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Green's excellent and well-researched volume contains a biography that is informative and is based, in part, on oral history interviews with the composer....Recommended for all levels of academic... — Choice More…

With this vital trilogy of Tristan-centered music, we find the unification of Divine and Human, the ultimate fulfillment of Messiaen the human, and an invitation for us to follow suit. As for... — The American Organist More…

Roy Harris, born on February 12, 1898, in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, seemed at one time destined to be the standard bearer of American musical nationalism in this century. Upon his death in 1979,... — Choice More…

This new book on Villa-Lobos is headed by a succinct biography (dictionary length) on the composer. Its core is represented by a complete catalog of his compositions, chronologically arranged,... — American Music Teacher More…

Indexes are accurate and sympathetic to the function of the book — Choice More…

Perone offers an excellent but not exhaustive guide to materials about the celebrated 19th-century American composer and pianist....Recommended for all libraries collecting in American music — Choice More…