Cambridge History of Music

In two volumes containing thirty-nine essays, The Cambridge History of Medieval Music addresses central concerns: theoretical systems, the work concept, genre, practice, analysis, interpretation,... — Renaissance Quarterly More…

a comprehensive, impressive overview of the music of the period in question ... Jim Samson has assembled an equally impressive selection of Anglo-American musicological minds to write it with... — Musical Times More…

rich in detail ... The Cambridge History of Sixteenth-Century Music, in short, invites us to consider these themes, and to revisit the beautiful music of the period with renewed curiosity — Revue de musicologie More…

It provides a glorious, grandstand view of the institutions, and the social and technological forces, that have generated decisive changes in performance — BBC Music Magazine More…

Enjoyable and non-technical, this fine volume has much to offer to all those interested in the highways and byways of the American musical landscape — BBC Music Magazine More…

It can be warmly recommended as a worthwhile institutional purchase and as an encouragingly good read — Music Teacher More…

It can be warmly recommended as a worthwhile institutional purchase and as an encouragingly good read — Music Teacher More…

This must have been a very difficult book to edit, and Simon Keefe (together with David Wyn Jones, who planned the volume) deserves unqualified congratulations for having engaged the work of... — Music and Letters More…

Enjoyable and non-technical, this fine volume has much to offer to all those interested in the highways and byways of the American musical landscape — BBC Music Magazine More…