A welcome publication, adding the subjectivity and fluidity of music, sound, and listening to an already complex network of scholarly explorations about processes of empire formation. . . . This volume brings to the foreground more than an array of perspectives on the audible aspects of empire formation; it highlights the many tensions that are involved in writing history and thinking historically, about empires and about music making in general.
Cristina Magaldi
Journal of the Society for American Music
Audible Empire . . . offers a complex, far-reaching, and sophisticated set of perspectives for considering various constructions of empire and a wide range of sonic acts that have been and continue to be interconnected.
Sindhumathi Revuluri
Music and Letters
Audible Empire is a project admirably conceived and executed, consistent in its compelling, well-written, and timely scholarship.
Ruth E. Rosenberg
Notes
'Empire,' for most of these authors, is not restrained to political empires. Instead, it entails a broad understanding of declining national sovereignty, modern capitalism, and multinational enterprises, all reflected by and in sound. That gaze alone makes this a dynamic and interesting book for historians to consult.
Jessica Gienow-Hecht
Canadian Journal of History