Harvard Composers Walter Piston and His Students, from Elliot Carter to Frederic Rzewski
by Pollack, HowardFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1992-09-01
Publisher(s): Scarecrow Press
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Summary
Walter Piston (1894-1976) taught for over thirty years (1926-1960) at Harvard, where he taught such well-known composers as Harold Shapiro and Leonard Bernstein. The biographies, major accomplishments, stylistic developments, and technical resources of 33 of his students are described.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Two American Classicists: Walter Piston and James Gould Cozzens | p. 1 |
| Songs Without Words: The Orchestral Miniatures of Leroy Anderson | p. 20 |
| Regional Voices: John Vincent and Gail Kubik | p. 41 |
| Classicism Pursued: Everett Helm and Ellis Kohs | p. 62 |
| New Forms, New Meanings: The Music of Arthur Berger | p. 78 |
| Expanding the Modernist Tradition: Elliott Carter and Leonard Bernstein | p. 104 |
| Adventures in Wonderland: Irving Fine and His Music | p. 131 |
| A Midcentury Masterwork: Harold Shapero's Symphony for Classical Orchestra | p. 166 |
| A Heritage Upheld: Daniel Pinkham | p. 189 |
| Favored Sons: Robert Middleton and Allen Sapp | p. 208 |
| In Bartok's Wake: John Bavicchi, Nicholas Van Slyck, and Noel Lee | p. 231 |
| The Center Holding: Gordon Binkerd | p. 254 |
| A Life in Music: The Symphonies of Samuel Adler | p. 273 |
| "Carter and the Postwar Composers" Revisited: Billy Jim Layton, Yehudi Wyner, and Martin Boykan | p. 295 |
| Music with New Perspectives: Robert Moevs, Karl Kohn, Claudio Spies, Peter Westergaard, and John MacIvor Perkins | p. 323 |
| Four Women: Eugenia Frothingham, Victoria Glaser, Betsy Warren, and Rosamond Brenner | p. 357 |
| A New Age and a New Left: David Behrman and Frederic Rzewski | p. 370 |
| The Elusive Balance: John Harbison | p. 397 |
| Conclusion: Walter Piston and His Students in Widening Contexts | p. 417 |
| Index | p. 449 |
| About the Author | p. 490 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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