Dieterich Buxtehude: Organist in Lubeck (Eastman Studies in Music)
(The contents of) the splendid CD recording . . . are listed at the front of the book.  And what a book it is.  Finally, three centuries after his death, Buxtehude has gotten his long-delayed due between two covers, updated and written in an accessible and coherent manner, ready to be referred to and bookmarked by all who love, perform, or just enjoy listening to this master's splendid music. . . . Even if you own the earlier long out-of-print version, put this one beside it for its many updates.  And if you've tired of borrowing that earlier one from a library, here's the chance to put this valuable resource on your own bookshelves for handy reference. THE AMERICAN ORGANIST (Barbara Owen)  (Snyder) writes engagingly throughout and provides a rich array of musical examples and descriptions. EARLY MUSIC (Julie Anne Sadie)  A model of modern music biography. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY (George Stauffer)  Worthy of its subject, perhaps, as few other books can really claim to be. MUSICAL TIMES(Stephen Daw)  Snyder's prose is commendably clear, making the book accessible to the lay reader and also illuminating for the specialist. . . . The organ tracks (on the CD) have been newly recorded by Hans Davidsson. . . . Elegantly typeset. . . . A welcome reissue of an authoritative and highly readable text on one of the main figures of the German Baroque. EARLY MUSIC (Stephen Rose)  (Includes a CD) of Buxtehude's music in first-class performances. . . . A vast amount of solid and absolutely sound scholarship and documentation (150 pages of appendices). . . . The book itself is very readable. EARLY MUSIC REVIEW  One of the best volumes about the life and times of a musician ever to appear in English. Its survey of Buxtehude's world is a must for anyone studying the baroque. . . . Summing Up: Essential.  All readers; all levels. CHOICE (Jane Ambrose)   A wonderful book. . . . This is the bible about Buxtehude.  If you want to know anything about Buxtehude, this is the book to get. ...An absolute must. BBC CD REVIEW (Nick Morgan)