Cambridge University Press

Glauert's illustrative and analytical detail is always subordinate to the energy and clarity of her argument. And that argument itself is truly deductive: it leaps out from an honest, keen-eared... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Simon P Keefe's mammoth study of Mozart's creative achievements during the last ten years of his life is an engrossing read ... The book has impeccable scholarly credentials, boasting a huge... — BBC Music Magazine More…

One might ask if this book, closely following Whitalls Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century (1999), is sufficiently different to merit consideration. The answer is an emphatic yes....... — Choice More…

Including wide-ranging discussions of the aesthetic potentials of the interrelations of musical and written languages, this book will best serve specialists — Choice More…