Jul 20, 2021 | Book reviews
Ian Maxwell THE BOYDELL PRESS (355 pages) Ian Maxwell has been examining and researching the life and work of E J Moeran for over 15 years and this book is the distillation of these efforts into a magnificent book detailing his conclusions. The scholarship is...
Jun 16, 2021 | Book reviews
Raf Orlowski www.crowood.com (£20) This is ‘simply’ a book about sound. Except it is not simple at all. For such a commonplace entity, its control and dissemination is a hugely complex matter, encompassing our experiences ranging from concert halls to...
Nov 6, 2020 | Book reviews
Julian Anderson with Christopher Dingle BOYDELL PRESS 9781783274987 Here we have another beautifully produced and thought-provoking text from the Boydell Press. It features on this occasion the music and thoughts of the composer Julian Anderson, who is...
Aug 26, 2020 | Book reviews
Rita Crews & Jeanell Carrigan WIRRIPANG australiancomposers.com.au In these days of COVID-19 monotony one occasionally gets a surprise to brighten up one’s day. Recently I received a delightful package in my letter box – a newly written biography of Dulcie...
Apr 1, 2020 | Book reviews
A disastrous Promenade Concert reception became a momentous turning point in the stormy life of composer, Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016). A dissatisfied part of the audience booed and walked out, during the premier performance of his large orchestral work, ‘Worldes...
May 14, 2019 | Book reviews
Unity in DiversityEdited by Lewis Foeman, Desmond Scott, Leslie DeAthBoydell and Brewer£45 hardback, 722 pagesISBN-10: 1783272864 ISBN-13: 978-1783272860Preface – Desmond ScottForeword – Martyn Brabbins Boydell and Brewer’s catalogue includes an impressive...
