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== Volume 3: November, 1925 – June, 1926 ==
== Volume 3: November 1925 – June 1926 ==
=== Number 1 (November – December, 1925) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1925 – December 1925) ===
*Page 2: Michel Larionov, ''A Parisian Group Drawn'' [drawing of Stravinsky, Diaghilev, Cocteau, and Satie]
*Page 2: Michel Larionov, ''A Parisian Group Drawn'' [drawing of Stravinsky, Diaghilev, Cocteau, and Satie]
*Pages 3-8: Emile Vuillermoz, "Honegger and His Time"
*Pages 3-8: Emile Vuillermoz, "Honegger and His Time"
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*Page 40: Contributors to This Issue
*Page 40: Contributors to This Issue


=== Number 2 (January – February, 1926) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1926 – February 1926) ===
*Pages 3-9: Henry Prunieres, "The Departure from Opera"  
*Pages 3-9: Henry Prunieres, "The Departure from Opera"  
*Pages 10-16: Gilbert Seldes, "Jazz Opera or Ballet?"
*Pages 10-16: Gilbert Seldes, "Jazz Opera or Ballet?"
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*Page 36: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 36: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 3 (March – April, 1926) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1926 – April 1926) ===
*Page 2: Camille Roche, [drawing of Arthur Honegger]
*Page 2: Camille Roche, [drawing of Arthur Honegger]
*Pages 3-7: Paul Pisk, "The Tonal Era Draws to a Close"
*Pages 3-7: Paul Pisk, "The Tonal Era Draws to a Close"
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*Page 41: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 41: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 4 (May – June, 1926) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1926 – June 1926) ===
*Pages 3-9: Pitts Sanborn, "The 1925 – 1926 Season"
*Pages 3-9: Pitts Sanborn, "The 1925 – 1926 Season"
*Pages 10-15: Edwin Evans, "Half-Time in England"
*Pages 10-15: Edwin Evans, "Half-Time in England"
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*Page 36: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 36: Contributors to this Issue


== Volume 4: November, 1926 – June, 1927 ==
== Volume 4: November 1926 – June 1927 ==
=== Number 1 (November – December, 1926) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1926 – December 1926) ===
*Page 2: ''Wozzeck, Act I, Scene 2'' [scene from the Berlin 1925 production of the opera]
*Page 2: ''Wozzeck, Act I, Scene 2'' [scene from the Berlin 1925 production of the opera]
*Pages 3-8: Boris de Schloezer, "The Operatic Paradox"
*Pages 3-8: Boris de Schloezer, "The Operatic Paradox"
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*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers  
*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers  


=== Number 2 (January – February, 1927) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1927 – February 1927) ===
*Pages 3-8: Henrietta Straus, "Honest Antagonism"
*Pages 3-8: Henrietta Straus, "Honest Antagonism"
*Pages 9-14: Aaron Copland, "Jazz Structure and Influence"
*Pages 9-14: Aaron Copland, "Jazz Structure and Influence"
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*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers  
*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers  


=== Number 3 (March – April, 1927) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1927 – April 1927) ===
*Pages 3-7: Hugo Leichtentritt, "Musical Transmigrations"
*Pages 3-7: Hugo Leichtentritt, "Musical Transmigrations"
*Pages 8-14: H.H. Stuckenschmidt, "Machines—A Vision of the Future"
*Pages 8-14: H.H. Stuckenschmidt, "Machines—A Vision of the Future"
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*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers
*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers


=== Number 4 (May – June, 1927) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1927 – June 1927) ===
*Pages 3-7: Frederick Jacobi, "Music and Words"
*Pages 3-7: Frederick Jacobi, "Music and Words"
*Pages 8-14: Mario Labroca, "The Rebirth of Italian Opera"
*Pages 8-14: Mario Labroca, "The Rebirth of Italian Opera"
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*Pages 40-41: Index to Back Numbers
*Pages 40-41: Index to Back Numbers


