Cambridge University Press

will undoubtedly become the standard text for recorder players for years to come ... I would guess that even professional players will find things here that are new to them — Early Music Today More…

Irving's book functions in part as a ready reference guide. As well as a rundown on the sources for each sonata, particularly noteworthy for its attention to the evidence provided by ink shadings... — The Times More…

Farhat's volume takes its place in musicological literature as an important contribution to scholarship on musical systems and as a lucid, useful, and satisfying introduction to one of the great... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

a stimulating book which keeps its focus true despite the almost perverse range of subject matter ... [a] dizzying intellectual switchback — Musical Times More…

the serious student will be richly stimulated — BBC Music Magazine More…