Boydell & Brewer

[C]hronologically wide-ranging book — Brio More…

Jeremy Yudkin...is an expert guide, taking the reader through an enormous number of musical examples — BBC Music Magazine More…

This very interesting book primarily relates the early partnership of Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins. I enjoyed Redfern's...discussion of the staging and choreography of the various shows.... — American Record Guide More…

His theme is the seeking out of the conflicts and ironies that arise when musicians attempt to negotiate between their blessedly non-conceptual chosen medium and the real world in which they... — Musical Times More…

This is a book that many of us have been waiting for: one that tackles the frustrating problem of tempo and meter in the Baroque era with scrupulous scholarship, a clear-eyed sense of limits,... — Early Music America More…

[A] fascinating and invaluable book [...] It navigates an absorbing way through this difficult and complex period, and presents fresh material that should be made available beyond the confines... — Musical Times More…