== Volume 5: November, 1927 – June, 1928 ==
== Volume 5: November 1927 – June 1928 ==
=== Number 1 (November – December, 1927) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1927 – December 1927) ===
*Page 2: Ralph Stackpole, ''Ernest Bloch'' [portrait]
*Page 2: Ralph Stackpole, ''Ernest Bloch'' [portrait]
*Pages 3-11: Roger Huntington Sessions, "Ernest Bloch"
*Pages 3-11: Roger Huntington Sessions, "Ernest Bloch"
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*Page 44: Index to Back Numbers  
*Page 44: Index to Back Numbers  


=== Number 2 (January – February, 1928) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1928 – February 1928) ===
*Pages 3-8: André Coeuroy, "Picasso and Stravinsky"
*Pages 3-8: André Coeuroy, "Picasso and Stravinsky"
*Pages 9-18: Henry Cowell, "The Music of Edgar Varese" [sic]
*Pages 9-18: Henry Cowell, "The Music of Edgar Varese" [sic]
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*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers
*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers


=== Number 3 (March – April, 1928) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1928 – April 1928) ===
*Pages 3-8: Arthur Lourie, "'Neogothic and Neoclassic'"
*Pages 3-8: Arthur Lourie, "'Neogothic and Neoclassic'"
*Pages 9-15: Roger Sessions, "On Oedipus Rex" [Stravinsky's opera]
*Pages 9-15: Roger Sessions, "On Oedipus Rex" [Stravinsky's opera]
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*Page 36: Index to Back Numbers  
*Page 36: Index to Back Numbers  


=== Number 4 (May – June, 1928) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1928 – June 1928) ===
*Pages 3-10: Hugo Leictentritt, "Schönberg [Schoenberg] and Tonality"
*Pages 3-10: Hugo Leictentritt, "Schönberg [Schoenberg] and Tonality"
*Pages 11-15: Frederick Jacobi, "The New Apollo"
*Pages 11-15: Frederick Jacobi, "The New Apollo"
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*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers  
*Page 40: Index to Back Numbers  


== Volume 6: November, 1928 – June, 1929 ==
== Volume 6: November 1928 – June 1929 ==
=== Number 1 (November – December, 1928) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1928 – December 1928) ===
*Pages 3-10: Boris de Schloezer, "The Drift of the Century"
*Pages 3-10: Boris de Schloezer, "The Drift of the Century"
*Pages 11-16: Andre Schaeffner, "Georges Auric—Peasant of Paris"
*Pages 11-16: Andre Schaeffner, "Georges Auric—Peasant of Paris"
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*Page 44: Index to Back Numbers
*Page 44: Index to Back Numbers


=== Number 2 (January – February, 1929) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1929 – February 1929) ===
*Page 2: [Portrait of Prokofiev by Natalia Gontcharova]
*Page 2: [Portrait of Prokofiev by Natalia Gontcharova]
*Pages 3-9: Leonid Sabaneyeff, "Russia's Strong Man" [Prokofiev]
*Pages 3-9: Leonid Sabaneyeff, "Russia's Strong Man" [Prokofiev]
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*Page 44: Index to Back Numbers
*Page 44: Index to Back Numbers


=== Number 3 (March – April, 1929) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1929 – April 1929) ===
*Page 2: [design for Stravinsky's ''Les Noces'', second tableau, by Sergei Soudeikine]
*Page 2: [design for Stravinsky's ''Les Noces'', second tableau, by Sergei Soudeikine]
*Pages 3-11: Hugo Leichtentritt, "On the Art of Bela Bartok"
*Pages 3-11: Hugo Leichtentritt, "On the Art of Bela Bartok"
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*Pages 38-39: Index to Back Numbers  
*Pages 38-39: Index to Back Numbers  


=== Number 4 (May – June, 1929) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1929 – June 1929) ===
*Pages 3-9: Irving Weil, "The American Scene Changes"
*Pages 3-9: Irving Weil, "The American Scene Changes"
*Pages 10-14: Aloys Mooser, "Geneva—Another Disappointment"
*Pages 10-14: Aloys Mooser, "Geneva—Another Disappointment"
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*Page 36: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 36: Contributors to this Issue


== Volume 7: December, 1929 – July, 1930 ==
== Volume 7: December 1929 – July 1930 ==
=== Number 1 (December, 1929 – January, 1930) ===
=== Number 1 (December 1929 – January 1930) ===
*Page 2: [image of a design by Johannes Schröder for Schoenberg's opera ''Die Glückliche Hand'']
*Page 2: [image of a design by Johannes Schröder for Schoenberg's opera ''Die Glückliche Hand'']
*Pages 3-11: Arthur Lourie, "An Inquiry Into Melody"
*Pages 3-11: Arthur Lourie, "An Inquiry Into Melody"
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*Page 45: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 45: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 2 (February, 1930 – March, 1930) ===
=== Number 2 (February 1930 – March 1930) ===
*Page 2: Robert Edmond Jones, ''The Creature of Destiny'' [design for the chimera in Schoenberg's opera ''Die Glückliche Hand'']
*Page 2: Robert Edmond Jones, ''The Creature of Destiny'' [design for the chimera in Schoenberg's opera ''Die Glückliche Hand'']
*Pages 3-10: Hans Gutman, "Young Germany , 1930"
*Pages 3-10: Hans Gutman, "Young Germany , 1930"
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*Page 42: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 42: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 3 (April, 1930 – May, 1930) ===
=== Number 3 (April 1930 – May 1930) ===
*Page 2: Giorgio di Chirico, Dècor for Krenek's Opera ''Orest'' [image]
*Page 2: Giorgio di Chirico, Dècor for Krenek's Opera ''Orest'' [image]
*Pages 3-17: Boris de Schloezer, "The Way of Understanding" [taken from the introductory section of the author's book ''La Domaine Musicale'']
*Pages 3-17: Boris de Schloezer, "The Way of Understanding" [taken from the introductory section of the author's book ''La Domaine Musicale'']
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*Page 46: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 46: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 4 (June, 1930 – July, 1930) ===
=== Number 4 (June 1930 – July 1930) ===
*Page 2: Oskar Kokoschka, ''Arnold Schönberg'' [painting]
*Page 2: Oskar Kokoschka, ''Arnold Schönberg'' [painting]
*Pages 3-10: Erwin Stein, "Schönberg's New Structural Form"
*Pages 3-10: Erwin Stein, "Schönberg's New Structural Form"
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*Page 42: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 42: Contributors to this Issue


== Volume 8: November, 1930 – June, 1931 ==
== Volume 8: November 1930 – June 1931 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1930 – December, 1930) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1930 – December 1930) ===
*Pages 3-9: A. Walter Kramer, "American Composers. III: Louis Gruenberg"
*Pages 3-9: A. Walter Kramer, "American Composers. III: Louis Gruenberg"
*Pages 10-20: Frederick Jacobi, "Liege, 1930"
*Pages 10-20: Frederick Jacobi, "Liege, 1930"
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*Pages 1-24: Joseph Yasser, "The Future of Tonality: Tonality and Atonality as Synthesized By Supra-Tonality"
*Pages 1-24: Joseph Yasser, "The Future of Tonality: Tonality and Atonality as Synthesized By Supra-Tonality"


