Schoenberg's Correspondence with American Composers is the first edition of all known and available letters between Arnold Schoenberg and over seventy American composers written between 1915 and 1951, in English and English translation and with commentary. In six chronologically organized chapters, the correspondence first casts new light on Schoenberg's contacts with American composers before 1933, including correspondence with students and champions of his music (Israel Amter, James Francis Co...

• Preface and Editorial Notes
• Acknowledgements
• Frequently Used Abbreviations
• Chapter One: Schoenberg in Europe (1915-Fall 1933)
• Chapter Two: First Years in America (1933-37)
• Chapter Three: The Coming War (1938-41)
• Chapter Four: America at War (1942-45)
• Chapter Five: The Early Postwar Years (1946-49)
• Chapter Six: The Last Years (1949-51)
• Appendix
• Select Bibliography
• Index