Edward Toner Cone (May 4, 1917 – October 23, 2004) was an American composer,

music theorist Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. '' The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the " rudiments", that ...

, pianist, and philanthropist.

Life and career

Cone was born in

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. He studied composition under

Roger Sessions Roger Huntington Sessions (December 28, 1896March 16, 1985) was an American composer, teacher, and writer on music. He had started his career writing in a neoclassical style, but gradually moved towards complex harmonies and postromanticism, a ...

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, receiving his bachelor's in 1939 (Latin

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and the first Princeton student to submit a musical composition as his senior thesis). Cone and

Milton Babbitt Milton Byron Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher. He was a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, recognized for his serial and electronic music. Biography ...

were the first to earn graduate degrees in musical composition from Princeton (MFA, 1942). He studied piano with

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and

Edward Steuermann Eduard Steuermann (June 18, 1892, Sambor, Austria-Hungary – November 11, 1964, New York City) was an Austrian-born American pianist and composer. Steuermann studied piano with Vilém Kurz at the Lemberg Conservatory and Ferruccio Busoni in B ...

. During the Second World War, Cone served first in the army (as a pianist) and later in the Office of Strategic Services. Beginning in 1946, he taught at Princeton. He was the co-editor of the journal ''

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'' between 1965 and 1969. Cone, known for his contributions to music criticism and analysis, also composed a significant body of music. His scholarly work addressed musical form and aesthetics, particularly questions of rhythm and

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. He died in

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, aged 87. Cone was the companion of Princeton philosophy professor

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for nearly 48 years. Cone's students include Michael Dellaira, Hobart Earle, Alan Fletcher,

Robert Greenberg Robert M. Greenberg (born April 18, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and musicologist who was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has composed more than 50 works for a variety of instruments and voices, and has recorded a number of lecture seri ...

, John Heiss,

David Lewin David Benjamin Lewin (July 2, 1933 – May 5, 2003) was an American music theorist, music critic and composer. Called "the most original and far-ranging theorist of his generation", he did his most influential theoretical work on the development ...

Gilbert Levine Sir Gilbert Levine, GCSG (born January 22, 1948) is an American conductor. He is considered an "outstanding personality in the world of international music television." He has led the PBS concert debuts of the Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Ph ...

, Mathilde McKinney, Robert P. Morgan,

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Malcolm Peyton Malcolm Cameron Peyton (January 12, 1932 – January 26, 2025) was an American composer, concert director, conductor and teacher. Life and career Peyton was born in New York City on January 12, 1932. He grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and rece ...

Harold Powers Harold Stone Powers (August 5, 1928 – March 15, 2007) was an American musicologist, ethnomusicologist, and music theorist. Career Born in New York City on August 5, 1928, he earned his B.Mus. in piano from Syracuse University in 1950 and an ...

Victor Rosenbaum Victor Rosenbaum (born 1941) is an American pianist, teacher, educator and administrator. Early life Rosenbaum was born in Philadelphia, but spent most of his childhood, from age 5, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Showing an early interest in music, he ...

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, and

Edgar Warren Williams Edgar Warren Williams (born June 12, 1949) is an American composer, conductor, and music theorist. Williams obtained a bachelor's degree in composition from Duke University in 1971, then obtained a master's degree at Columbia University in 1973, s ...

. Cone was a member of both the

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and the

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Composition

Instrumental works

Orchestra

*''Elegy'' (1953) *''Music for Strings'' (1964) *''An Overture for the War (Prelude to Victory)'' (1942) *''Symphony'' (1953) *''Variations for Orchestra'' (1968)

Solo instrument and orchestra

*''Cadenzas'' (1979) for violin, oboe, and string orchestra *''Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra'' (1959) for violin and orchestra *''Nocturne and Rondo for Orchestra and Piano'' (1957) for piano and orchestra

Small ensemble (3–14 players)

*''Capriccio for String Quartet'' (1981) for 2 violins, viola, and cello *''Clarinet Quintet'' (1941) for clarinet, 2 violins, viola, and cello *''Divertimento for Woodwinds'' (1940–46) for flute, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, and bassoon *''Fanfare'' (1948) for 6 trumpets, 3 horns, 3 trombones, and 2 tubas *''Funeral Stanzas'' (1965) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon *''Music for a Film'' (1951) for clarinet, 2 violins, viola, and cello *''Ostinato, Cadenza and Finale'' (1990) for viola, cello, and piano *''Quartet for Strings and Piano'' (1983) for violin, viola, cello, and piano *''Quintet for Piano and Strings'' (1960) for 2 violins, viola, cello, and piano *''Serenade'' (1975) for flute, violin, viola, and cello *''String Quartet (#1)'' (1939) for 2 violins, viola, and cello *''String Quartet (#2)'' (1949) for 2 violins, viola, and cello *''String Sextet'' (1966) for 2 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos *''String Trio'' (1973) for violin, viola, and cello *Trio (1951) for violin, cello, and piano *''Variations on a Fan-Fair'' (1965) for 2 trumpets, horn, and trombone

