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Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn has been ingeniously constructed to read both as history and parable....Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn not only charts a period of exceptional... — The Times More…

excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work — The Wire More…

Because of its comprehensive nature and the quality of its articles, this second installment of Schenker Studies is perhaps the best book now available for surveying the most recent trends in... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

I would highly recommend a cover-to-cover reading, particularly since Barham has so carefully emphasised the connections between the articles in his introduction. ... Mahler's music inspires... — Nineteenth-Century Music Review More…

Hallman is successful in creating a vivid account of the complicated political and cultural diversity of mid-nineteenth-century Paris. ... a thoroughly researched and well-written text — Nineteenth-Century Music Review More…

immensely welcome. Dealing with a wide range of issues, the thoughtfully selected articles reveal the views of contemporary Russian critics and chroniclers on concert life, publications, censorship,... — Brio More…

The book is not only informative but genuinely illuminating, particularly since it elegantly tackles details and complexities in the historical evidence — BBC Music Magazine More…