Biographies, Classical Composers, Henry Purcell

He [Holman] always has something freshly reconsidered and illuminating to say — BBC Music Magazine More…

Bruce Wood's evocation of economic crises, credit crunches, pandemics and even expenses scandals in the 17th century is in the best tradition of Purcell scholarship ... a good read, with footnotes... — BBC Music Magazine More…

The first edition is a fine study, but the renewal of interest in both scholarship and performance of Purcell's works in general and of Dido and Aeneas in particular make the second edition... — Choice More…

The first book to concentrate on a part of Purcell's output that was not written for the theatre. Schab's analyses are informed by a strong sense of how the sonatas sound in performance...[and... — Music and Letters More…