Duos

*''Cavatina'' (1976) for treble viol and harpsichord *''Duo for Violin & Clarinet'' (1969) for clarinet and violin *''Duo for Violin & Harp'' (1959) for violin and harp *''Duo for Violin and 'Cello'' (1963) for violin and cello *''Elegy'' (1946) for violin and piano *''Fantasy for Two Pianos'' (1965) for 2 pianos *''Nocturne for 'Cello and Piano'' (1946) for cello and piano *''Pastoral Variations for Flute and Harp'' (1996) for flute and harp *''Prelude and Variations for Piano Four-Hands'' (1946) for piano four-hands *''Rhapsody'' (1947) for viola and piano *''Sonata for Violin and Piano (#1)'' (1940) for violin and piano *''Sonata for Violin and Piano (#2)'' (1948) for violin and piano *''Wedding Music'' (1977) for 2 trumpets

Solo strings

*''Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin'' (1961) for violin solo *''Sonata for Violoncello Solo'' (1955) for cello solo *''Variations for Solo Viola'' (after 1996) for viola solo

Solo keyboard

*''Another Page from a Diary'' (1985) for piano *''Etude for Either Hand, or Both'' (1963) for piano *''Fantasy'' (1950) for piano *''Fantasy on a Hebrew Theme'' (1947) for organ *''Fantasy on an Advent Hymn'' (1948) for organ with optional TBB chorus *''In Memoriam – R. D. W.'' (1951) for piano *''Page from a Diary'' (1977) for piano *''Piano Sonata'' (1947) for piano *''Prelude, Passacaglia and Fugue'' (1957) for piano *''Sphinxes'' (1974) for piano *''Twelve Bagatelles on the Triads'' (1959) for piano *''Twelve Tonal Studies'' (1962) for piano *''Twenty-One Little Preludes'' (1940) for piano *''Two Fugues for J. Merrill Knapp'' (1940) for organ

Cadenzas

*''Cadenza for Bach's Concerto for Four Harpsichords, Strings & Continuo in A Minor (after Vivaldi, RV 580), BWV 1065'' (1989) for 4 pianos *''Cadenzas for Mozart Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra, E-flat Major, K. 365'' (1997) for 2 pianos *''Cadenzas for Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 466'' (1981) for piano

Completions

*''Completion of a Cadenza for Beethoven's Piano Concerto in C Major, Opus 15'' (1984) for piano *''Completion of Bach's Unfinished Fugue in C Minor'' (1974) for keyboard

Choral and solo vocal works

Chorus and orchestra

*''Two Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra'' (1948) for SSATBB and orchestra

Chorus, solo voice, and orchestra

*''The Hollow Men'' (1950) for TTBB, tenor & baritone soloists, winds, and percussion *''The Lotos-Eaters'' (1946) for TTBB, tenor & bass soloists, and orchestra

Chorus and small ensemble

*''Around the Year'' (1956) for SATB, 2 violins, viola, and cello. Text by

Walter de la Mare Walter John de la Mare (; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his psychological horror short fi ...

Chorus and keyboard

*''Fantasy on an Advent Hymn'' (1948) for organ with optional TBB *''In the Last Days'' (1957) for SATB and piano *''Let Us Now Praise Famous Men'' (1946) for TTBB, tenor solo, and organ *''A Memory'' (1947) for TTBB and piano *''Veni Creator Spiritus'' (1950) for TBB and organ

A capella chorus

*''Excursions'' (1946) for SSATBB *''Petit Chant de Noel'' (1955) for SATBB. Text by

Gabriel Vahanian Gabriel Vahanian (in Armenian Գաբրիէլ Վահանեան; 24 January 1927 – 30 August 2012) was a French Protestant Christian theologian who was most remembered for his pioneering work in the theology of the "death of God" movement within ...

. *''Songs of Innocence and Experience'' (after 1996) for SATB. Text by

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of the Roma ...

