Most histories of American music have ignored the presence of twelve-tone music before and during the Second World War, and virtually all have ignored its prese

Reveals the great twentieth-century Italian composer's innovative handling of harmony, form, and text setting.

Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book

From the 1920s to the 1950s, neoclassicism was one of the dominant movements in American music. Today this music is largely in eclipse, mostly absent in perform