​​“Historians of music are experiencing a revolution through which previously marginalized voices sound across centuries. Samantha Ege's book contributes mightily to this trend.” Times Literary Supplement 

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“(Ege’s) focus on the collective achievements of Black sisterhood and solidarity in this particular location and era offer a powerful corrective to the ‘Great Man’ theory of history.”  BBC Music Magazine

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​​“Readers interested in American classical music and Black history and culture will find much to celebrate in this outstanding book.” Library Journal

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“Well-researched and lovingly written, this book sheds light on a formerly hidden history." Ms. Magazine
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“Samantha Ege’s South Side Impresarios reminds us that no woman is an island.” Chicago Reader

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“As Ege’s passionate work of musicology-cum-political-manual shows, it’s not about the banner achievements. It’s about the people offstage joining hands for the process.” Van Magazine​​

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“Ege places Black women classical composers in their rightful intellectual and cultural context.” Barbara D. Savage, author of Merze Tate: the Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar
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“This book is riveting and elegantly written.” Sandra Jean Graham, author of Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry