Early Music Series

[an] informative and fascinating look at vocal practice... [which makes] a valuable contribution to the field of performance practice... All should read this book to dispel modern myths about... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library AssociationMore…

Books on the history of the guitar are not in short supply but this one is one of the very best . . . Tyler's contribution is excellent . . . The Guitar and Its Music will open the eyes of those... — The TimesMore…

Spring's book is the first attempt to trace a history of the lute in Britain (including Scotland) from the earliest known documents of about 1285 to its decline in the early eighteenth century...A... — Renaissance QuarterlyMore…

Books on the history of the guitar are not in short supply but this one is one of the very best ... Tyler's contribution is excellent ... The Guitar and Its Music will open the eyes of those... — The TimesMore…

William Renwick has edited these pieces as scrupulously as one could wish, and supplied them with a very sensible commentary — Music and LettersMore…

Its great strength is its synthesis of information, developments and research ... scrupulous in scholarship ... contains much useful information on an area of increasing interest — Musical TimesMore…

This much-needed study traces the clarinet from its origins shortly before 1700 to about 1760....An essential sourcebook recommended for all libraries — ChoiceMore…