GEORGE GERSHWIN: An Intimate Portrait By Walter Rimler. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
OUR SCHUBERT: His Enduring Legacy By David Schroeder. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009.
HAVERGAL BRIAN ON MUSIC—Volume II: European and American Music in His Time By Havergal Brian. Ed. by Malcolm MacDonald. London: Toccata Press, 2009.
SECRET LIVES OF GREAT COMPOSERS: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World’s Musical Masters . By Elizabeth Lunday. Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2009.
MAESTRO: A Surprising Story about Leading by Listening By Roger Nierenberg. New York: Portfolio, 2009.
THE GREAT AMERICAN SYMPHONY: Music, the Depression, and War By Nicholas Tawa. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2009.