In depending for their editing work on printed or MS copies preferably contemporary with the composer concerned, music editors over the last couple of centuries have gone through several phases in their approach to the job, phases varying from massive intervention to virtually none . Both can result in some difficulty for the player, not […]

Of the most influential musical figures of Victorian Britain, John Stainer must be considered a seminal personality who shaped the course of the nation’s history and progress. Though nowadays neglected as a composer, his influence as a church musician in the formation of the ‘reformed’ cathedral choir was immense and far-reaching. His work in education […]