Introduction | |
A Copland Portrait | p. 3 |
Background Matters | p. 15 |
Early Education and First Works | p. 30 |
Paris | p. 45 |
Copland and the Music of Europe | p. 57 |
From Sonata Movement to Grohg (1921-24) | p. 76 |
Return and Rediscovery | p. 88 |
The Usable Past | p. 107 |
From the Organ Symphony to "Vocalise" (1924-28) | p. 121 |
From Vitebsk to the Piano Variations (1928-30) | p. 142 |
Copland Among His Peers | p. 159 |
Copland and Younger American Composers | p. 178 |
South of the Border | p. 216 |
Personal Affairs | p. 234 |
Copland and the American Theater | p. 257 |
An Engaged Citizen | p. 270 |
From the Short Symphony to A Prairie Journal (1933-37) | p. 288 |
From Billy the Kid to John Henry (1938-40) | p. 314 |
Music for the Movies and for Keyboard (1939-41) | p. 336 |
From Lincoln Portrait to Danzon Cubano (1942) | p. 357 |
From The North Star to Appalachian Spring (1943-44) | p. 378 |
From "Jubilee Variation" to Four Piano Blues (1945-48) | p. 407 |
From The Red Pony to the Piano Quartet (1948-50) | p. 428 |
The Changing Scene | p. 451 |
From Old American Songs to the Piano Fantasy (1950-57) | p. 467 |
From Dance Panels to Connotations (1959-62) | p. 486 |
From Emblems to Proclamation (1964-82) | p. 503 |
Identity Issues | p. 518 |
The Later Years | p. 532 |
Conclusion | p. 550 |
App. List of Works | p. 556 |
Notes | p. 564 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 665 |
Index | p. 671 |
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