Cambridge University Press

[The book is] alive to the extraordinary contradictions and inconsistencies which ran through the Western world's most intensely developed musical culture as it weathered the upheavals of Weimar... — The Times More…

Readers unaware of the full extent of Schumann's compositional mastery, or his staggering originality will surely finish this volume newly enlightened — Classical Music More…

Written in an elegantly accessible style, this is the most valuable book on Strauss and his music to have appeared in English — BBC Music Magazine More…

Holloway's piece is the most inspiring short essay on the composer I ever hope to read, and itself provides an urgent reason why any Haydn-lover should acquire this book — BBC Music Magazine More…