Boydell & Brewer

[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…

Charming, revealing and compelling ... an essential addition to the literature on 20th-Century music, one that should be on the reading list of all string players who aspire to a professional... — Classical Music More…

He is...an enthusiast, and his enthusiasm, which lights up every page, is reinforced by an unsurpassed knowledge of his subject. However well one thinks one knows Das Lied von der Erde, one's... — Musical Times More…

[T]he gathering and translation of Schenker's correspondence, in addition to explanations of his various contacts, is impressive . [and] could be a starting point for researchers interested... — Choice More…

A useful volume for those researching . . . late eighteenth-century instrumental repertoires — Music and Letters More…

A fascinating account of British music seen through the prism of compositions written specifically to celebrate the feast of the patroness of music St Cecilia...exemplary scholarship... that... — British Music Society More…

An endlessly fascinating book — Music Teacher More…

It is a strength of this book that Spicer's discussion of the music is both approachable and readable, and in this regard falls very much in the 'life and works' treatment of traditional musicology... — Musical Times More…

This volume is a crucial addition to scholarship. Being the first 'detailed and long-overdue study of Bridge' it will be of huge interest to serious researchers into his music. Added value here... — MusicWeb International More…