=== Number 2 (January, 1931 – February, 1931) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1931 – February 1931) ===
*Page 2: Robert Edmond Jones, "Stravinsky's 'Oedipus Rex': A Preliminary Sketch" [image]
*Page 2: Robert Edmond Jones, "Stravinsky's 'Oedipus Rex': A Preliminary Sketch" [image]
*Pages 3-8: Paul Rosenfeld, "The Destiny of Exile"
*Pages 3-8: Paul Rosenfeld, "The Destiny of Exile"
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*Page 48: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 48: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 3 (March, 1931 – April, 1931) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1931 – April 1931) ===
*Page 2: Lee Simonson, "Figure from ''The Age of Steel''" [Prokofiev]
*Page 2: Lee Simonson, "Figure from ''The Age of Steel''" [Prokofiev]
*Pages 3-9: Boris de Schloezer, "Man, Music and the Machine"
*Pages 3-9: Boris de Schloezer, "Man, Music and the Machine"
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*Page 48: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 48: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 4 (May, 1931 – June, 1931) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1931 – June 1931) ===
*Pages 3-11: Arthur Lourie, "The Crisis in Form"
*Pages 3-11: Arthur Lourie, "The Crisis in Form"
*Pages 12-16: Alfred Schlee, "Expressionism in the Dance"
*Pages 12-16: Alfred Schlee, "Expressionism in the Dance"
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*Page 48: Notes on Contributors
*Page 48: Notes on Contributors


== Volume 9: November, 1931 – June, 1932 ==
== Volume 9: November 1931 – June 1932 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1931 – December, 1931) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1931 – December 1931) ===
*Pages 3-7: Hans Heinsheimer, "Youth Leaves the Vanguard"
*Pages 3-7: Hans Heinsheimer, "Youth Leaves the Vanguard"
*Pages 8-16: John Tasker Howard, "American Composers VI: John Alden Carpenter"
*Pages 8-16: John Tasker Howard, "American Composers VI: John Alden Carpenter"
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*Pages 47-48: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''
*Pages 47-48: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''


=== Number 2 (January, 1932 – February, 1932) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1932 – February 1932) ===
*Pages 51-61: Arthur Hoeree, "The Renaissance of Choral Music"
*Pages 51-61: Arthur Hoeree, "The Renaissance of Choral Music"
*Pages 63-66: Willi Reich, "Schönberg's New Männerchor"
*Pages 63-66: Willi Reich, "Schönberg's New Männerchor"
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*Pages 95-96: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''
*Pages 95-96: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''


=== Number 3 (March, 1932 – April, 1932) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1932 – April 1932) ===
*Pages 98,147: 114: Diego Rivera, Costume Designs for a ballet by Carlos Chavez [images]
*Pages 98,147: 114: Diego Rivera, Costume Designs for a ballet by Carlos Chavez [images]
*Pages 99-107: Adolph Weiss, "The Lyceum of Schönberg"
*Pages 99-107: Adolph Weiss, "The Lyceum of Schönberg"
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*Page 140: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 140: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 4 (May, 1932 – June, 1932) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1932 – June 1932) ===
*Pages 143-147: Aaron Copland, "The Composer and His Critic"
*Pages 143-147: Aaron Copland, "The Composer and His Critic"
*Pages 148-152: Robert Russell Bennett, "Orchestrating for Broadway"
*Pages 148-152: Robert Russell Bennett, "Orchestrating for Broadway"
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== Modern Music Monographs No.2: Dr. Willi Reich, ''Wozzeck: A Guide to the Words and Music of the Opera'' (25 Pages) ==
== Modern Music Monographs No.2: Dr. Willi Reich, ''Wozzeck: A Guide to the Words and Music of the Opera'' (25 Pages) ==


