Sonneck Society for American Music

Bulletin, Volume XXIII, no. 2 (Summer 1997)

Some Recent Articles and Reviews


Compiled by William Kearns, University of Colorado at Boulder

AMERICAN HERITAGE (July/Aug 97): Fred Anderson, "My God, What an Act to Follow! [George M. Cohan/James Cagney]," 67.

ARSC JOURNAL
(Sp 96): Revs. of Reif Badger's A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe, 72, and Steve Gelfand's Television Theme Recordings: An Illustrated Discography 1951-1994, 74, both by Tim Brooks; rev. of The Chronological Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: 1940-1944 (CD-Classic Records 848), by Gary Galo, 89.
(Fall 96): Raymond R. Wile, "The Gramophone Becomes a Success in America, 1896-1898," 1939; rev. of Ross Laird's Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934, by Tim Brooks; rev. of The Judy Garland Show: The Original Recordings Recorded from the CBS Series 1963-1964 (5 CDs, Laserlight, 1995) and The Best of Judy Garland (3 CDs, Eclipose, 1995), by Lawrence Schulman, 256.

ASIAN MUSIC(F/W 96-97): rev. of recordings of Balinese music in America, by David Harnish, 146.

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY
(June 97): Francis Davis, "The Man from Heaven [Burt Bacharach]," 100.
(Aug 97): David Shiff, "Classical Appeal [crossover symphony concerts]," 70.

BULLETIN OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION (May 97): Eri Hirokawa, "Robert Pace: Music Theorist, composer, and Educator," 155; Paul Sanders, "The Common School Advocate (1837-1841): Propaganda Sheet for Music Education in Ohio," 173; Michael L. Mark, "Some Thoughts on William Billings," 188; revs. of Eva M. McMahan and Kim L. Rogers, eds., Interactive Oral History Interviewing, by J.D. Parr, Charles J. Hall, comp., A Chronicle of American Music, 1700-1995, by J. Bunker Clark, 197.

CANADIAN UNIVERSITY MUSIC REVIEW 17/1 (96): Rob Bowman, "Post-World War II Rhythm and Blues, and Roy Brown," 20; Erich Schwandt, "Some Motets in Honour of St. Joseph in the Archives of the Ursulines of Quebec," 57.

CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC BULLETIN (June 97): Rod Olstad, "Country Opries of Barrhead, Alberta an Area," 3; Peter Erasmus, excerpts from Buffalo Days and Nights (1976), 10.

CHAMBER MUSIC (June 97): Dennis Bartel, "Chamber Music and the Radio," 18.

THE CLARINET (July/Aug 97): Leon Breedon, "Michael Peanuts' Hucko: A Brief Profile," 30.

CLASSIC CD (Aug 97): Michael Oliver, "Lou Harrison, The Father of World Music," 44.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC REVIEW (16/1-2): edition--American Women Composers, ed. Karin Pendle; Janell M. Gelfand, "The Pioneering Spirit: Women Composers of the Older Generation," 5; Leslie Jones, "Seventy Years of Composing: An Interview with Vivian Fine," 21; Therese Ellsworth, "Composers in Academia: Women Composers at American Colleges and Universities," 27; Karen Pendle, "On Her Way: An Interview with Augusta Read Thomas," 37; Sharon PRado, "New Wine in Old Bottles: Traditional Media and Contemporary Women Composers," 45; Leslie Lasseter, "Meredith Monk: An Interview about Her Recent Opera, Atlas," 59; Karen Pendle, "For the Theatre: Opera, Dance and Theatre Piece," 69; Joanna Bosse, "Creating Options, Creating Music: An Interview with Gavin Borchert, "American Women in Electronic Music, 1984-94," 89; Catherine Roma, "The Healing Muse: An Interview with Kay Gardner," 99; Annie J. Randall, "Eyes on the Composition Prize," 105; Patrick L. Harbison and Gregory K. Moore, "Jazzwomen Compose," 123.

THE DIAPASON (Sept 97): Susan Armstrong-Quellette, "Father' Johnson and the Westfield [MA] Builders," 13.

EARLY MUSIC AMERICA (Sum 97): D. C. Culbertson, "Aston Magna [music festival] at 25," 38; Mark Longaker, "Fred Renz: Hurdy-Gurdy Man," 40.

