Description: Bringing together well-known writers with composers and performers, this volume gives a complete overview of Holt's creative work up to 2015.
Review Quotes: [T]he essays in this collection offer an overdue investigation of [Holt's] style, methods, and artistic viewpoint. They form a useful resource for those concerned with Holt's music as well as those interested in British art music at the turn of the millennium, or in composers of texture, timbre, and gesture. The variety of perspectives represented by the authors for this volume's greatest strength. . . . [A]pplicable to a wide readership. NOTES, JOURNAL OF THE MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION This collection of essays is especially enlightening and is the first to finally provide detailed information about Holt's compositions. . . . [T]his pioneering text will no doubt provide a significant foundation for future Holt studies . . . [and] will inspire future discussions and analyses of the composer's music.-- "NABMSA REVIEWS"