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MORAL FIRE: Musical portraits from America's Fin-de-Siecle (University of California Press 2012)

ARTISTS IN EXILE: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts An Economist Best Book of the Year A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice (HarperCollins, Feb 2008)

CLASSICAL MUSIC IN AMERICA: A History of its Rise and Fall Named one of the best books of 2005 by The Economist (W.W. Norton & Company 2005)

DVORAK IN AMERICA: In Search of the New World A book for young readers (Cricket Books, 2003)

THE POST-CLASSICAL PREDICAMENT: Essays on Music and Society "Passionate and penetrating" - American Record Guide (Northeastern University Press, 1995)

WAGNER NIGHTS: An American History Named best book of the year by the Society of American Music (Univ. of California Press, 1994; paperback 1995)

THE IVORY TRADE: Music and the Business of Music at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition "A significant book, consistently thoughtful and sympathetic" - Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe (Summit Books, 1990; paperback: Northeastern University Press)

UNDERSTANDING TOSCANINI: How He Became an American Culture-God and Helped Create a New Audience for Old Music Named one of the best books of the year by the New York Book Critics Circle (Knopf, 1987; paperback: Univ. of Minnesota Press, Univ. of California Press)

CONVERSATIONS WITH ARRAU "One of the best books about a performing artist ever written" - Andrew Porter, The New Yorker (Knopf 1982; paperback: Limelight Editions) Currently in print as Arrau on Music and Performance (Dover)

ON MY WAY: Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess THE DISCIPLE: A Novel of New York in the Gilded Age