|
|
⇒ Click on each title for further information
|
THE MARRIAGE: The Mahlers in New York (a novel)
|
The first book-length account of the Mahlers' tumultuous New York sojourn |
(BlackWater Press, 2023) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DVORAK'S PROPHECY: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music
|
A landmark interpretation of why classical music in America "stayed white" ― how it got to be that way and what can be done about it. |
(W.W. Norton & Company, 2021) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
"ON MY WAY": The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess |
A revelatory history of the operatic masterpiece that both made and destroyed Rouben Mamoulian, its director and unsung hero |
(W.W. Norton & Company, 2013) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MORAL FIRE: Musical portraits from America's Fin-de-Siecle |
"Consistently fascinating, thought-provoking, and rewarding. This book should be of great interest to anyone who loves music." —Mark Volpe, Managing Director, Boston Symphony Orchestra |
(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) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|