FANFARE
Concerto for Oboe, Edward Miller's Anacrusis, Edwin London's A Hero of our Time, Russian State Symphonic Capella (NEW WORLD 80511-2), 68; Arthur Berger Five Pieces for Piano, Septet, Sefan Wolpe, Form for Piano, Piece in Two Parts for Solo Violin, Contemporary Chamber Players (NEW WORLD 80308-2), 104; Bernstein, West Side Story: Symphony Dances, Symphony Orchestra Kremlin (POPEMUSIC PM 2011-2), 275; Anthony Braxton piano music (hat/ART Now Series CD4-61941/2/3/4), 112; Cage Sonatas and Interludes, Julie Steinberg, prepared piano (MUIC AND ARTS CD 937); various ensembles, Ives Ensemble (hat/ART Now Series cd 2-6192, 2 discs), 122; Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Twentyfour Caprichos de Goya para guitarra, Frank Bungarten (MDG 305 0725-2), 125; music if Chn Yi, Women's Philharmonic (NEW ALBION 090) & Bun-Ching Lam, Walter Gray ensemble (CRI 726), 127; Copland greatest hits, Cincinnati Pops (TELARC CD-80339), 134; Copland, William Thomas McKinley, and Robert Chumbley, pieces for piano and strings, Broyhill Chamber Ens. (MMC 2041), 134; Concertos for cello and orchestra by Richard Danielpour, Leon Kirchner, and Christopher Rouse, Yo-Yo Ma & Philadelphia Orch. (PAN 10 093), 138; David Diamond Chamber music (NEW WORLD 80508-2), 142; Ross Lee Finney's Narrative for Cello and Orchestra, Edwin London's Before the World was Made, Francis Thorne's Symphony no. 6, Cleveland Chamber Symphony (ALBANY TROY 208), 151; Percy Grainger, piano rolls, Grainger and Lotta Mills Hough (NIMBUS NI 8809), 157; Guillermo Gregorio modern jazz ensemble (hatART CD 6184), 158; Benjamin Lees, music for violin and piano, Ellen Orner & Joel Wizansky (ALBANY TROY 138), 179; Donald Martino, A Set for Marimba, Parisonatina Al'Dodecafonia for solo cello, A Jazz Set, The Core Ensemble (NEW WORLD 80518), 194; Eric Moe, chamber and electroacoustic music (CENTAUR CRC 2290), 198; Stephen Montague, Snakebite, At the White Edge of Phrygia, Varshavian Autumn, Behold a Pale Horse, choir & orchestra of St. John's, Smith Square (ASV CD DCA 991), 199; Arnold Rosner, String Quartets 2, 3, 5, Duet for Violas, Ad Hoc String Quartet (ALBANY TROY-210), 228; Christopher Rouse, Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, Gorgon, Iscariot, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Sym. Orch. (KOCH INTERNATIONAL 3 7379-2 HI), 233; Rozsa, Suites drawn from film scores: Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, The Killers New Zealand Sym. (KOCH INTERATIONAL 3-7375-2-hi), 234; Roberto Sierra, Concertos for Flute & Horn, Of Discoveries for two guitars & orch. St. Christopher Chamber Orch. of Lithuania (FLUER DE SEON FDS57921), 260; Roberto Sierra, chamber music (CRI CD 724), 261; Robert Starer, piano music, Gerard Berthiame (ALBANY TROY 205), 265; Jack Vees, Surf Music Again, and others (CRI EMERGENCY MUIC CD &30), 283; Judith Zaimont, A Calendar Set, Russian Summer, Zones (ARABESQUE Z6683), 295; Collections: Ellington, The Duke's Tunes (arr.); Luening, Fantasia No. 2 & Serenade, Thomas Benjamin, Apertif & Entertainments, Mirecourt Trio (MUSIC & ARTS CD 952, 335.
