University of Illinois Press

Written with candor and humor, Hayes's study models a welcome, crucial, and decisive turn in scholarship on women's music. Recommended — Choice More…

Uses everything from sentimental novels and escaped slave posters to Felix the Cat cartoons and magazine advertisements to create impressive cultural history of what the author calls the 'idea... — Banjo Newsletter More…

A strong and necessary argument for the reconsideration of McPhee's work as a composer — Ethnomusicology (Journal) More…

This excellent and beautifully produced publication will immediately interest those working in music history and women's studies. It is an exemplary study of significant composers born between... — Choice More…

Very well written and will surely appeal to anyone with an interest in George Szell — American Record Guide More…

Valuable not only to researchers but also to performers, who will find their minds opened to how music different from their own can help them improvise better in their chosen genre. . . . Recommended — Choice More…

4 stars. Welcome to a world filled with payola, the mob and jukebox sounds — MOJO More…