This is a startlingly fresh account of the life of one of the greatest 20th-century Americans, composer and songwriter George Gershwin. Joan Peyser examines Gershwin's character, his complex relation
The symphonic orchestra is intriguingly considered in essays by 23 leading music authors and thinkers. Topics include historical beginnings, the role of the conductor, the orchestral audience, the na
Joan Peyser offers a history of twentieth-century music through the lives and works of its greatest composers in To Boulez and Beyond. Peyser provides historical context and suggests psychological in
