Boydell & Brewer

Compelling — Gramophone Magazine More…

The responses from . . . Mauricio Kagel, Helmut Lachenmann, and Iannis Xenakis . . . are as lucid an introduction to their musical preoccupations as could be hoped. Production values are as consistently... — Gramophone Magazine 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…

The detailing and readability of this magnificent book from John White, the doyen of the viola and viola literature, is remarkable...anyone with an interest in the English musical renaissance... — MusicWeb International More…

Recommended — Choice More…

The 'Preface' to Michael Reynolds's charming book begins with a pithy statement: 'This is a book about creation, authorship and relationships'. Thus, in a nutshell, he lays out succinctly the... — Music and Letters More…

Musicologists should certainly find it refreshing to read writers like Geert Lernhout . . . [who write] with such ample reserves of wit and good humour. . . [The various chapters] provide plentiful... — Music and Letters More…

Schulenberg has a grasp of music's grammar not often met with in current musicology [.] There is something touching about Friedemann's originalities [.] Here one can fancy him swerving away from... — Musical Times More…

The Liszt that emerges from the pages of Dolores Pesce's account of his last decade is admirable--no surprise--and likeable as well...If anyone still believes that Liszt's religion was a pose,... — The Times More…

Thoroughly researched and excellently illustrated. . . . Fauser has done us all a service in clearly presenting the musical and moral complexities of such a mammoth enterprise. . . . Thoughtful,... — BBC Music Magazine More…