Arnold Whittall

[This] book contains a wealth of fascinating reading and does what the best books on music do: it makes the reader want to listen to the music under discussion, and that is how music continues... — BrioMore…

One might ask if this book, closely following Whitalls Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century (1999), is sufficiently different to merit consideration. The answer is an emphatic yes....... — ChoiceMore…

Whittall's emphasis on polarity is a superb way of describing the structure of musical language — Musical TimesMore…

Whittall's emphasis on polarity is a superb way of describing the structure of musical language — Musical TimesMore…

This is an important book, enriching with far more exact substance than had so far been essayed the common view of these two composers as talents in many ways complementary — Music and LettersMore…

series. Indeed, if Arnold Whittall's excellent Serialism is anything to go by - the first book in the series and in every respect its guiding light - then clearly we have much to look forward... — Musical TimesMore…

series. Indeed, if Arnold Whittall's excellent Serialism is anything to go by - the first book in the series and in every respect its guiding light - then clearly we have much to look forward... — Musical TimesMore…