== Volume 10: November, 1932 – June, 1933 ==
== Volume 10: November 1932 – June 1933 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1932 – December, 1932) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1932 – December 1932) ===
*Page 2: Jo Mielziner, Sketch for Louis Gruenberg's opera ''The Emperor Jones'' [image]
*Page 2: Jo Mielziner, Sketch for Louis Gruenberg's opera ''The Emperor Jones'' [image]
*Pages 3-9: Gilbert Seldes, "An Open Letter to Roxy"
*Pages 3-9: Gilbert Seldes, "An Open Letter to Roxy"
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*Page 60: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 60: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 2 (January, 1933 – February, 1933) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1933 – February 1933) ===
*Pages 63-78: Roger Sessions, "Music in Crisis: Some Notes on Recent Musical History"
*Pages 63-78: Roger Sessions, "Music in Crisis: Some Notes on Recent Musical History"
*Pages 79-86: Eugen Braudo, "The Russian Panorama"
*Pages 79-86: Eugen Braudo, "The Russian Panorama"
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*Page 120: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 120: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 3 (March, 1933 – April, 1933) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1933 – April 1933) ===
*Page 2: Robert Edmond Jones, Preliminary Sketch of ''Pierrot Lunaire'' [image]
*Page 2: Robert Edmond Jones, Preliminary Sketch of ''Pierrot Lunaire'' [image]
*Pages 123-129: Eric Blom, "The Twentieth Century Slump"
*Pages 123-129: Eric Blom, "The Twentieth Century Slump"
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**Page 172: Contributors to this Issue
**Page 172: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 4 (May, 1933 – June, 1933) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1933 – June 1933) ===
*Pages 175-181: Serge Tchemodanoff, "An Economic Approach to Music"
*Pages 175-181: Serge Tchemodanoff, "An Economic Approach to Music"
*Pages 182-187: Mark Brunswick, "American Composers, X: Roger Huntington Sessions"
*Pages 182-187: Mark Brunswick, "American Composers, X: Roger Huntington Sessions"
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*Page 228: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 228: Contributors to this Issue


== Volume 11: November, 1933 – June, 1934 ==
== Volume 11: November 1933 – June 1934 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1933 – December, 1933) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1933 – December 1933) ===
*Pages 3-12: Roger Sessions, "Music and Nationalism: Some Notes on Dr. Göbbel's Letter to Furtwängler"
*Pages 3-12: Roger Sessions, "Music and Nationalism: Some Notes on Dr. Göbbel's Letter to Furtwängler"
*Pages 13-17: Virgil Thomson, "Most Melodious Tears"
*Pages 13-17: Virgil Thomson, "Most Melodious Tears"
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*Pages 54-56: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''
*Pages 54-56: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''


=== Number 2 (January, 1934 – February, 1934) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1934 – February 1934) ===
*Page 58: Pablo Picasso, Décor for De Falla's ''El Sombrero'' [image]
*Page 58: Pablo Picasso, Décor for De Falla's ''El Sombrero'' [image]
*Pages 59-64: Aaron Copland, "One Hundred and Fourteen Songs" [on Charles Ives's songs]
*Pages 59-64: Aaron Copland, "One Hundred and Fourteen Songs" [on Charles Ives's songs]
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*Page 112: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 112: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 3 (March, 1934 – April, 1934) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1934 – April 1934) ===
*Pages 115-120: Roger Sessions, "New Vistas in Musical Education"
*Pages 115-120: Roger Sessions, "New Vistas in Musical Education"
*Pages 121-127: Charles Seeger, "On Proletarian Music"
*Pages 121-127: Charles Seeger, "On Proletarian Music"
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*Page 160: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 160: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 4 (May, 1934 – June, 1934) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1934 – June 1934) ===
*Pages 167-187: Arnold Schönberg (translated by Adolph Weiss), "Problems of Harmony" [this article was first presented as a lecture at the Berlin Akademie der Künste]
*Pages 167-187: Arnold Schönberg (translated by Adolph Weiss), "Problems of Harmony" [this article was first presented as a lecture at the Berlin Akademie der Künste]
*Page 188: Drawing of Arnold Schoenberg by [Alfred Joseph] Frueh [image]
*Page 188: Drawing of Arnold Schoenberg by [Alfred Joseph] Frueh [image]
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*Page 224: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 224: Contributors to this Issue


