Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
Contents:
Background : who, when, and how -- Decisions : topics, pieces, and performers -- The postmodernist : highbrow, lowbrow, and middlebrow joined -- The television pioneer : origins, competition, success -- The pacifist : the cold war intrudes -- The liberal : civil rights, feminism, and the counterculture -- The musical reactionary : atonality versus tonality or composer versus audience -- The advocate for American music : search for an American identity.
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