Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Part One: Childhood (1925–50)
5. Image 1
6. 1 Christmas 1925 3
7. 2 The Great Depression 14
8. 3 East Lansing 20
9. 4 College Years 29
10. 5 Lessons with J. Herbert Swanson 36
11. 6 Father 38
12. 7 New York, Here I Come 42
13. Part Two: The Monod Era (1948–55)
14. Image 48
15. 8 Juilliard 49
16. 9 The Monod Era, 1949 61
17. 10 Work with Jacques 68
18. 11 Farewell, Juilliard 77
19. 12 Paris and the Monod Family 81
20. 13 Home Again 89
21. 14 New Music in New York City 98
22. 15 “All the Right People” 104
23. 16 The Duo: Recital Tours for the Association of American Colleges and Universities 113
24. 17 Fifty-Nine New Pieces of Music 117
25. 18 1955 and Pierrot lunaire: A Tumultuous Year 121
26. 19 Camera Concerts with Stanley Seeger 128
27. Part Three: Godfrey (1956–62)
28. Image 132
29. 20 A Season of Change: Summer 1956 133
30. 21 Godfrey Winham 141
31. 22 London 150
32. 23 New York Pro Musica: 1958 154
33. 24 The Fromm Music Foundation 158
34. 25 Earl Kim and Russell Sherman 162
35. 26 Working with Martha Graham 167
36. 27 Threni and the Altenberg Lieder 170
37. 28 Princeton and Saskatoon 176
38. 29 The Russian Delegation 182
39. 30 Recordings with Robert Craft 188
40. 31 To Prove My Love 193
41. 32 Baird and Christopher Winham: Life in Princeton 197
42. 33 Das Buch der hängenden Gärten: Opus 15 by Arnold Schoenberg 206
43. Part Four: New Music (1963–75)
44. Image 212
45. 34 Vision and Prayer, or, My First Adventure with Electronic Music 213
46. 35 Camelot Years: 1962 221
47. 36 Le marteau sans maître 226
48. 37 The Sixties 230
49. 38 Philomel: 1964 236
50. 39 A Composer’s Singer 244
51. 40 Darmstadt: 1964 250
52. 41 Aaron Copland, Imeneo, and Max: 1965 255
53. 42 Belle Mead 259
54. 43 Godfrey and the Computer 265
55. 44 Marlboro and Penderecki: 1967–68 269
56. 45 Old Friends and New Pieces 277
57. 46 Erwartung 284
58. 47 How Things Wind Down: 1973 289
59. 48 Godfrey 299
60. Part Five: Farewell and Farewell
61. Image 306
62. 49 Remembering Milton 307
63. 50 Aftermath 315
64. 51 Singing Again 322
65. 52 Lieder with Richard Goode: 1980–90 334
66. 53 Pierrot Records: New Ventures 342
67. 54 Encore with Robert Helps 353
68. 55 Farewell and Farewell 358
69. Appendix A: Discography 367
70. Appendix B: Premieres by Bethany Beardslee 373
71. Notes 379
72. Bibliography 385
73. Index 391