Description: This collection provides an in-depth look at musical criticism between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth century.
Brief description: HARRY WHITE is Professor of Music at University College Dublin, a Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Series Editor (with Lorraine Byrne Bodley) of Irish Musical Studies.
Review Quotes: [A] welcome addition to the growing literature on the writers who sought in one way or another to shape public opinion during an extraordinary period in the evolution of the role of music in British life, marked by radical transformations in musical culture both at home and abroad. . . . [A] major and timely contribution to the field of British music studies.--Alain Frogley "NABMSA REVIEWS"