Boydell & Brewer

Generously filled with black and white photographs, reproductions of programmes and musical illustrations, this handsome volume is an invaluable - and essential - contribution towards a fuller... — International Piano More…

As a sourcebook on cultural background and on such figures as patrons, publishers and performers who flit through the background of the lives of the great Vienna-based composers, this study is... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Rewarding ... Enlightening ... An exciting new addition to the musical and historical literature — British Music Society More…

[A] fascinating study of 'classical' music from around the globe . . .Beautifully produced and laden with colour images. 4 Stars — BBC Music Magazine More…

Potter's scholarly and engaging book brings out the ways in which Satie's music...absorbed the 'sonic environment' of the city — Sunday Times More…

My Beloved Man is, quite simply, a love story...it is fascinating to read — Gramophone Magazine More…

Immensely detailed, rich, and often fascinating anecdotal biography — Choice More…

Offers a stimulating reading with insights into the act of creation, the compositional process, and the vantage point of the modern creative artist in the twenty-first century — Music and Letters More…

This book reveals [Tomes'] talents as a writer, too, one with a capacity for imaginative enquiry and a gift for the telling phrase... as natural and compelling a communicator in words as she... — BBC Music Magazine More…