== Volume 12: November, 1934 – June, 1935 ==
== Volume 12: November 1934 – June 1935 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1934 – December, 1934) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1934 – December 1934) ===
*Page 2: Pablo Picasso, Drawing of Stravinsky [image]
*Page 2: Pablo Picasso, Drawing of Stravinsky [image]
*Pages 3-7: André Schaeffner, "On Stravinsky, Early and Late"
*Pages 3-7: André Schaeffner, "On Stravinsky, Early and Late"
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*Pages 50-52: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''
*Pages 50-52: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''


=== Number 2 (January, 1935 – February, 1935) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1935 – February 1935) ===
*Page 54: Serge Soudeikine, Decor for Stravinsky's Ballet ''Mavra''
*Page 54: Serge Soudeikine, Decor for Stravinsky's Ballet ''Mavra''
*Pages 55-61: Alfred Einstein, "Art and Technology"
*Pages 55-61: Alfred Einstein, "Art and Technology"
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*Pages 98-100: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''
*Pages 98-100: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''


=== Number 3 (March, 1935 – April, 1935) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1935 – April 1935) ===
*Page 102: Franz Rederer, Portrait of Alban Berg created February 1935 [image]
*Page 102: Franz Rederer, Portrait of Alban Berg created February 1935 [image]
*Pages 103-111: Willi Reich, "Lulu — The Text and Music"
*Pages 103-111: Willi Reich, "Lulu — The Text and Music"
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*Pages 150-152: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''
*Pages 150-152: Index to Back Numbers of ''Modern Music''


=== Number 4 (May, 1935 – June, 1935) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1935 – June 1935) ===
*Pages 155-162: Alfred Einstein, "Music as Wish Fulfillment"  
*Pages 155-162: Alfred Einstein, "Music as Wish Fulfillment"  
*Pages 163-169: Colin McPhee, "The 'Absolute' Music of Bali"
*Pages 163-169: Colin McPhee, "The 'Absolute' Music of Bali"
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*Page 208: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 208: Contributors to this Issue


== Volume 13: November, 1935 – June, 1936 ==
== Volume 13: November 1935 – June 1936 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1935 – December, 1935) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1935 – December 1935) ===
*Pages 3-12: Alfred Einstein, "The Composer, the State and Today"
*Pages 3-12: Alfred Einstein, "The Composer, the State and Today"
*Pages 13-19: Virgil Thomson, "George Gershwin"
*Pages 13-19: Virgil Thomson, "George Gershwin"
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*Page 59: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 59: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 2 (January, 1936 – February, 1936) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1936 – February 1936) ===
*Pages 3-11: Israel Citkowitz, "American Composers, XII: Walter Piston ― Classicist"
*Pages 3-11: Israel Citkowitz, "American Composers, XII: Walter Piston ― Classicist"
*Pages 12-14: Lazare Saminsky, "The Composer and the Critic"
*Pages 12-14: Lazare Saminsky, "The Composer and the Critic"
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*Page 48: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 48: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 3 (March, 1936 – April, 1936) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1936 – April 1936) ===
*Pages 3-13: H.H. Stuckenschmidt, "Vocal Style in the 20th Century"
*Pages 3-13: H.H. Stuckenschmidt, "Vocal Style in the 20th Century"
*Pages 14-21: Edwin Denby, "A Good Libretto"
*Pages 14-21: Edwin Denby, "A Good Libretto"
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*Page: 60: Contributors to this Issue
*Page: 60: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 4 (May, 1936 – June, 1936) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1936 – June 1936) ===
*Page 2: Natalia Gontcharova, Decors for Stravinsky's ''Les Noces''
*Page 2: Natalia Gontcharova, Decors for Stravinsky's ''Les Noces''
*Pages 3-11: Aaron Copland, "Our Younger Generation: Ten Years Later"
*Pages 3-11: Aaron Copland, "Our Younger Generation: Ten Years Later"
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*Page 60: Table of Contents: Volume XIII, Numbers 1-3
*Page 60: Table of Contents: Volume XIII, Numbers 1-3