*''Three Miniatures'' (1948) for TTBB. Text by James Stephens *''Two Limericks'' (1965) for SATB *''Two Songs from Shakespeare'' (1972) for SATB

Solo voice and orchestra

*''Dover Beach'' (1941) for baritone and orchestra *''The Duchess of Malfi'' (1954) for contralto, tenor, bass, and orchestra *''La Figlia che Piange'' (1962) for tenor and chamber orchestra

Solo voice and small ensemble

*''Four Lyrics from Yeats'' (after 1996) for medium voice, 2 violins, viola, and cello. Text by

W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats (, 13 June 186528 January 1939), popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the ...

. *''Ozymandias'' (1989) for soprano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano *''Philomela'' (1970) for soprano, flute, viola, and piano *''Scarabs'' (1948) for soprano, 2 violins, viola, and cello. Text by R. P. Blackmur. *''Two Gardens'' (1986) for soprano, 2 violins, viola, cello, and piano. Text by

Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels ''Black ...

Solo voice and single instrument

*''Bells in Tower at Evening Toll'' (1940) for voice and piano *''Cover Me Over, Clover'' (n.d.) for voice and piano. Text by

Richard Eberhart Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was an American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. "Richard Eberhart emerged out of the 1930s as a modern stylist with romantic ...

*''Dover Beach'' (1941) for baritone and piano *''An Epitaph'' (1940) for voice and piano *''Four Songs from Mythical Story'' (1961) for soprano and piano *''If It Chance Your Eye Offend You'' (1940) for voice and piano *''In the Morning'' (1940) for voice and piano *''Into My Heart'' (1940) for voice and piano *'' Loveliest of Trees'' (1940) for voice and piano *''Mona Lisa'' (1940) for voice and piano *''New Weather'' (1993) for tenor or soprano and piano. Text by

Paul Muldoon Paul Muldoon is an Irish poet. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he has been both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humani ...

. *''Nine Lyrics from Tennyson's "In Memoriam"'' (1978) for baritone and piano. Text by

Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of ...

*''Parta Quies'' (1940) for voice and piano *''Psalm CXXI'' (1973) for soprano and organ *''The Shell'' (1948) for contralto and piano *''Silent Noon'' (1959) for soprano and piano *''Sir Thomas' House'' (1948) for soprano and flute. Text by

John Berryman John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in th ...

. *''Solace'' (1990) for soprano and piano. Text by

. *''The Street Sounds to the Soldier's Tread'' (1940) for voice and piano *''Three Songs from Pippa Passes'' (after 1996) for mezzo-soprano and piano. Text by

Robert Browning Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian literature, Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentar ...

. *''Triptych'' (1950) for tenor or soprano and piano. Text by

. *''Two Women'' (1987) for soprano and piano *''With Rue My Heart is Laden'' (1940) for voice and piano

Books

*''Musical Form and Musical Performance'' (New York, 1968) *''The Composer's Voice'' (Berkeley, 1974) *''Music: a View from Delft'' (Chicago, 1989) *''Hearing and Knowing Music: The Unpublished Essays of Edward T. Cone'' (Princeton, NJ, 2009)

Edited volumes

*(ed., with

Benjamin Boretz Benjamin Aaron Boretz (born October 3, 1934) is an American composer and Music theory, music theorist. Life and work Benjamin Boretz was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Abraham Jacob Boretz and Leah (Yullis) Boretz. He graduated with a degree in ...

) ''Perspectives on Schoenberg and Stravinsky'' (Princeton, NJ, 1968, Revised 2nd ed. 1972) *(ed.) ''

Hector Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...

: Fantastic Symphony'' (New York, 1971) (annotated score) *(ed., with B. Boretz) ''Perspectives on American Composers'' (New York, 1971) *(ed., with B. Boretz) ''Perspectives on Contemporary Music Theory'' (New York, 1972) *(ed., with B. Boretz) ''Perspectives on Notation and Performance'' (New York, 1976) *(ed.) ''Roger Sessions on Music'' (Princeton, NJ, 1979) *(ed., with

Edmund Keeley Edmund Leroy "Mike" Keeley (February 5, 1928 – February 23, 2022) was an American novelist, translator, and essayist, a poet, and Charles Barnwell Straut Professor of English at Princeton University. He was a noted expert on the Greek poets C ...

and Joseph Frank) "The Legacy of R. P. Blackmur: Essays, Memoirs, Texts" (New York, 1987)

Articles and reviews

1940–49 *"Roger Sessions' String Quartet." ''Modern Music'' 18, no. 3 (1941): 159–63. *"The Creative Artist in the University." ''American Scholar'' 16, no. 2 (1947): 192–200. *Review of

Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...

