Books

David Cairns has devoted a lifetime to increasing our knowledge of and insight into Berlioz, and those who love his music will always be in his debt. Here the contents of what announces itself as ‘Volume One’ have previously appeared elsewhere in the form of books – including the writer’s acclaimed two-volume biography of his subject – various symposia on the composer, the , theand CD liner notes, as well as talks delivered on various Berliozian occasions. Everything is worth reading.