== Volume 14: November, 1936 – June, 1937 ==
== Volume 14: November 1936 – June 1937 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1936 – December, 1936) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1936 – December 1936) ===
*Pages 3-11: Alfred Einstein, "National and Universal Music"
*Pages 3-11: Alfred Einstein, "National and Universal Music"
*Pages 12-17: Davidson Taylor, "To Order, For Radio"
*Pages 12-17: Davidson Taylor, "To Order, For Radio"
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*Page 56: Table of Contents, Volume 13, Nos. 1-4
*Page 56: Table of Contents, Volume 13, Nos. 1-4


=== Number 2 (January, 1937 – February, 1937) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1937 – February 1937) ===
*Page 58: Richard Heinisch, Portrait of Paul Hindemith [image]
*Page 58: Richard Heinisch, Portrait of Paul Hindemith [image]
*Pages 59-66: Roger Sessions, "The New Musical Horizon"
*Pages 59-66: Roger Sessions, "The New Musical Horizon"
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*Page 116: Table of Contents, Volume 13, Nos. 1-4/Volume 14, No. 1
*Page 116: Table of Contents, Volume 13, Nos. 1-4/Volume 14, No. 1


=== Number 3 (March, 1937 – April, 1937) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1937 – April 1937) ===
*Pages 119-123: Alfred Einstein, "Will Modern Music Endure?"
*Pages 119-123: Alfred Einstein, "Will Modern Music Endure?"
*Pages 124-131: David Diamond, "American Composers, XIII: Frederick Jacobi"
*Pages 124-131: David Diamond, "American Composers, XIII: Frederick Jacobi"
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*Page 180: Table of Contents: Volume 13, Nos. 1-4/Volume 14, Nos. 1-2
*Page 180: Table of Contents: Volume 13, Nos. 1-4/Volume 14, Nos. 1-2


=== Number 4 (May, 1937 – June, 1937) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1937 – June 1937) ===
*Pages 183-188: Kurt Weill, "The Future of Opera in America"
*Pages 183-188: Kurt Weill, "The Future of Opera in America"
*Pages 189-192: Edwin Gerschefski, "To the Brass Band"
*Pages 189-192: Edwin Gerschefski, "To the Brass Band"
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*Page 244: Tables of Contents for Vol. 13, Nos. 1-4 and Vol. 14, Nos. 1-3   
*Page 244: Tables of Contents for Vol. 13, Nos. 1-4 and Vol. 14, Nos. 1-3   


== Volume 15: November, 1937 – June, 1938 ==
== Volume 15: November 1937 – June 1938 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1937 – December, 1937) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1937 – December 1937) ===
*Page 2: George Gershwin as Seen By Alfred Frueh [drawings]
*Page 2: George Gershwin as Seen By Alfred Frueh [drawings]
*Pages 3-7: Frederick Jacobi, "The Future of Gershwin"
*Pages 3-7: Frederick Jacobi, "The Future of Gershwin"
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*Page 68: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 68: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 2 (January, 1938 – February, 1938) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1938 – February 1938) ===
*Page 70: Clarence A. Brodeur, pen-and-ink sketch of Nadia Boulanger [image]
*Page 70: Clarence A. Brodeur, pen-and-ink sketch of Nadia Boulanger [image]
*Pages 71-75: Carlos Chavez, "The Function of the Concert"
*Pages 71-75: Carlos Chavez, "The Function of the Concert"
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*Page 132: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 132: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 3 (March, 1938 – April, 1938) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1938 – April 1938) ===
*Pages 135-139: Alfred Einstein, "Cycle of Three Centuries"
*Pages 135-139: Alfred Einstein, "Cycle of Three Centuries"
*Pages 140-144: Charles C. Cushing, "Maurice Ravel: 1875-1937"
*Pages 140-144: Charles C. Cushing, "Maurice Ravel: 1875-1937"
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*Page 200: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 200: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 4 (May, 1938 – June, 1938) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1938 – June 1938) ===
*Page 202: Roman Clemens, Decors for Paul Hindemith's ''Mathis der Maler'' [images]
*Page 202: Roman Clemens, Decors for Paul Hindemith's ''Mathis der Maler'' [images]
*Pages 203-208: "Vienna – Vale, Ave: A Letter from Roger Sessions"
*Pages 203-208: "Vienna – Vale, Ave: A Letter from Roger Sessions"
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*Page 264: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 264: Contributors to this Issue


