This essential reader includes Thomson's essays on making a living as a musician; his articles on classic composers; his relation to his contemporaries; his articles on newcomers in the music world, including John Cage and Pierre Boulez; his autobiographical writings and commentary on his own works.

Richard Kostelanetz has edited and authored over forty volumes on contemporary music and culture, including A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, also published by Routledge.

> Contemporaries: Publishers, Artists, Writers, and a Museum Director The Paper [New York Herald Tribune (1966) A War's End [Modern Music] (1947) Eugene Bergman (1974) Gertrude Stein (1953, 1982, 1989) On, Donald Sutherland (1978) Edwin Denby (1984) The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music [Everett Chick Austin] (1958) VI. Successors Expressive Percussion [John Cage] (1945) Gian-Carlo Menotti (1947, 1950) The Genius Type [Pierre Boulez] (1968) Milton Babbitt, Samuel Berber, Arthur Berger, William Bergsma, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Paul Bowles, Henry Brant, Elliott Carter, David Diamond, Lucia Dlugoszewski, Vivian Fine, William Flanagan, Lukas Foss, Kenneth Gaburo, Morton Gould, Alan Hovhaness, Hershy Kay, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Eric Salzman, Elie Siegmeister, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Christian Wolff (1971) VII. Autobiography A Personal Statement (c. 1981) The Music Reviewer and His Assignment (1953) Europe in America (1966) All Roads Lead to Paris (1966) Eugene Berman 1899-1972 (1974) Leonid Berman 1896-1976 (1978) Possibilities: V.T. questioned by 8 Composers (1947) VIII. His Own Works On Portraits and Operas About Four Saints and Synopsis Sea Piece with Birds (1952) The Feast of Love The Seine at Night Bibliography