The Evolution of Robert Moevs's Compositional Methodology 383 James Boros Johnny Dodds in New Orleans 405 Gene Anderson The "Elevation" of the Banjo in Late Nineteenth-Century America 441 Karen Elizabeth Linn Sacred and Secular America: Virgil Thomson's Symphony on 465 a Hymn Tune MIchael Meckna The Other Mr. Selby 477 Barbara OWen
BOOK REVIEWS Vera Brodsky Lawrence, Resonances 483 Dena J. Epstein Russell Sanjek, American Popular Music and Its Business: 485 The First Four Hundred Years D.W. Krummel Ezra Schabas, Theodore Thomas: America's Conductor and 487 Builder of Orchestra Philip Hart
RECORD REVIEWS George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess 490 Larry Starr Elliott Carter, The Vocal Works (1975-1981) 492 Thomas Rimer Walter Piston, Sonata pour Piano; Quintet for 494 Pianoforte and String Quartet; Improvisation; Passacaglia Howard Pollack Carnaval 496 Raoul Camus
INDEX 498
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