Musings : the Musical Worlds of Gunther Schuller. by Schuller, Gunther

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Dancing in your head : jazz, blues, rock, and beyond by Santoro, Gene

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The Modern Composer and His World. by Beckwith, John

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Participants in the International Conference of Composers -- I: The Composer in Today's World -- COMPOSER AND PUBLIC -- Victor Legley (BELGIUM) -- Vassily Kukharski (USSR) -- Alfred Frankenstein (USA) : The Critic's Role -- Discussion -- TRAINING OF COMPOSERS -- Heinrich Sutermeister (SWITZERLAND): Letter to a Young Aspiring Composer -- Jean Papineau-Couture (CANADA) -- Aurelio de la Vega (CUBA) -- Discussion -- COMPOSER AND PERFORMER -- Václav Dobiás (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) -- Gunther Schuller (USA) -- Victor Feldbrill (CANADA) -- Discussion -- II: The Composer's Métier -- SERIALISM -- Iain Hamilton (GREAT BRITAIN) -- George Rochberg (USA): Duration in Music -- Ernst Krenek (USA) -- Discussion -- SOME OTHER PATHS -- Henri Dutilleux (FRANCE) : Diversities in Contemporary French Music -- Zygmunt Mycielski (POLAND) -- Constantin Regamey (SWITZERLAND) -- Gunther Schuller (USA) -- OPERA AND BALLET -- Karl-Birger Blomdahl (SWEDEN): Aniara -- Henk Badings (NETHERLANDS) : Experiences with Electronic Ballet Music -- SYNTHETIC MEANS -- Hugh LeCaine (CANADA) -- Josef Tal (ISRAEL) -- Vladimir Ussachevsky (USA) -- Discussion -- FORM -- Vagn Holmboe (DENMARK): On Form and Metamorphosis -- Luciano Berio (ITALY) -- Discussion -- III: Summary -- Conference Summary -- Discussion -- The Concerts of the Conference by Udo Kasemets.…”
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The Modern Composer and His World. by Beckwith, John

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Participants in the International Conference of Composers -- I: The Composer in Today's World -- COMPOSER AND PUBLIC -- Victor Legley (BELGIUM) -- Vassily Kukharski (USSR) -- Alfred Frankenstein (USA) : The Critic's Role -- Discussion -- TRAINING OF COMPOSERS -- Heinrich Sutermeister (SWITZERLAND): Letter to a Young Aspiring Composer -- Jean Papineau-Couture (CANADA) -- Aurelio de la Vega (CUBA) -- Discussion -- COMPOSER AND PERFORMER -- Václav Dobiás (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) -- Gunther Schuller (USA) -- Victor Feldbrill (CANADA) -- Discussion -- II: The Composer's Métier -- SERIALISM -- Iain Hamilton (GREAT BRITAIN) -- George Rochberg (USA): Duration in Music -- Ernst Krenek (USA) -- Discussion -- SOME OTHER PATHS -- Henri Dutilleux (FRANCE) : Diversities in Contemporary French Music -- Zygmunt Mycielski (POLAND) -- Constantin Regamey (SWITZERLAND) -- Gunther Schuller (USA) -- OPERA AND BALLET -- Karl-Birger Blomdahl (SWEDEN): Aniara -- Henk Badings (NETHERLANDS) : Experiences with Electronic Ballet Music -- SYNTHETIC MEANS -- Hugh LeCaine (CANADA) -- Josef Tal (ISRAEL) -- Vladimir Ussachevsky (USA) -- Discussion -- FORM -- Vagn Holmboe (DENMARK): On Form and Metamorphosis -- Luciano Berio (ITALY) -- Discussion -- III: Summary -- Conference Summary -- Discussion -- The Concerts of the Conference by Udo Kasemets.…”
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Sousa to Satchmo : Marsalis on the jazz band.

Table of Contents: “…Wycliffe Gordon -- Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin ; orch. Gunther Schuller -- Cornet chop suey / Louis Armstrong -- Whoopin' blues / traditional -- Stars & stripes forever/ John Philip Sousa -- Variations sur Le carneval de Venise / Jean-Baptiste Arban ; arr. …”
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Cultural considerations : essays on readers, writers, and musicians in postwar America by Rubin, Joan Shelley, 1947-

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Don Ellis : Electric Heart

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The Compleat Conductor. by Schuller, Gunther

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Too marvelous for words : the life and genius of Art Tatum by Lester, James

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