: Six Preludes for Piano. Notes. 4. 4 (1947). *Review of

Paul Creston Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio; October 10, 1906 – August 24, 1985) was an American composer of classical music. He composed six symphonies and several concertante works for violin, piano, accordion, marimba and saxophone. Biography B ...

: Review of Five Two-Part Inventions for the Piano. Notes. 4. 2 (1947): 191–192. *Review of David Diamond: Review of Sonatina for Piano. Notes. 4. 4 (1947). 1950–59 *Review of Carlos Riesco: Canzona E Rondo, for Violin and Piano. Notes. 11. 1 (1953): 155. *Review of

Tibor Serly Tibor Serly (; Losonc, Kingdom of Hungary, 25 November 1901 – London, 8 October 1978) was a Hungarian violist, violinist, and composer. Life Serly was the son of Lajos Serly, a pupil of Franz Liszt and a composer of songs and operettas in ...

: Sonata in Modus Lascivus, for Solo Violin. Notes. 11. 1 (1953): 155.
Review of Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Complete Orchestral Score
(N. Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Orch., Mitropoulos) ''

The Musical Quarterly ''The Musical Quarterly'' is the oldest academic journal on music in America. Originally established in 1915 by Oscar Sonneck, the journal was edited by Sonneck until his death in 1928. Sonneck was succeeded by a number of editors, including C ...

''. 39. 3 (1953): 475–478.
Review of Berlioz: The Trojans in Carthage
(Ensemble Vocal de Paris,

André Jouve André Jouve (), born 1929, died 2 March 2019 was a French conductor and radio producer, active mainly in France, who left a number of recordings and was for many years associated with classical music on French Radio.André Jouve - Ils nous ont qui ...

Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950. He promoted contemporary music, beginning with Schoenberg's '' Pierrot Lunaire'', follow ...

, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire) ''

''. 39. 1 (1953): 138–141. *"The Old Man's Toys:

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, recei ...

's Last Operas." Perspectives USA 6 (1954): 114–33. Reprinted in Cone, ''Music: A View from Delft'', 159–75. *"Words into Music: The Composer's Approach to the Text." In ''Sound and Poetry'', edited by

Northrop Frye Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. Frye gained international fame with his first book, ''Fearful Symmetr ...

, 3–15. English Institute Essays, 1956; New York, 1957. Reprinted in Cone, ''Music: A View from Delft'', 115–23.
Review of Robert Ward: Symphony No. Three; Stein: Three Hassidic Dances
(Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra,

Thor Johnson Thor Martin Johnson (June 10, 1913 – January 16, 1975) was an American conductor. He was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was president of the Alpha Rho chapter of ...

, Robert Ward, and Stein) ''

''. 42. 3 (1956): 423–425.
Review of Roger Sessions: Second String Quartet; Colin McPhee: Concerto for Piano with Wind Octette Accompaniment
(New Music Quartet,

Grant Johannesen Grant Johannesen (July 30, 1921 – March 27, 2005) was an American pianist. Biography Johannesen was born in Salt Lake City and discovered at the age of five by a teacher who lived across the street. He imitated whatever he heard her play, a ...

Carlos Surinach Carlos Lund (or Carles Suriñach)
i Wrokona (; March 6, 1915 – November 12, 1997) was a Spanish-born

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''. 43. 1 (1957): 140–142.
Review of Berlioz: L'Enfance Du Christ
(Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch,

Cesare Valletti Cesare Valletti (18 December 1922 – 13 May 2000) was an Italian operatic tenor, one of the leading tenore di grazia of the postwar era. Valletti was born in Rome, where he studied music. He also studied privately with Tito Schipa. He mad ...

Florence Kopleff Florence Kopleff (May 2, 1924 – July 24, 2012) was an American contralto. She was born in New York City, and died in Atlanta, GA of complications of diabetes. She grew up in the Bronx, NY, the daughter of Charles and Rebecca Kopleff. She had ...

Gérard Souzay Gérard Souzay (8 December 1918 – 17 August 2004) was a French baritone, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie (French art song) in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac. Background and education He w ...

Giorgio Tozzi Giorgio Tozzi (January 8, 1923 – May 30, 2011) was an American operatic bass. He was associated with the Metropolitan Opera for many years and sang principal bass roles in nearly every major opera house worldwide. Career Tozzi was born George ...

