Browse: Boydell & Brewer (publisher), Classical Composers

A fascinating biography. . . . Chris Walton's translation of Eva Rieger's compelling narrative reads well. . . . Her story made an equalling uplifting read — MusicWeb International More…

Jonathan Bernard's collection. . . includes several highly characteristic pieces. . . he emphasizes the more substantial and elaborate materials of the essays and lectures. Bernard's selection... — Music and Letters More…

Offers telling insights . . . [on the] linkage between teaching and communicating, teaching and composing. . . . Reach[es] to the core of Kurtag's essential expressionism. . . . [Kurtag's] tributes... — Musical Times More…

This is a delightful book. . . . What is remarkable about this book is its freshness: the vividness of Grainger's personality -- its originality, forcefulness, and impact seem undimmed by the... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

No one writes better on Handel. No one has so sure a hotline to the whole range of his characters, in their strengths and weaknesses (and for Dean, the heart of the operas is character)...We... — Musical Times More…

This excellent book offers something for everyone, with exemplary studies using a wide range of analytical and hermeneutic techniques. It provides a welcome summary of the major trends in the... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

Worthy of its subject, perhaps, as few other books can really claim to be. -- Stephen Daw — Musical Times More…

Balint Andras Varga is one of the great listeners in the recent history of music. Surging toward sound on every silent page, this book is a major document both of the century now past and of... — The New Yorker More…

Julius Eastman enjoyed the admiration of peers such as Morton Feldman, Meredith Monk and Pierre Boulez. Here, highly engaging essays by those who knew Eastman well recall him as a person and... — BBC Music Magazine More…

It is clear, however, that future studies of Mozart's stylistic development, from whatever angle they are undertaken, and evaluations of the significance of his mature instrumental works, will... — Music and Letters More…