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Preface1. PreliminariesAttitudes; The Times; Symphonism Ascendant; TheSymphony's Public Role2. Symphonies of the Mid- to Late ThirtiesThe RomanticSymphony: Barber; The Spiritual Symphony: Hanson; The All-American Symphony:Harris; The Muscular Symphony: Schuman; The Civil Symphony: Carpenter;Afterthought: Thomson and Cowell3. Symphonies of the War YearsWartimeAttitudes; The Commemorative Symphony: Antheil; The Aesthetic Symphony:Diamond; The Dramatic Symphony: Bernstein; The Masterly Symphony: Piston; TheAmbivalent Symphony: Barber; The Theatrical Symphony: Blitzstein4. Symphoniesof the Immediate Postwar YearsThe Conservatorial Symphony: Moore; The DynamicSymphony: Mennin; The Plain-Spoken Symphony: Thompson; The August Symphony:Copland; The Self-Reliant Symphony: Creston; The Knotty Symphony: Sessions5.American Symphonies after 1950The Symphony in the Leanest Years; The Symphonyafter 1990Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index