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Monumental' is surely the mot juste to describe the book's length... but equally the combination of thoroughness, clarity, psychological perspicacity and deep human feeling which distinguishes... — BBC Music Magazine More…

[A] brilliant look at how cultural influences propagate through time in strange and unpredictable ways — Library Journal More…

Mr. Kelly's fascinating book tracks the centuries-long process by which pitches and rhythms were codified — Wall Street Journal More…