Cambridge University Press

Brilliantly selected essays — BBC Music Magazine More…

Each of the essays delivers on the book's promise of a strong emphasis on the institutions, cultures, and politics of the age — Choice More…

Shostakovich Studies is a stimulating and provocative collection that will in turn generate further appraisals of its subject — Musical Times More…

This well-indexed volume...will appeal to students and scholars at the upper-division undergraduate level and above, performers, Wolf devotees, and song-literature lovers — Choice More…

this is an insightful book which provides the materials for a richer understanding of this intriguing composer — The Wire More…

amounts to an exciting rarity in modern musical scholarship, a book that frequently explores virgin territory, unveiling in the process previously neglected source material, correcting a variety... — 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…

This is a rich yet unassuming book for which we should long be grateful — Musical Times More…