb way of describing the structure of musical language — Musical Times More…

series. Indeed, if Arnold Whittall's excellent Serialism is anything to go by - the first book in the series and in every respect its guiding light - then clearly we have much to look forward... — Musical Times More…

[This] book contains a wealth of fascinating reading and does what the best books on music do: it makes the reader want to listen to the music under discussion, and that is how music continues... — Brio More…