Preface
1: Preliminaries
Attitudes
Times
Symphonism ascendant
Symphony's public role
2: Symphonies Of The Mid- To Late Thirties
Romantic symphony: Barber
Spiritual symphony: Hanson
All-American symphony: Harris
Muscular symphony: Schuman
Civil symphony: Carpenter
Afterthought: Thomson and Cowell
3: Symphonies Of The War Years
Wartime attitudes
Commemorative symphony: Antheil
Aesthetic symphony: Diamond
Dramatic symphony: Bernstein
Masterly symphony: Piston
Ambivalent symphony: Barber
Theatrical symphony: Blitzstein
4: Symphonies Of The Immediate Postwar Years
Conservatorial symphony: Moore
Dynamic symphony: Mennin
Plain-spoken symphony: Thompson
August symphony: Copland
Self-reliant symphony: Creston
Knotty symphony: Sessions
5: American symphonies after 1950
Symphony in the leanest years
Symphony after 1990
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index.