Fiona M. Palmer has been Professor and Head of the Department of Music at the National University of Ireland Maynooth since 2007 having previously held a Senior Lectureship at the Queen's University of Belfast.
`Her obvious passion for the instrument gives her writing an urgent
and committed feel. And she is scrupulously fair in her
consideration of primary sources, never giving in to the tempration
to overemphasise her subject's character tomake hum more
bankable.'
Warwick Thompson, Classical Music
`To find ... a serious academic publisher prepared to invest in a
book that will inevitably interest a comparatively small body of
enthusiasts is both refreshing and rewarding ... Fiona Palmer,
during her thorough research, has sifted through every available
report and laid to rest many of the myths and inaccuracies that
have been quoted and misquoted over the years. There is more
information about his background in her first chapter than can be
found
between two covers anywhere else ... a great deal of material has
survived from his long and productive period in London, and Fiona
Palmer's persistence and exhaustive research into it make her book
extremely
interesting.'
Rodney Slatford, Music and Letters
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