(July/August 1997): revs. of Samuel Barber, Concertos for Violin and for Piano, Rovert McDuffie, vln., Kimura Parker, piano, Atlanta Symphony Orch. (TELARC CD-80441), 86; Morton Feldman, Durations I-V, Ensemble Avantgarde, Coptic Light, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (cpo 999 189-2, NAXOS), 127; Gentle Annie, songs of Stephen Foster and Charles Ives, Vocal Arts Quartet (KOCH INTERNATIONAL 3-7392-2), 128; Philip Glass, Glassmasters, pieces from Akhnaten, Itaipu, Satyagraha, Songs from Liquid Days, Glassworks, Einstein on the Beach & The Photographer (SONY SM3K 62960, 3 discs), 134; Gottschalk, piano music, vol. 3, Philip Martin (HYPERION CDA 66915), 137; George Graewe, San Francisco 1995 (MUSIC & ARTS CD 968), Saturn Cycle (M & A CD 958), & A View from Points West (M & A CD 850), piano and chamber music, 139; John Harbison, Violin Concerto & choral muisc, chorus and orch. of Emmanuel Music (KOCH INTERNATIONAL 3-7310-2), 146; Sorrel Hays, Structure 123, Dreaming th World, Take a Back Country Road, Tunings, various electronic and acoustic instruments (NEW WORLD 80520-2), 152; Louis Karchin, Galactic Folds, Ricercare, Sonata for Cello and Piano, Songs and Distance and Light, Washington Square Contemporary Music Society (CRI CD 739), 160; Edgar Stillman Kelley, piano music, Brian Kovach (ALBANY TROY 225), 161; Circus Spectacular -- Screamers, Galops and More: The Band Music of K.L. King, Matthew H. Phillips Circus Band (VOX VOX 7541), 162; William Craft, Settings from Pierrot Lunaire, Concerto for Percussion and Chamber Ensemble, Episodes Gallerty 4-5, Boston Musica Viva (ALBANY 218, 164); Meyer Kupferman, Twilight Symphony, Masada, Orquesta de Baja California (SOUNDSSELLS CD 117), 166; MacDowell, Orchestra Suites 1 & 2, Sea Pieces, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra (ALBANY TROY 224), 175; Bobby McFerrin, Circlesongs, chamber voices (SONY SK 62734), 184; William McKinley, Concerto; Burt Fenner, Arundo Domax; John Carbon, Concerto, clarinetist Richard Stolzman & National Warsaw Philharmonic Orch. (MMC MMC 2034), 185; William McKinley, Symphony #4, Piano Concerto, Three Poems of Pablo Neruda, Marjorie Mitchell & Slovak Radio Symphony Orch. (MMC MMC 2034), 185; Peter Mennin, Symphonies 3 & 7, Concertato, "Moby Dick", Seattle Symphony Orch. (DELOS DE-3164), 189; Mennin, Symphony 3, NY Phil., & Symphony 7, Chicago Sym., Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, John Ogden & Royal Philharmonic (CRI CD 741), 191; Meredith Monk, Volcano Songs, New York Requiem, St. Petersburg Waltz, Three Heavens and Hells, Light Songs, voices & piano (ECM 1589), 192; Kevin Oldham, music for piano and voice (ALBANY TROY 213), 201; Andre PRevin, chamber music and songs (SONY SK 62004), 205; Frederic C. Rich, The Hudson Oratorio, soloists and Julliard Orch. (ALBANY TROY 217), 212; George Rochberg, Twelve Bagatelles, Nach Bach, Partita-Variations, Foru Short Sonatas, Martha Thomas, piano (ACA CM 20044), 213; Jeffrey Schanzer, No More In Thrall, Sirius String Quartet & percussion (CRI CD 748), 218; Matthew Shipp, By the Law of Music, piano, vln, bass trio (hatART Jazz Series CD 6200), 236; Harvey Sollberger, Divertimento for Flute, Cello and Piano, Riding the Wind, Angel and Stone, Group for Contemporary Music (CRI CD 743) 240; Robert Starer, Kli Zemer--Clarinet Concerto, Samson Agonistes-Symphonic Poem, Concerto a Quattro, Annapolis Suite-Music for Brass and Harp, misc. groups (MMC MMC 2048), 241; Ernst Toch, Symphonies 5, 6, 7, Berlin Radio Symphony Orch., (cpo 999 389-2), 252; Joan Tower, Concertos for Violin, Flute, Piano, and Clarinet, Louisville Orch. (d'NOTE ND 1016), 254; Fisher Tull, Symphonic Treatise, Overture for a Legacy, Capriccio, Trumpet Concerto, Willie Stieder, tpt., Nuremberg Symphony (ALBANY TROY 223), 255; Charles Wuorinen, Two Part Symphony, Chamber Concerto for Tuba with 12 Winds & 12 Drums, Piano Concerto, Chamber Concerto for Flute and 10 Players, American Composers Orch., Group for Contemporary Music (CRI 244), 265; Judith Lang Zaimont, Suite Impressions, Evening, Calendar Collection, Two Piano Rags, Snazzy Sonata -- An Entertainment for Two, Doris Kosloff & Zaimont, pianists (4 TAY CD 4001), 267.
