Michael Hicks

[It] makes a valuable contribution to the study of American music. This well-documented and well-written volume can serve as a model for other histories of American church music — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

Mormon history written by Mormons can be pretty dry, but Mr. Hicks, a professor of music at Brigham Young University, is funkier than your average saint. . . . The anecdotes alone are worth the... — Wall Street Journal More…

Insightful and alert. . . . This book serves as a neat little primer for [Wolff's] work — The Wire More…

The author of many important and fascinating musicological works about this radical twentieth-century American composer, Hicks now offers a volume that manages to depict the free artistic atmosphere... — Choice More…

Mormon history written by Mormons can be pretty dry, but Mr. Hicks, a professor of music at Brigham Young University, is funkier than your average saint. . . . The anecdotes alone are worth the... — Wall Street Journal More…