Oct 18, 2021 | Book reviews
An Autobiography The Boydell Press This splendidly produced, generously proportioned tome gives the reader valuable insights into the life and times of Humphrey Burton, surely one of the 20th century’s most influential figures in the field of classical music. The text...
Aug 13, 2021 | Book reviews
Jeremy Dibble Boydell Press If all you knew of Delius was Brigg Fair you would think he was an English composer. If all you knew was Appalachia or the Florida Suite you would think he was an unusually good American one. If it were the Song of the High Hills, then...
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...