COLLECTIONS: With You, songs of Wilder, Lehrer, Bernstein, Sondheim, Kander, Bock, and Shire, soprano Roberta Alexander & pianist David Triestram (ETCETERA KTC 1190), 268; Sure on This Shining Night, the romantic song in America: Chanler, Chadwick, Schuman, Friml, Ives, Corigliano, Barber, Thomson, Korngold, Hindemith, Firestone, Malotte, Copland, Ewazen, Bolcom, Rorem, Romberg, Hageman, Marder, Charles, Griffes, Herbert, Parker, Musto, tenor Robert White & pianist Samuel Sanders (HYPERION CDA 66920), 271; Riverside [church] Revisited, organist Frederick Swan plays Bingham, Dickinson, others (GOTHIC G 49086) 289; Choral and Organ Music of Alec Wyton, organists & choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street (GOTHIC G 49088), 289; Explorations: New American Piano Music, David HOlzman plays Pleskow, Cornicello, Greenbaum, Boros, and Yttrehus (CENTAUR CRC 2291), 291; Bittersweet Music, piccoloist Susan Glasser & pianist Robert Markham perform Benshkoof, Tsontakis, Musgrave, Loeb, Lam, and La Montaine (KOCH INTERNATINAL 3-7396-2), 293; Here's One, violinist Zina Schiff and pianist Cameron Grant play Still, Hoiby, Price, Cowell, and Copland (4-TAY-CD-4005), 298; Twigs, Georgia Woodwind Quintet plays Macy, MCKinley, Steig, and Vayo (ACA CM 20032), 299; Conversations: A Twentieth Anniversary Salute to American Composers, Atlanta Chamber Players perform Amram's Conversations, Copland's Sextet, Harbison's November 19, 1828, and Rorem's Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano (ACA CM 20038), 299; Jubal Songs, Jobal Trio--soprano, flute, harp--perform Freund, Crumb, Sollberger, Leon, and Stokes (CRI CD 738), 300; Brazen Cartographies: New Music for Brass, Chestnut Brass Co. performs Wernick, Greatbach, Krzywicki, Stokes (ALBANY TROY 233), 301; Strophes of the Night and Dawn, Florida State Brass Quintet performs Peaslee, Cheetham, Suderberg, Walker, Everett, Koetsier (CRYSTAL CD 566), 302; Common Sense Composers' Collective, ensemble music by Becker, Harsh, Yarnell, Halle, Mellits, Reynolds, Woolf (CRI 731), 303; Desertscapes: A Portrait of American Women Compoers, Slovak Radio Chorus & Orch. performs Maggi Payne (Albume title), Paula Diehl, Jeanne Shaffer, Adele Berk (MMC MMC 2026), 308; An American Tapestry, Dallas Symphony, Hovhaness, Piston, Schuman, IVes, Griffes (DORIAN DOR-90224), 309; John Williams conducts Londong Symphony in his Five Sacred Trees and music of Picker, Takemitsu, and Hovhaness (SONY SK 62729), 313; MMC New Century vol. 6, Silesian Philharmonic performs music of Rossi, Farmer, Briggs, Tomaro, and McKinley (MMC 2028), 314; Carousel of American Music, reissue of "The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts," classical & popular (MUSIC & ARTS CD-971, 4 discs), 317; CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 24, music by Dashow, Austin, Chabade, Waschka, Lippe (CENTAUR CRC 2310), 318; New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media: Women in Electronic Music, 1977, music of Beyer, Lockwood, Oliveros, Spiegel, Roberts, R. Anderson, L. Anderson (CRI 728), 319.

