Browse: Boydell & Brewer (publisher), Western Classical Music History

Hugh Macdonald's 'biography of a year' is positively postmodern in the way it dissolves its documentary sources into a smoothly running narrative that relishes and thereby transcends the archaic... — Musical Times More…

Constantly illuminating — Gramophone Magazine More…

[A] compendious collection of interviews — Sunday Times More…

Stephen Banfield has written a wonderful book. Drawing connections between place and music, he finds new ways of interpreting both as he guides the reader over nearly 8,000 square miles and more... — Music and Letters More…

Given the current direction of travel of global politics, this wide-ranging and fascinating survey has a particular timely quality to it. A collaboration between a music historian and a historian... — Sunday Times More…

A rich, closely packed book — The Times More…

Indispensable for anyone wanting to quickly discover useful facts and scholarly information about every conceivable Ramellian subject . . . The compendium is a monumental dissemination of scholarship... — Gramophone Magazine More…

An immensely stimulating and readable book, raising many interesting and ever-relevant questions concerning the nature of music biography and criticism, and how they are affected by extra-musical... — Musical Times More…

[A] treasure trove for those interested in the period. Highly recommended — Choice More…