John Rice

a pioneering study of this neglected musician and patron ... A warm and attractive portrait of the empress emerges from this study ... Rice's is a model study of an enchanting subject — Musical TimesMore…

With its expert handling of evidence of all kinds, Rice's study must count as the best portrait yet of Mozart as a man of the theatre, sharply and convincingly drawn — Eighteenth-Century MusicMore…

Superb notes....A unique contribution, highly recommended to all academic and larger public library music collections — ChoiceMore…

a pioneering study of this neglected musician and patron ... A warm and attractive portrait of the empress emerges from this study ... Rice's is a model study of an enchanting subject — Musical TimesMore…

With its expert handling of evidence of all kinds, Rice's study must count as the best portrait yet of Mozart as a man of the theatre, sharply and convincingly drawn — Eighteenth-Century MusicMore…