All Books articles
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ReviewBook review: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival
Anne Inglis reviews Anne Sebba’s moving history of the all-female ensemble that performed in the notorious Nazi death camp
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ReviewBook review: Bach: The Cello Suites
Janet Banks reads Edward Klorman’s analysis of the six legendary solo works for cello by Johann Sebastian Bach
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ReviewBook review: Hands, Wrists, Fingers: Creative Health for Musicians
Philippa Bunting reads Pedro de Alcantara’s volume on boosting health for the curious musician, including some novel arm, wrist, hand and finger exercises for string players
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ReviewBook review: Music’s Odyssey: An Invitation to Western Classical Music
Robin Stowell reads composer Robin Holloway’s colossal survey of the whole Western classical music tradition, replete with the author’s own reflections and opinions
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ReviewBook review: How to Perform with 100% Accuracy and Spend Less Time Practicing
Celia Cobb reads Annelle K. Gregory’s book of advice to string players on how they can use their practice time most effectively and combat stage fright, among other things
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ReviewBook review: Ray Brown: His Life and Music
Tully Potter reads Jay Sweet’s biography of the legendary jazz bassist (1926–2002)
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ReviewBook review: Trinity College London String Syllabus 2025
Philippa Bunting looks through the repertoire choices of the newly issued TCL strings books
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ReviewBook review: The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World
Pauline Harding reads a picture book by James Howe and Jack Wong all about the renowned cellist’s life and career
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ReviewBook review: Dynamite Strings
Alex Laing reads Georgina Leach’s books for beginner violinists, violists and cellists
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ReviewBook review: Hungarian ‘Gypsy-Band’ Music in Vienna, 1850–1914: The Csárdás Craze
Robin Stowell reads Jon Banks’s history of the rise of Romani music in 19th-century Vienna
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ReviewBook review: John Williams: A Composer’s Life
Brian Hodges reviews Tim Greiving’s monumental biography of America’s foremost film composer
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ReviewBook review: A Cultural History of the Violin in Nineteenth-Century London: From Instrument to Art
Robin Stowell reads Tom Wilder’s socio-economic analysis of the violin’s status as a cultural artefact throughout the Victorian era
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ReviewBook review: The Eyes of Bach
Raphael Klayman reads Marc Moskovitz’s historical novel imagining the great composer’s relationship with cellist Carl Friedrich Barth
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ReviewBook review: Theme and Variations: Cautionary Tales of a 2nd Violin
Anne Inglis reviews the autobiography of British violinist Peter Markham, a member of the Edinburgh Quartet for more than two decades
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ReviewBook review: Re-Reading the Beethoven Violin Sonatas
Robin Stowell reads pianist Daniel Tong’s detailed analysis of Beethoven’s ten sonatas for piano and violin
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ReviewBook review: Kloz: The Violinmaker Family from Mittenwald
Bharat Khandekar reads Wolfgang Zunterer’s long-awaited volume on one of Germany’s most important violin making families
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ReviewBook review: The Art of Collaboration: Chamber Music Rehearsal Techniques and Team Building
Celia Cobb reads a new book by Annie Fullard and Dorianne Cotter-Lockard on strategies for teaching chamber music
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ReviewBook review: The Power of Music: How Music Connects Us All
Janet Banks reads Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s first book, which covers everything from his early years in Nottingham to his public comments about Rule Britannia!
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ReviewBook review: The Invisible Force of Music: Tapping into Your Mind and Heart Potential for Performance Music
Anne Inglis reads Paulina Derbez’s book on how to achieve ’a mental, emotional and physical balance within ourselves as artists of sound’
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ReviewBook review: Liuteria Mantovana Vol.1
Alberto Giordano peruses the first volume in Andrea Zanrè and Philip Kass’s monumental investigation into the violin makers who made their homes in the Italian city of Mantua
