Frontmatter
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Library Sigla and Abbreviations
Guide to Harvard University and Oberlin College Collections Referenced by Box Number
Preface: Gateway to a Career
Acknowledgments
Chapter I Family History and Formative Years
Chapter II Undergraduate Study at Harvard College (1916-20)
Chapter III Lessons with Ernest Bloch and Graduate Study at Harvard University (1920-22)
Chapter IV Damrosch Fellowship Years at the American Academy in Rome (1922-25)
Chapter V Courtship and Marriage (1925-27)
Chapter VI New York City—Wellesley College—A Guggenheim Fellowship (1927-31)
Chapter VII Guest Conducting, Reception of Symphony no. 2, and College Music: An Investigation (1931-35)
Chapter VIII Life after College Music: An Investigation (1935-37)
Chapter IX The University of California at Berkeley (1937-39)
Chapter X Curtis Institute of Music: The Hiring Process (Spring and Summer 1939)
Chapter XI Curtis Institute (Fall 1939-Spring 1941)
Chapter XII The University of Virginia (Fall 1941-Spring 1945)
Chapter XIII Princeton University (Fall 1945-Spring 1948)
Chapter XIV Return of a Favored Son: Harvard University (Fall 1948-Spring (1957)
Chapter XV Harvard University (Summer 1957 to July 1, 1965)
Chapter XVI The Early Retirement Years (1965-75)
Chapter XVII The Final Years (1975-84)
Chapter XVIII Recapitulation and Coda
Bibliography of Works Cited by Abbreviations
Index

Type: Chapter
Information: The Road Not Taken
A Documented Biography of Randall Thompson, 1899–1984
, pp. v - vi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781576473320 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Print publication year: 2018

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