New books of interest.
— Joel Sachs, Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music (Oxford)
— Howard Pollack, Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World (Oxford)
— Barry Millington, The Sorcerer of Bayreuth: Richard Wagner, His Work and His World (Oxford)
— Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker, A History of Opera (Norton)
— R. J. Stove, César Franck: His Life and Times (Scarecrow)
— Candace Allen, Soul Music: The Pulse and Race of Music (Gibson Square)
— Andrew Ford, Try Whistling This: Writings About Music (Black Inc.)
— Paul Elie, Reinventing Bach (FSG)
— Thomas Adès and Tom Service, Full of Noises (FSG)
— Jeremy Grimshaw, Draw a Straight Line and Follow It: The Music and Mysticism of La Monte Young (Oxford)
— Neal Peres Da Costa, Off the Record: Performing Practices in Romantic Piano Playing (Oxford)