The Selected Writings of John Duke 1917-1984

Selected writings from journals, lectures, concert reviews, personal letters, and articles by the American art song composer John Duke are collected here, revealing the composer's clear insight about the music of his time. Complete updated song catalogs listing poets, publishers, and suggested voice types round out the volume.

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
John Duke
Life and Times	p. 3
The Songwriter	p. 7
Diaries and Notebooks
Diary 1917-1918	p. 15
Scrapbook 1920-1926	p. 25
Journal 1930	p. 41
Essays
Art and God: Two Incomplete Manuscripts	p. 55
Newspaper Writings
"Music": A Weekly Column by John Duke	p. 69
Concert Reviews by John Duke	p. 83
"The Arts Today"
"The Arts and the Intellect"	p. 105
"Contemporary Music and Democracy"	p. 123
"Professionalism in the Arts Today" or "Art as Big Business"	p. 131
"Is Music Abstract?"	p. 139
"The Problem of the Universal in Contemporary Art"	p. 145
The Art Song
Presentations	p. 157
Publications	p. 171
Later Life
Yale Oral History Interview	p. 189
Letters 1961-1984	p. 193
Appendixes
Biographical Timeline	p. 219
Catalog of Works	p. 223
Chronological Song Catalog	p. 227
Alphabetical Song Catalog	p. 237
Selected Bibliography	p. 249
Index	p. 251
About the Editors	p. 261
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