-The thoroughness of the research is impressive, based on profusion of sources, many of them little used until now.... A text that carries great authority, plus (almost equally important) a new and generously annotated list of Stainer's works both musical and literary. At last, Stainer has got his due, once and for all.'-NICHOLAS TEMPERLEY, Professor of Music Emeritus, University of Illinois. BR> One of the most important musicians of the Victorian era, Stainer is known for his considerable influence as a composer of Anglican liturgical music, and his corpus of secular works - madrigals and...

This collection provides an in-depth look at musical criticism between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth century.