Extracts from reviews of Catch and Glee Culture:
Brian Robins has given an excellent history of
the forms and their cultivation in their heyday… This is a fine account of a uniquely British repertoire… - Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review.
...Robins draws together a wealth of detail, correcting some of the more hagiographic accounts and providing a meaningful
social context... His book will serve as a very useful and readable conspectus of the wrttten sources... Meanwhile, it has
made me want to go and sing some more of the music, which is no small compliment. - Mark Argent, Goldberg Early Music Magazine
In summary, Robins has produced
an excellently researched book; the wealth of information in the footnotes and appendices makes fascinating reading in its
own right. It provides an excellent entrée to those who wish to study catch and glee music itself,
and it also makes a firm first mark in a hitherto barely explored area of our national culture and heritage. - James Hobson,
Chombec News, 3
