Table of Contents: “…Musical sophistication on Broadway : Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein /…”
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Table of Contents: “…Disc 1: The Beatles (48 minutes, 57 seconds) / Leonard Bernstein (48 minutes, 46 seconds) -- Disc 2: Bernard Hermann (48 minutes, 43 seconds) / Cole Porter (48 minutes, 52 seconds).…”

Table of Contents: “…Early years and orchestral beginnings -- Pioneers -- John Knowles Paine -- Dvořák and the search for national identity -- After Dvořák: the romantics -- Charles Ives -- Aaron Copland -- Elder statesmen -- Walter Piston -- Howard Hanson -- Roy Harris -- Serialism and beyond -- Samuel Barber -- William Schuman -- Three American spirits -- Traditionalists in the shadows -- Eastern influences -- Peter Mennin and George Rochberg -- Leonard Bernstein -- The present generation -- Symphonic music for band -- Postscript -- Catalogue of symphonies by American composers -- Discography -- Bibliography --- Index.…”

Table of Contents: “…Antonin Dvořák comes to America -- America and Negro music -- Dvořák's symphony "From the New World" -- The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- The National Conservatory of Music of America -- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Clorilindy, and "The talented tenth" -- James Reese Europe -- George Gershwin and African American music -- Leonard Bernstein -- Gershwin's "Rhapsody in blue" -- The Clef Club concert -- Will Marion Cook -- George Antheil's "Ballet mécanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige."…”

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Table of Contents: “…Marc Blitzstein ; Martha Graham ; Paul Bowles ; Francis Poulenc ; Virgil Thomson ; Aaron Copland ; Samuel Barber ; Leonard Bernstein ; Franco Zeffirelli ; Frank O'Hara ; Julian Green ; Allen Ginsberg ; Tennessee Williams ; Truman Capote -- Envoi.…”