Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music

demonstrates a profound knowledge of the flute's history, and of the changes in performance style and technique — Early Music TodayMore…

it is, in fact, an excellent introduction ... I wish there had been a book like it when I was a school — Early Music ReviewMore…

offer many stimulating asides and tantalising titbits, particularly when dealing with such controversial areas as the links between rhetorical theory and music; tast; rhythmic freedom; ornamentation... — BBC Music MagazineMore…

offer many stimulating asides and tantalising titbits, particularly when dealing with such controversial areas as the links between rhetorical theory and music; tast; rhythmic freedom; ornamentation... — BBC Music MagazineMore…

demonstrates a profound knowledge of the flute's history, and of the changes in performance style and technique — Early Music TodayMore…

Colin Lawson's success as both an esteemed academic and dynamic solo clarinettist is brilliantly illustrated in his latest publication. An enlightened journey through all elements of the historical... — Music TeacherMore…