Of his recent essay in this series, on Jean Sibelius, the Times Literary Supplement wrote that Sibelius's "critical reputation is epitomized by Leon Botstein."[12] He has also written extensively about music and culture in 19th-century Vienna, Jewish European culture, and modernism. His book Judentum und Modernität: Essays zur Rolle der Juden in der deutschen und österreichischen Kultur, 1848–1938 was written in German and has been translated into Russian.