Contents

pp v-vi

List of Illustrations

pp vii-viii

Foreword

pp ix-x

About the 1981 BBC Interviews

pp xi-xii

Acknowledgments

pp xiii-xvi

Part One - Peter Dickinson on Samuel Barber

pp 1-2

1 - The Formative Years

pp 3-15

2 - Reception in England

pp 16-30

Part Two - Samuel Barber

pp 31-32

3 - Samuel Barber Interviewed by James Fassett (1949)

pp 33-37

4 - Samuel Barber Interviewed by Robert Sherman (1978)

pp 38-44

5 - Samuel Barber Interviewed by Allan Kozinn (1979)

pp 45-52

Part Three - Friends

pp 53-54

6 - Gian Carlo Menotti: Interview with Peter Dickinson, Yester House, Gifford, Scotland, April 6, 1981

pp 55-72

7 - Charles Turner: Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 13, 1981

pp 73-90

Part Four - Composers

pp 91-92

8 - Aaron Copland: Interview with Peter Dickinson, Rock Hill, Peekskill, NY, May 11, 1981

pp 93-99

9 - William Schuman: Interview with Peter Dickinson, 888 Park Avenue, New York City, May 14, 1981

pp 100-107

10 - Virgil Thomson: Interview with Peter Dickinson, Chelsea Hotel, New York City, May 12, 1981

pp 108-120

Part Five - Performers

pp 121-122

11 - Leontyne Price: Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 14, 1981

pp 123-131

12 - John Browning: Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 13, 1981

pp 132-141

13 - Robert White: Interview with Arthur Johnson, London, February 1981

pp 142-148

Part Six - Publishers and Critics

pp 149-150

14 - H. Wiley Hitchcock: Interview with Peter Dickinson, 1192 Park Avenue, New York City, May 10, 1981

pp 151-156

15 - Hans W. Heinsheimer: Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 13, 1981

pp 157-163

16 - Edward P. Murphy: Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 12, 1981

pp 164-167

Postscript 2005: Orlando Cole: Interview with Peter Dickinson, Philadelphia, October 13, 2005

pp 168-178

Selected Bibliography

pp 179-184