Böcker i Music in Britain, 1600-1900-serien

This monograph investigates the promotion and consumption of high musical culture among leisured society in Victorian London, by focusing on the activities of the concert manager John Ella and his Musical Union.

This book refutes the notion that British composers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century lacked literary credentials.

A survey of the huge importance of Thomas Tallis, the `Father of Church Music', on Victorian musical life.

New research throws light on the history of the viol after Purcell, including its revival in the late eighteenth century through Charles Frederick Abel.

This comprehensive re-evaluation of John Stainer's life and work demonstrates that there was a great deal more to admire beyond The Crucifixion.