GLENN GOULD (Fall 96): John Beckwith, "Glenn Gould, the early years: addenda and corrigenda," 56.
(Sp 97): John Beckwith, "Master Glenn Gould," 14.

HARMONY: FORUM OF THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INSTITUTE (Apr 97): James Orleans, "Rebuilding the Repertoire for the 21st Century," 57; Marilyn Fischer and Isaiah Jackson, "Toward a Vision of Mutual Responsiveness: Remythologizing the Symphony Orchestra," 71.

THE HYMN (July 97): Hugh D. McKellar, "A History of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, 1922-1997," 8; C. Michael Hawn, "The Tie that Binds: A List of Ecumenical Hymns in English Language Hymnals Published in Canada and the U.S. since 1976," 25; Wesley Roberts, "The Hymnody of Christadelphians: A Survey of Hymnists and Hymn Collections," 44.

THE INSTRUMENTALIST (June 97): Keith Brion, "100 Years of Stars and Stripes," 32; Constance A. Fairchild, "The Amazing Sousa Band," 34; Robert Reedy, "Move Over Mr. Holland," 79.
(July 97): Salvatore Terrasi interviews Arturo Sandoval: "Jazz with a Cuban Twist," 10; Grover Sales, "The Legendary Duke Ellington," 28.

INTERNATIONAL CHORAL BULLETIN (July 97): Sheila G. Prichard interviews Lorna Cooke deVaron, "Pioneer Woman in Choral Conducting," 4.

INTERNATIONAL REPERTORY OF MUICAL ICONOGRAPHY (Sp 94): Emily-Jane Orford, "A History of Canadian Music in the Arts: Paintings, Prints, Drawings Collection of the National Archives of Canada," 3.
(Sp 95): Barra Boydell, "The Female Harp: The Irish Harp in 18th- and Early-19th-Century Romantic Nationalism," 10.

INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE SOCIETY JOURNAL (Sum 97): Jonathan Winkle, "Jim Pugh Discovers New Tommy Dorsey Work [by Roy Harris]," 38.

JOURNAL OF BAND RESEARCH
(Fall 95): William E. Fry, "The Band Music of Don Gillis," 29.
(Fall 96): J. Kent McAnally, "The Haskell (Institute) Indian Band in 1904: The World's Fair and Beyond," 1.

JOURNAL OF COUNTRY MUSIC 19/2 (1997): Chris Dickinson, "Reba McEntire on Hard Work, Fame, and Feminism," 8; Harry S. Rice, "A Close Look at the Renfro Valley Burn Dance," 16; Nick Tosches, "Strange Days: Emmett Miller and Jimmie Rodgers in Asheville," 26; Paul Kingsbury, "One-on-One with Dolly Parton," 31.

THE JOURNAL OF MUSICOLOGY (Winter 97): Alan Houtchens & Hanis P. Stout, "Scarce Heard Amidst the Guns Below: Intertextuality and Meaning in Charles Ives's War Songs," 66; Jonathan Bellman, "Indian Resonances in the British Invasion, 1965-1968," 116.
(Sp 97): Charles Hamm, "Privileging the Moment: Cage, Jung, Synconicity, Postmodernism," 278.

JOURNAL OF MUSIC THERAPY (Sp 7): William N. Gownsmith & Larry J. Bloom, "The Effects of Heavy Metal Music on Arousal and Anger," 33.

JOURNAL OF NEW MUSIC RESEARCH (Mar 97): Martijn Voorvelt, "The Environmental Elemen in Barry Truax's Compositions," 48.

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MUIC EDUCATION (Summer 97): William R. Lee, "Music Education and Rural Reform: 1900- 1925," 306.

JOURNAL OF SINGING (May/June 97): Peter Higham, "Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Vogelweide," 27.

JOURNAL OF THE AMEICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Sp. 97): Kom H. Kowalke, "For Those we Love: Hindemith, Whitman, and An American Requiem," 133.

JOURNAL O THE CONDUCTORS GUILD (Sum/Fall 95): Michael R. Brown, "The Band Music of William Schuman," 85; Paul Tobias, "The Rocky Road of an American Orchestral Masterpiece [Samuel Barber's Cello Concerto]," 91; J. Bryan Burton, "Native American Repertoire: The Indigenous Component of Multicultural Music," 106.

LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC REVIEW (Sp/Sum 97): Stephen D. Glazier, "Embedded Truths: Creativity and Context in Spiritual Baptist Music," 44; Rita Goldberg, "Nuevos datos sobre la historia de la musica en Puerto Rico: Pedro Nunez de Ortega, arcabucero y maestro de capilla," 57.

LENOX AVENUE (3/1997): Cheryl A. Wall, "A Note on "The Weary Blues" [Langston Hughes poem]," 1; Issue devoted to "nature and performance practices of the Art Ensemble of Chicago" [ed. Samuel A. Floyd, Jr.]: NOrman Weinstein, "Steps Toward an Integrative Comprehension of the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Music," 5; Robin D. G. Kelley, "Dig They Freedom: Meditations on History and the Black Avant-Garde," 13; Bruce Tucker, "Nrrative, Extramusical Form, and the Metamodernism of the Art Ensemble of Chicago," 27; Jason Berry, "Declamations on Great Black Music," 41; Allan M. Gordon, "The Art Ensemble of Chicago as Performance Art," 53; Muchael J. Budds, "The Art Ensemble of Chicago in Context," 57.

