Music History, Western Classical Music History, Matthew Riley

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…

Matthew Riley has added considerably to our understanding of eighteenth-century musical thought. His effort to shed light on the importance of Aufmerksamkeit in the writings of Forkel and Sulzer... — Ad Parnassum More…

if you are still skeptical of his argument, read the rest of the book and watch as his preponderance of evidence piles upon you — Fontes Artis Musicae More…