'This book is finely produced, with a generous provision of well-researched illustrations and plentiful music examples. The reproduction of extracts from original manuscripts and prints for some of the latter is an additionally attractive feature.' Early Music

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Framing the musical picturesque; 2. C. P. E. Bach and the landscapes of genius; 3. The picturesque sketch and the interpretation of instrumental music; 4. Haydn's humour, Bach's fantasy; 5. Sentiment undone: solitude and the clavichord cult; 6. Picturesque Beethoven and the veiled Isis; Select bibliography; Index.

'This book is finely produced, with a generous provision of well-researched illustrations and plentiful music examples. The reproduction of extracts from original manuscripts and prints for some of the latter is an additionally attractive feature.' Early Music

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Framing the musical picturesque; 2. C. P. E. Bach and the landscapes of genius; 3. The picturesque sketch and the interpretation of instrumental music; 4. Haydn's humour, Bach's fantasy; 5. Sentiment undone: solitude and the clavichord cult; 6. Picturesque Beethoven and the veiled Isis; Select bibliography; Index.

'This book is finely produced, with a generous provision of well-researched illustrations and plentiful music examples. The reproduction of extracts from original manuscripts and prints for some of the latter is an additionally attractive feature.' Early Music

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Framing the musical picturesque; 2. C. P. E. Bach and the landscapes of genius; 3. The picturesque sketch and the interpretation of instrumental music; 4. Haydn's humour, Bach's fantasy; 5. Sentiment undone: solitude and the clavichord cult; 6. Picturesque Beethoven and the veiled Isis; Select bibliography; Index.