Music in the Twentieth Century

a welcome reissue of the book ... Above all, Experimental Music is a useful source book for a period of radicalism in musical practice in which the rule was to break the rules — Music Teacher More…

excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work — The Wire More…

This is a well-researched, densely thought and thought-provoking book. It is all too easy to take Stravinsky for granted at the end of the century, but Cross reminds us how long a shadow - and... — Music Teacher More…

Crammed with ... source material out of the BBC's capacious archives, this book offers a major contribution to the history of music in 20th-century Britain — BBC Music Magazine More…

a much needed guide to a fascinating aspect of European culture ... it is particularly welcome to have his findings presented in the form of a single extended account ... a useful and approachable... — Music and Letters More…

An important contribution to Britten scholarship — Musical Times More…