MORAVIAN MUSIC JOURNAL (Sp 97): Nola R. Knouse, "Music of the Salem Band: Cataloging and Questions!," 8; Darhyl S. Ramsey, "Resources for Study of Moravian Music [listed in] The Music Index," 12; Nola R. Knouse, "The Springs of Salvation: But We've Always Sung It This Way!," 23.

MUSIC AND LETTERS (May 97): Revs. of Peter Burkholder, ed., Charles Ives and his World, by Arnodl Whittall, 301; Kyle Gann's The Music of Conlon Nancarrow, by David Nicholls, 303.

MUSIC REFERENCE SERVICES QUARTERLY (5, 3/4): William E. Studwell, "Minor Ballet Composers: Biographical Sketches of Sixty-Six Unappreciated Yet Significant Contributors to the Body of Western Ballet Music," [contains Bernstein, Dello Joio, Feldman, Gottschalk, Gould, Kay, Subotnick].

THE MUSIC REVIEW (May 1994): Ref. of Joseph Horowitz's Understanding Toscanini, 154.

THE MUSICAL QUARTERLY (Winter 1996): Leon Botstein, "The Paradoxes of Doom" [state of classical music], 563; David Nicholls, "Transethnicism and the American Experimental Tradition," 569; Rick Altman, "The Silence of Silents [film]," 648; John Kennedy and Larry Polansky, "Total Eclipse: The Music of Johanna Magdalena Beyer: An Introduction and Preliminary Annotated Checklist," 719.

MUSICWORKS (Sum 97): John Beckwith, "New Music and the Public: Serge Garant and Quebec's Ruptures' Debate," 36.

NOTES: JOURNAL OF THE MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
(June 97): Revs. of Steven E. Gilbert's The Music of Gershwin, by Geoffrey Block, 1165; John and anna Gillespie's Notable Twentieth-Century Pianists: A Bio-Critical Sorucebook, by Brian Marks, 1173; Charles Hamm's Putting Popular Music in It's Place, by Chris Goertzen, 1178. Music reviews: Irving Berlin, Early Songs (ed. Charles Hamm, Music in the United States of America, 3) by Geoffrey Block, 1321; Daniel Read, Collected Works (ed. Karl Koreger), by Edward C. Wolf, 1328; music of Robert Strizich and John Throw for recorder and flute (Fallen Leaf Publications in Contemporary American Music) by Tom Moore, 1332; music for piano by Herber Bielawa, Richard Felciano, Robert Greenberg, Peter Josheff, and Roger Nixon (Fallen Leaf Publ. in Contemporary American Music), by George Fisher, 1334.
(Sept 97): E. Douglas Bomberger, "Edward MacDowell, Arthur P. Schmidt, and the Shakespeare Overtures of Joachim Raff: A Case Study in Nineteenth-Century Music Publishing," 11; revs. of Miguel Ficher, Martha Furman Schliefer, and John M. Furman, Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary, by Antoni Piza, 61; John Cowley's Carnival, Anboulay and Calypso: Traditions in the Making, by Robin Moore, 87; Nolan Porterfield's Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax, 1867-1948, by David Oliphant, 90; Kyle Gann's The Music of Conlon Nancarrow, by Kathryn Bumpass, 95; Robert Burnett's The Global Jukebox: The International Music Industry, by Norbert Carnovale, 96. Music reviews of Elliott Carter's Quintet for Piano and Winds, by Martin Brody, 273; Edward Jacobs' At Recess, We Play Bruce J. Taub's Lady Mondegreen's Dances, Richard Festinger's A Serenade for Six, and Andrew Inbrie's Dream Sequence, by Andrew Rinfleisch, 275; Michael Berkeley's Fierce Tears I and Fierce Tears II for Oboe and Piano, Keening for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Coronach for Strings, by Jeremy Beck, 277; William Albright's Chasm for Organ Solo, Symphony for Organ by Mary Ann Dodd, 280.

THE OPERA JOURNAL (June 97): Revs. Lys Symonette and Kim H. Kowalke, eds., Speak Low (When you Speak Love): the Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, by Leonard J. Lehrman, 36; John Dizikes's Opera in America: A Cultural History, by David Bradley, 39.

