Category Archives: book reviews

Keith James Clarke, Mahler’s Heavenly Retreats

Posted on February 8, 2014 by vhk10

These ‘encounters with the master’s Composing Houses’ are written by an architect and Mahler enthusiast. Our copy was given to some family members while they were standing in a Prom queue. It’s a popular cliché now that men like sheds, … Continue reading →

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Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Posted on December 22, 2009 by vhk10

Cross-posted from my other public blog, Egg and Dart. I’m not going to attempt a systematic review, as those can be found elsewhere and in any case I’m unfamiliar with some of the territory Ross covers in his survey of … Continue reading →

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Kathleen Ferrier 1912-1953: A Memoir

Posted on May 17, 2009 by vhk10

ed. Neville Cardus. I think this book must have sold in large numbers (the proceeds from sales went towards the Kathleen Ferrier memorial scholarships), because it is often to be found in second-hand shops. My copy was the 9th impression … Continue reading →

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Conducted Tour

Posted on January 24, 2008 by vhk10

I posted the following review to Facebook’s Visual Bookshelf, whence I think it’s been copied to Amazon. I may as well cross-post it here. I still miss Bernard Levin’s articles; I wonder what he would have said about the Diana … Continue reading →

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two children’s books

Posted on October 6, 2005 by vhk10

Among various books which have been given to the children by an American friend are a couple with a musical theme. Opera Cat is a preposterous tale about a cat, Alma, who belongs to a Milanese opera singer, Madame SoSo. … Continue reading →

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Dalton’s Weekly

Posted on April 20, 2005 by vhk10

One of the most useful reference works for music that we have is a 1985 edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, edited by Michael Kennedy. This manages to pack a huge amount of information into a paperback of … Continue reading →

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