Authenticity and Early Music

'Every practising early musician should read this brilliant, witty, often perverse, article, guaranteed to raise even higher the temperature of the continuing debate.' Hugo Cole, Country Life 'one of the most fertile and stimulating collections of ideas about music that I have encountered for a long while ... argued on all sides with rare wit, erudition, and engagement' Max Loppet, Financial Times 'a valuable and stimulating state-of-the-art discussion of the whole business ... Valuable in that its contributors are all experts and scholars in the fields of research or performance. Stimulating in that their viewpoints sometimes meet in violent collision.' Michael Tumelty, Glasgow Herald 'a small bombshell: six academics discussing really worrisome questions ... this is a thought provoking book' Phillip Sommerich, Ham and High 'This book certainly ranks as one of the most significant to be published this decade and amidst so much tedious, objective academic writing it is healthy to return to some (dare I say it) Toveyesque philosophising about music. Recommended.' William McVicker, Hi-Fi News & Record Review 'Authenticity and Early Music must be prescribed reading for every performer and every critical listener. The questions raised in it are crucial ... we should acknowledge and commend Kenyon not simply for an editing job well done but for having the courage to ask the questions at all.' B.J. Music Ed. `All of the contributions are intelligent and stimulating.' Charles Rosen, The New York Review 'Always thought-provoking ... thoroughly recommended.' Kenneth Mobbs, The Galpin Society