Boydell & Brewer

[A] valuable reference book for scholars and performers — American Record Guide More…

The book is beautifully produced, with lots of good illustrations and musical examples [...] In a sense it is a monument, not just to one scholar, but to a whole generation in which some of... — Music and Letters More…

Offers informed, trenchant assessments of important Met stagings. . . . Especially insightful about the work of regional companies. . . . Martin's effort combines a critic's eye, a scholar's... — Opera News More…

This totally absorbing account, fluently narrated and minutely documented with the help of the prolific letter-writing Wesleys, guarantees a sympathetic hearing for the troubled Samuel. It deserves... — Musical Times More…

Grimley has given us provocative and stimulating new guidelines for understanding Nielsen, not as a marginal figure, but as one very much a part of a cultural generation deeply involved in aesthetic... — American Record Guide More…

Rawson has mastered the Czech language ... Fascinating ... Rawson is a skilful guide — Musical Times More…