Music and Musical Composition at the American Academy in Rome

Contents

• Introduction
• The Rome Prize from Leo Sowerby to David Diamond
• A History of the Rome Prize in Music Composition, 1947-2006
• The Classicist Origins of the Rome Prize in Music Composition, 1890-1920
• "Picked Young Men," Facilitating Women, and Emerging Composers: Establishing an American Prix de Rome
• Forging an International Alliance: Leo Sowerby, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, and the Impact of a Rome Prize
• Class of '54: Friendship and Ideology at the American Academy in Rome
• What They Said: American Composers on Rome
• The New Music Scene in Rome and the American Presence since World War II: Excerpts from a Roundtable, Moderated by Richard Trythall
• For the Academy
• Two Visits in 1981
• Music Resources at the American Academy in Rome
• Appendix: Composers at the American Academy in Rome, 1921-40
• Selected Bibliography
• List of Contributors
• Index