Description: The first detailed narrative of the Composers' Forum, documenting the vast array of composers, musical styles, ideologies, and audience responses in New York in the 1930s.
Review Quotes: A lively and engaging presentation of the urban American 'new music' scene during the late 1930s. De Graaf's book provides a fascinating examination of New Yorkers' musical opinions -- both enthusiastic and hostile -- in copious and vivid detail. This is a superb study of the genuinely diverse character of 'modern' musical life in 1930s New York, which deserves to be widely read. --Thomas L. Riis, Director, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder-- "."