Harvey Sachs

Monumental' is surely the mot juste to describe the book's length... but equally the combination of thoroughness, clarity, psychological perspicacity and deep human feeling which distinguishes... — BBC Music MagazineMore…

In this study of Arnold Schoenberg, the Austrian-born composer who immigrated to the U.S. in 1933, Sachs blends fleet-footed biography with an accessible analysis of Schoenberg's works — The New YorkerMore…

Monumental' is surely the mot juste to describe the book's length... but equally the combination of thoroughness, clarity, psychological perspicacity and deep human feeling which distinguishes... — BBC Music MagazineMore…

A convincing, laymen-friendly reappraisal of a great musical theorist, teacher, and composer — Kirkus ReviewsMore…