A composer and lyricist of enormous innovation and influence, Marc Blitzstein remains one of the most versatile and fascinating figures in the history of Americ
Virgil Thomson had already established himself as one of the nation's leading composers when he published The State of Music (1939), the book that made his name
This volume demonstrates a new approach to cultural history, as it now being practiced by both historians and musicologists, and the field's quest to grasp the
Explores the relationship between listening and musical composition focusing on nine American women composers inspired by the sounds of the natural world