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Table of Contents: “…Delicious and the Second rhapsody (1931) -- Of thee I sing (1931) -- George Gershwin's song-book (1932) -- The Cuban overture (1932) and Pardon my English (1933) -- Let 'em eat cake (1933) and Variations on "I got rhythm" (1934) -- Porgy and Bess (1935) -- The first production of Porgy and Bess -- Porgy and Bess in revival -- Porgy and Bess on disc, film, and the concert stage -- From Swing is king (1936) to A damsel in distress (1937) -- From The Goldwyn follies (1938) to Kiss me, stupid (1964) -- Conclusion.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Crossing Over with George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman, and the Modernists --…”

Table of Contents: “…Leo Ornstein ; Edgard Varèse ; Carl Ruggles ; Dane Rudhyar ; Charles Seeger ; Henry Cowell -- On the jazz age and George Gershwin -- With a French accent : Nadia Boulanger -- From the Boulangerie. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Gilbert -- Epilogue from Essays before a Sonata / Charles Ives -- The dilemma of American music / Daniel Gregory Mason -- New musical resources / Henry Cowell -- The composer in the machine age / George Gershwin -- Problems of American composers / Roy Harris -- Jazz music comes from New Orleans / Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton -- Composer from Brooklyn / Aaron Copland -- How composers eat / Virgil Thomson -- Freedom for music / Edgard Varese -- American musical tendencies / Harry Partch -- Stravinsky and the younger American composers / Arthur Berger -- The future in the form of jazz / Gunther Schuller -- Experimental music / John Cage -- Who cares if you listen? …”