, New England Conservatory Chorus, Lorna Cooke de Varon) ''

''. 44. 2 (1958): 259–261. *"Musical Theory as a Humanistic Discipline." ''Juilliard Review'' 5, no. 2 (1957–58): 3–12. Reprinted in Cone, ''Music: A View from Delft'', 29–37. 1960–69
"Analysis Today."
''

'' 46, no. 2 (1960): 172–88. Reprinted in ''Problems of Modern Music'', edited by

Paul Henry Lang Paul Henry Lang (August 28, 1901 – September 21, 1991) was a Hungarian- American musicologist and music critic. Career Lang was born as "Pál Láng" in Budapest, Hungary, and was educated in Catholic schools. In 1918, as World War I was comi ...

, 34–40. New York, 1960. Also reprinted in Cone, ''Music: A View from Delft'', 39–54.
"Music: A View from Delft."
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'' 47, no. 4 (1961): 439–53. Reprinted in ''Perspectives on Contemporary Music Theory'', edited by Benjamin Boretz and Edward T. Cone, 57–71. New York, 1972. Also reprinted in Cone, ''Music: A View from Delft'', 13- 27. *"The Not-So-Happy Medium." ''The American Scholar'' 30, no. 2 (1961): 254–67. Reprinted in ''Essays Today'', vol. 5, edited by

Richard Ludwig Richard Ludwig (22 May 1877 – 10 August 1946) was a German rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the German rugby union team, which won the silver medal. Germany was represented at the tournament b ...

, 87- 96. New York, 1962. *"

Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of ...

: The Progress of a Method." ''Perspectives of New Music'' 1, no. 1 (1962): 18–26. Reprinted in ''Perspectives on Schoenberg and Stravinsky'', edited by Benjamin Boretz and Edward T. Cone, 155–64. New York, 1972. Also reprinted in Cone, ''Music: A View from Delft'', 293–301.
"The Uses of Convention: Stravinsky and His Models."
''

'' 48, no. 3 (1962): 287–99. Reprinted in ''Stravinsky: A New Appraisal of His Work'', edited by Paul Henry Lang, 21- 33. New York, 1963. Also reprinted in Cone, ''Music: A View from Delft'', 281–92. *"From Sensuous Image to Musical Form." ''American Scholar'' 33, no. 3 (1964): 448- 62. *"A Budding Grove." ''Perspectives of New Music'' 3, no. 2 (1965): 38–46. *"On the Structure of 'Ich folge dir.'" ''College Music Symposium'' 5 (1965): 77–85. *"Toward the Understanding of Musical Literature." ''Perspectives of New Music'' 4, no. 1 (1965): 141–51. *"Conversations with Roger Sessions." ''Perspectives of New Music'' 4, no. 2 (1966): 29–46. Reprinted in ''Perspectives on American Composers'', edited by Benjamin Boretz and Edward T. Cone, 90–107. New York, 1971. *"The Power of The Power of Sound." Introductory essay in

Edmund Gurney Edmund Gurney (23 March 184723 June 1888) was an English psychologist and parapsychologist. At the time the term for research of paranormal activities was "psychical research". Early life Gurney was born at Hersham, near Walton-on-Thames. H ...

, ''The Power of Sound'', i–xvi. New York, 1966. *"Beyond Analysis." ''Perspectives of New Music'' 6, no. 1 (1967): 33–51. Reprinted in ''Perspectives on Contemporary Music Theory'', edited by Benjamin Boretz and Edward T. Cone, 72–90. New York, 1972. Also reprinted in ''Music: A View from Delft'', 55–75.
"Webern's Apprenticeship."
''

'' 53, no. 1 (1967): 39–52. Reprinted in ''Music: A View from Delft'', 267–80. *"What is a Composition?" ''Current Musicology'' 5 (1967): 101–7. *Review of Eric Walter White: Stravinsky – The Composer and His Works. ''Perspectives of New Music''. 5. 2 (1967): 155–161.
Review of Josef Rufer: Arnold Schönberg: Sämtliche Werke.
Abteilung I, Reihe A, Band 1, Lieder Mit Klavierbegleitung. ''

''. 53. 3 (1967): 416–420. *"Conversation with

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Compos ...

." ''Perspectives of New Music'' 6, no. 2 (1968): 57–72. Reprinted in ''Perspectives on American Composers'', edited by Benjamin Boretz and Edward T. Cone, 131–46. New York, 1971. *"

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

New-Born." ''American Scholar'' 38, no. 3 (1969); 389–400. *Review of Donald N. Ferguson: The Why of Music. Notes. 26. 2 (1969): 258–260. 1970–79
"Schubert's Beethoven."
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'' 56, No.4 (1970): 779–93. *Review of

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