 
'We have seldom read a book on musical subjects which has given us so much pleasure as this one, and we can sincerely recommend it to all who are interested in the art.'—Saturday Review. 'The author is evidently a man of wide reading and artistic cultivation, and not only that, but a musician of complete equipment as far as technical knowledge and wide sympathies are concerned.'—Guardian. 'The author of this volume is a Fellow of Worcester College, but there is no trace of amateurishness in the treatment of his subject, or rather subjects. On the contrary, he writes with striking thoughtfulness and breadth of view, so that his essays may be read with much interest by musicians. It is a remarkable book, because, unlike the majority of musical treatises by amateurs, it is full of truth and common sense.'—AthenÆum.
'A volume full of interest, ethnical as well as musical.'—St James's Gazette. 'Will be read with interest and profit by all concerned with the study of music, and especially with the study of the national or racial elements in musical composition.'—Globe. 'The writings of the author of "Studies in Modern Music" are invariably distinguished by learning and acuteness, and this little volume is no exception to a rule which has already placed its author among the foremost contributors of his time to the musical literature of this country. There is no need to discuss here the exceedingly interesting body of evidence which Mr Hadow has brought together in support of his contention that a composer hitherto regarded as one of the fathers of German music should rightly be ranked among those of the Slavonic school with Borodin and Tschaikowsky for their latest offspring. Enough that the facts and arguments—biographical, ethnical, musical, and so on—which he addresses are no less plausible than interesting, and well deserving of the serious attention of all students of the history and development of music.—Westminster Gazette.' |
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