[Flory's] access to Motown archival materials, his scrutiny of the Michigan Chronicle, and his encyclopedic familiarity with seemingly every form of Motown's output and public circulation-recordings, covers, film, television appearances, commercials-brings readers closer than ever before to an understanding of the operations of the company and the sheer scope of Motown's presence in global popular culture."" - Mark Burford, Associate Professor of Music at Reed College

""I Hear a Symphony is a superb musicological investigation of Motown as a force in the pop marketplace over the past five decades. It presents a one-of-a-kind, multifaceted narrative whose themes include industrial history, cultural history, race, musical style and practice, repertory, intertextual influence, technology, marketing and branding, and pop music's transnational currents, all woven into a sophisticated history of one of pop's most fascinating and enduring institutions."" - Albin Zak, Professor of Musicology at the University at Albany

""[I Hear a Symphony] makes a substantial contribution to academic literature on Motown . . . [Flory] certainly takes an approach to Motown that is significantly different from any previous work on the subject."" - Rob Bowman, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, York University