The Music Monster: A Biography of James William Davison, Music Critic of the Times of London, 1846-78

by Charles Reid

Follows the career of a prominent nineteenth-century British music critic whose biased and eccentric views led him to denounce Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner, Berlioz, Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt.

With excerpts from his critical writings.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1985