Boydell & Brewer

Scott Messing is a good digger. He successfully unearths the cultural politics out of which nouveau classicisme (in German, Klassizitat) began to emerge - not as nostalgia, and long before the... — Nineteenth-Century Music Review More…

[U]ntil now there has been no extensive study of what the words set by Byrd in his 1588 and 1589 song collections really mean, that is, 'what they are,' apart from songs. Smith...offers a brilliant,... — Choice More…

Packed away in its pages is a very large amount of new information. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT A fitting tribute to the opera's enduring international stature, and undoubtedly [a] significant... — Music and Letters More…

Enlightening — British Music Society More…

Immensely detailed, rich, and often fascinating anecdotal biography — Choice More…

One could hardly ask for a more authoritative voice for the definitive account of the life of the great viola virtuoso. [...] White's biography is the last word on Tertis and no less than its... — Gramophone Magazine More…

What makes the book particularly worthwhile is its careful contextualization of the major fin-de siecle revivals of eighteenth-century operas including abundant selections from critical discourse.... — Nineteenth-Century Music Review More…

With its heavy reliance on newspaper reviews of the period for descriptions, as well as deep mining of programme notes, cast sheets and other theatrical ephemera not easily available for most... — The Times More…

Here, at last, is a full appreciation of [this] remarkable musician. Most engaging. . . . Deeply moving. [Five Stars] — BBC Music Magazine More…