Harvard Composers Walter Piston and His

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.

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
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Harvard Composers Walter Piston and His Students, from Elliot Carter to Frederic Rzewski

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