All Books articles
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ReviewBook review: Instrumental Music Education: Developing pedagogies as instrumental teachers
Philippa Bunting reads an empathetic, supportive volume on music education, edited by the head of York University’s music education MA course
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ReviewBook review: Myra Hess: National Treasure
Anne Inglis reads Jessica Duchen’s biography of the British pianist, a leading figure in the London music scene during the war years who counted several string players as friends
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ReviewBook review: A Childhood in Fragments: A Memoir
Lauren Wesley-Smith reads Gidon Kremer’s autobiography, first published in 1993 and now translated into English for the first time
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ReviewBook review: The Bromberg Collection of American Violins
Andrew Dipper reads through a comprehensive survey of more than 250 US instrument makers from the past 200 years
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ReviewBook review: The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi
Anne Inglis reads through Hannah French’s account of the composer’s ever-popular Four Seasons, which covers everything from birdsong to Cremonese violin making
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ReviewBook review: Harmonising Cultural Leadership in Professional Orchestras
Arts consultant Mark Pemberton reads Samuel Cairnduff’s new publication on leadership in orchestral ensembles
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ReviewBook review: Viva Casals! Sayings, stories and impressions of Pablo Casals
Tully Potter reads Julian Lloyd Webber’s tome collecting together the wit and wisdom of the iconic 20th-century cellist Pablo Casals
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ReviewBook review: Concertmaster Leadership: A guide for violinists
Nathaniel Vallois reads Marjory Serrano-Coyer’s guide for aspiring concertmasters to get the best out of their section, from technique and style to diplomatic attributes
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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
