"This account of Dett as a successful professional musician, compiled primarily as a reference work, will also interest general readers." -- Reference and Research Book News ".a detailed chronicle.add this delightful biography of a man who was one of the first Negro Americans to utilize Negro folk tune for classic development to your summer reading list." -- Pan Pipes (Journal of Sigma Alpha Iota) ".a lengthy and substantive book.information is clearly set before us." -- Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association "Readers will appreciate the ample treatment of Dett's life and works and the numerous examples of correspondence, programs, and other informative illustrations.

a good foundation for further study on Dett and his ultimate place in American music history." -- American Music "Splendidly documented here is the chronology of [Dett's] life and music, supplemented by a classified register of his works, and a discography, providing a critical component for scholars in music and Americanists. Evidencing painstaking research, the author explores peripheral areas of local history, providing new insights." -- Choice Reviews.