The Songs of Edvard Grieg
All is admiration for a study which, as well as fulfilling those old cliches "essential" and "important", is most readably written. More than being just a guide to the songs, it becomes en route one of the most perceptive, and detailed, books in English on the composer yet published. GRAMOPHONE Beryl Foster's authoritative study can claim to be the most thorough investigation of this repertoire yet to have appeared in English, and is likely to remain the standard work on the subject for many years to come. TLS (Robert Layton)Beryl Foster's Songs of Edvard Grieg is a wonder...her scholarship and musicianship are writ large throughout its pages. ANGLO-NORSE REVIEW (Lionel Carley)