OPERA NEWS
(June 97): "Valhalla on the Hudson," Excerpts from Atrid Varnay's memoirs, 18; Justin Davidson, "Ashoka's Dreamer" [Peter Lieberson opera], 28.
(Aug 97): Articles by Joel Hong, Richard Pearlman, and E. Paul Driscoll on American Chamber opera.
(Sept 97): Patrick J. Smith, "This Side of Heaven [Metropolitan Opera Orchestra]," 8.

THE OPERA QUARTERLY
(Sp 97): William Ashbrook, "Nelson Eddy's Career in Opera," 7; Harlan Jennings, "Grand Opera Comes to Denver," 57; Robert C. Marsh, "The Ravinia Opera, 1912-1931," 97, "The Annals of the Ravinia Opera, Part I: 1912-1916," 107.
(Sum 97): Edward H. Pearson, "Victor Herbert's Madeleine, 59; Robert C. Marsh, "The Annals of the Ravinia Opera, Part 2: 1917-1921," 123.

PIANO TODAY (Sum 97): "American Composers in the Pioneer Tradition: Charles Ives [by Charles Ives Tyler, 8] & Ruth Crawford Seeger [by Judith Tick, 9]." Includes Seeger's arr. of "Sweet Betsey from Pike" and Chas. Ives' song "At the River."

POPULAR MUSIC (May 97): Phil Eva, "Home Sweet Home?; The culture of exile in mid-Victorian popular song," 131; Duncan Bythell, "Provinces versus metropolis in the British brass band movement in the early twentieth century : the case of William Rimmer and his music," 151.

POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY
(Sp 97): George M. Eberhart, "Stack Lee: The Man, the Music, and the Myth," 1; Rob Bowman, "Stax Records: A Lyrical Analysis," 71; Robin Roberts, "Independence Day; Feminist Country Music Videos," 135; Peter G. Ross, "An Organizational Analysis of the Emergence, Development, and Mainstreaming of British Punk Rock Music," 155; Greg S. Faller, 'From Sitney to TV: Classical Experimental Style in Contemporary Music Videos," 175.
(Sum 96): Bryan Garman, "The Ghost of History: Bruce Springsteen, Woody Guthrie and the Hurt Song," 69; John Ryan, Legare H. Calhoun III, and William M. Wentworth, 'Gender or Genre? Emotion Models on Commercial Rap and Country Music," 121; Jon Radwan, "A Generic Approach to Rock Film," 155; Jack Banks, "Music Video Cartel: A Survey of Anti-Competitive Practices by MTV and Major Record Companies," 173.

SING OUT!
(May/June 197): Banning Eyre, "Oumou Sangare: Queen of Malian Music," 34; Keith Fotheringham, "The Many Faces of Eliza Carthy," 40; Ken Perlman, "Dwight Diller and the Music of Pocahontas County," 52; Rich Kerstetter, 'Pennsylvania German Folk Music," 66.
(Fall 97): Valerie Mindel, "Jay Ungar & Molly Mason: Connecting Community and Music," 42; Scott Alarik, "Solas: Innovative Traditions [in Irish traditional music]," 56.

SMITHSONIAN (July 97): Donovan Webster, "Pipe Dreams [organs & organ building]," 100; Fred Turner, "Bix [Biederbeck]: The Story of a Young Man and His Horn," 119.

THE STRAD (July 97): Margaret Campbell, "Musical Mentor Jascha Brodsky," 742; Gordon Epperson, 'At the Hands of the Mighty" [Legendary conductors in US, 1930s-40s), 745.

STRINGS
(July/Aug 97): Nancy Uscher, "Ahead of the Curve: Maverick School in the Arts," 50.
(Sept/Oct 97): Elizabeth Dossa, "The Ying Quartet Reaches Out," 56.

SYMPHONY
(May/June 97): Matthew Daines, "California Current" [composition and concerts], 20.
(July/Aug 97): Sara Austin, "The Classics Get Connected [Internet]," 40; Melinda Whiting, "Slatkin Speaks" [National Symphony first season], 48.

WOMEN OF NOTE QUARTERLY (May 97): Thomas Erdmann, "Making it Happin in the Jazz World: Lesl Whitaker," 1; Marie Asner, "First Academy Award: Rachel Portman and Emma," 10.



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