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The book's generous bibliography testifies to the extent and depth of Budasz's research. This will be a valuable resource for ethnomusicologists and musicologists interested in the cultural evolution... — Choice More…

This book's view from multiple perspectives must enrich future historical narratives of the most vital musical scene in Europe — BBC Music Magazine More…

This is the first volume of a study that sets out to explore what amounts to virgin territory ... it is a fascinating story, elegantly told. One looks forward to its continuation in Vol. II — Opera Magazine More…

An intellectually robust work, Sounding American not only makes an important contribution to histories of film music, but also revises in significant ways our accepted definition of the classical... — Society for American Music More…

It takes Barry Millington fewer than 200 pages to say more that is pertinent, up-to-date, and (praise be) actually about Wagner's music than any number of lengthier tomes about this much-chronicled... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Invaluable ... Jahn has assembled a book that is a ready reference for the seasoned and novice, the CCM and the classical conductor, that has great value — Choral Journal More…

An elegant and lucid translation. This is an imaginative and valuable book, the fruit of profound study, and can be strongly recommended, as much to singers as to all others concerned with the... — Music and Letters More…