November/December 1997
In This Issue November/December 1997
The Tumultuous Life of Porgy and Bess
A new film documents sixty years of controversy surrounding Gershwin's folk opera.
Volume 18, Issue 6
Playbill from the 1935 debut of Porgy and Bess at Boston's Colonial Theatre.
Museum of the City of New York
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Features
A Nation on the March
Original music man John Philip Sousa knew what the people wanted.
By Michael GillLiberty!
Tory sentiments and battlefield diaries offer a different view of the American Revolution.
By Anna Maria Gillis -
Departments
Conversation
A Conversation with Richard Crawford
Music historian Richard Crawford talks about what makes American music distinctive.




































































































