Books and Editions Johann Nepomuk Hummel: A Musician's Life and World. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2007.   "[Kroll's] is the first biography of [Hummel] in English. The last as well, one suspects, given its breathtaking comprehensiveness, solicitude for the smallest details, and attractively fluent idiom, all of which militate against the very idea of a subsequent author adequately essaying the topic."   - R. J. Stove, Modern Age Review   "With his publication of Johann Nepomuk Hummel: A Musician's Life and World, Mark Kroll has filled an important gap in the literature... its undeniable status as the only English-language biography on Hummel makes it an extremely important addition to any library with a music collection. It should prove useful to anyone interested in Hummel or in any one of the composers among his circle of friends and associates."   - Jarl Hulbert, Notes   "... just to have a convenient collection of remarks by Mozart, Haydn and Co., including Goethe himself, is a treat for the reader, who will find here many a vivid vignette of people, places, and events... Especially helpful are the... musical extracts comparing Hummel with others... [and] the brief comparisons here with real composers (Schubert, Chopin, Schumann)."   - Peter Williams, Musical Times   "... there remains a glaring lack of accessible treatments of certain major figures who were subsequently handled less than kindly by history... in the world of piano music none are more deserving of attention than Hummel... a straightforward presentation of the composer's life and works is the first necessity--and that is what Kroll gives us... his writing style is clear, his footnoting extensive, and his overall chapter organization perfectly cogent... We needed a decent book on Hummel, and now we have one."   - Kenneth Hamilton, Journal of Musicological Research Playing the Harpsichord Expressively: A Practical and Historical Guide. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2004.   "An experienced teacher and an impressive harpsichordist, anything Mark Kroll undertakes demands respect. His book certainly does that... His admirable aim is not to superimpose expression from outside but to bring out what is there...How right he is... an impressive achievement."   - Jane Clark, Early Music Review   "Kroll has plenty of teaching and performance experience as well as a tangy no-nonsense style... I really enjoyed his take on what to tell present-day performers who want to venture into the past."   - Tina Chancey, Early Music America   "In a little over 100 pages Mark Kroll distills the essence of a long and distinguished career as a performer and teacher of the harpsichord."   - Derek Adlam, Early Music Today   "Kroll's prose is elegant, accessible, and even amusing... teachers and performers alike will welcome this book. The author sets out to provide a practical and historical guide to playing the harpsichord expressively. He reveals himself to be a player of taste and distinction as well as a meticulous and dedicated teacher. In elucidating the most important facets of playing the harpsichord with expression, Mark Kroll succeeds admirably."   - Charlotte Mattax, Early Keyboard Journal The Beethoven Violin Sonatas: History, Criticism, Performance. Co-edited with Lewis Lockwood. Champagne-Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2004.   "...the articles are exemplary samples of current musicological methods, approaches, and topics... even in the crowded field of Beethoven literature, this important work looks at a significant niche in Beethoven studies...Recommended."   - A. M. Hanson, Choice   "...Initiates a long-overdue critical appraisal of these works, providing an impressive argument for their significance within Beethoven scholarship...yields new insights about the compositions of this underexplored genre and their relationships to the rest of Beethoven's oeuvre. [It] will provide a valuable guide and companion for musicians, historians and theorists."   - Elizabeth Kramer, Notes   "Mark Kroll's chapter on Beethoven's keyboard legato... provides clear and persuasive treatment of this subject... his obvious understanding of the topic, from the point of view of the performer, whets the appetite for further discussion of keyboard performing practice issues."   - Clive Brown, Early Music Twelve Select Overtures, arranged for Pianoforte, Flute, Violin and Violoncello by J. N. Hummel. Edited by Mark Kroll. Recent Researches in the Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, vol. 35. Middleton, Wisconsin, A-R Editions, 2003. Mozart's Haffner and Linz Symphonies, arranged for Pianoforte, Flute, Violin and Violoncello. Edited by Mark Kroll. Recent Researches in the Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, vol. 29. Madison, Wisconsin, A-R Editions, 2000.   "These editions provides an invaluable resource for any student of commercial musical life in the early nineteenth century... and, together with its companion volume in the series [Kroll's editions of Mozart's "Haffner" and "Linz" Symphonies] it also sheds new light on a significant facet of Hummel's multifarious activities."   - R. H. Stewart-MacDonald, Music and Letters   "We can therefore extend a warm welcome to these two volumes...a further merit of these collections is that they make readily available some once celebrated and now obscure repertory..."   - David Grayson, Notes Chapters, Editions, and Essays Francesco Scarlatti: Six Concerti Grossi, A-R Editions, 2010. Charles Avison: Concerto Arrangements of Geminiani's Sonatas for Violin, op. 1, A-R Editions, 2010. "Johann Nepomuk Hummel: The First Touring Artist," in Auf den Spuren von Johann Nepomuk Hummel, proceedings of the International Conference on Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Bratislava. May 30-31, 2008 (Slovakia: Divis), 2010. "Visiting the Frederick Historic Piano Collection" Early Music America 13/4 (2007). "Hummel the Romantic." Early Music America 13/2 (2007). "The Master to Whom the World is Indebted." Chamber Music America (2007). "Two Important New Sources for the Music of Charles Avison." Music & Letters, vol. 86, no. 3 (2005). "Poradnik wykonawcy muzyki XVII w--Instrumenty klawiszowe." In Improwizacja w muzyce Baroku. Warsaw: Bydgoszcz. 2004. "As if Stroked by a Bow." In The Beethoven Violin Sonatas: History, Criticism, Performance, Edited by Lewis Lockwood and Mark Kroll. Champagne-Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2004. "La Belle Execution." In Historical Musicology: Sources, Methods, Interpretations. Edited by Stephen Crist and Roberta Marvin. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2004. "Old Wine in New Wineskins." Early Music America 9/2 (2003). "The Self-Help Bookshelf for Historical Performance." Early Music America 8/1 (2002). "Building an Early Music Library." Early Music America 7/1 (2001). "Keyboard Instruments." In A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music. Ed. Stewart Carter. New York: Schirmer, 1997. "The French Masters: French Keyboard Music." In Eighteenth-Century Keyboard Music. Ed. Robert Marshall. New York: Schirmer, 1994, reprinted New York: Routledge Press (2003). "Darius Milhaud: The Composer from Provence." Bostonia Magazine, Summer (1992). "Tous Les Marais du Monde." Bostonia Magazine, Spring 1993. "The Quest for Authenticity." Bostonia Magazine, March/April (1990). "Stravinsky's Craft." Bostonia Magazine, November/December (1990). Dictionary of Early Modern Europe. Edited by Jonathan Dewald. New York:Charles Scribners and Sons, 2003:      "Monteverdi, Claudio."      "Palestrina, Giovanni."      "Schutz, Heinrich."      "Vivaldi, Antonio." Internet Articles Log on to http://classical-scene.com. Log on to http://www.wbur.org. Mark Kroll m-kroll@rcn.com