Boydell & Brewer

It is a delight to see an entire book devoted to this one item from myriad viewpoints — Journal of British Studies More…

An endlessly fascinating book — Music Teacher More…

Woodsfield's admirable analysis equips the musical director to make [a choice of versions] in full possession of such facts as are currently known — Musical Times More…

A real page-turner. . . Illustrates how an interdisciplinary approach is essential if we are to take our understanding of the randomly preserved remnants of cultural history to a new and higher... — Music and Letters More…

One of the most important eleventh-century music treatises written north of the Alps. A substantial introduction [by Snyder] gives a solid overview of the contents of the treatise and of its... — Revue de musicologie More…

Of particular interest are the essays that illuminate Britten's compositional methods of setting text, methods that have their origin in his intimate interaction with a wide variety of poetic... — Choice More…