== Volume 16: November, 1938 – June, 1939 ==
== Volume 16: November 1938 – June 1939 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1938 – December, 1938) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1938 – December 1938) ===
*Page 2: Jan Tichacek, Set Design for Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre production of Georg Büchner's drama ''Danton's Tod'' [image]
*Page 2: Jan Tichacek, Set Design for Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre production of Georg Büchner's drama ''Danton's Tod'' [image]
*Pages 3-9: Mark Brunswick, "After Munich"
*Pages 3-9: Mark Brunswick, "After Munich"
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*Page 72: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 72: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 2 (January, 1939 – February, 1939) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1939 – February 1939) ===
*Pages 75-81: Adolfo Salazar, "America, North and South"
*Pages 75-81: Adolfo Salazar, "America, North and South"
*Pages 82-85: Henry Pleasants, "First-Time Fever" [on premieres and subsequent performances of new works]
*Pages 82-85: Henry Pleasants, "First-Time Fever" [on premieres and subsequent performances of new works]
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*Page 140: Notes on Contributors  
*Page 140: Notes on Contributors  


=== Number 3 (March, 1939 – April, 1939) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1939 – April 1939) ===
*Page 142: Robert Edmond Jones, Preliminary Sketch for Douglas Moore's and Stephen Vincent Benet's ''The Devil and Daniel Webster'' [image]
*Page 142: Robert Edmond Jones, Preliminary Sketch for Douglas Moore's and Stephen Vincent Benet's ''The Devil and Daniel Webster'' [image]
*Pages 143-149: Charles Louis Seeger, "Grass Roots for American Composers"  
*Pages 143-149: Charles Louis Seeger, "Grass Roots for American Composers"  
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*Page 200: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 200: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 4 (May, 1939 – June, 1939) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1939 – June 1939) ===
*Page 202: Decors for ''Railroads on Parade'', set to music by Kurt Weill [images]
*Page 202: Decors for ''Railroads on Parade'', set to music by Kurt Weill [images]
*Pages 203-213: Fugitivus [pseudonym of a German critic], "Inside Germany" [a description of musical life inside Nazi Germany]
*Pages 203-213: Fugitivus [pseudonym of a German critic], "Inside Germany" [a description of musical life inside Nazi Germany]
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*Page 288: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 288: Contributors to this Issue


== Volume 17: October, 1939 – June, 1940 ==
== Volume 17: October 1939 – June 1940 ==
=== Number 1 (October, 1939 – November, 1939) ===
=== Number 1 (October 1939 – November 1939) ===
*Page 2: Henri Matisse, "Head of Dancer" Sketch [image]
*Page 2: Henri Matisse, "Head of Dancer" Sketch [image]
*Pages 3-9: Alfred Einstein, "War, Nationalism, Tolerance"
*Pages 3-9: Alfred Einstein, "War, Nationalism, Tolerance"
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*Page 68: Contributors to this Issue  
*Page 68: Contributors to this Issue  


=== Number 2 (January, 1940 – February, 1940) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1940 – February 1940) ===
*Pages 71-75: Roger Sessions, "On the American Future" [letter]
*Pages 71-75: Roger Sessions, "On the American Future" [letter]
*Pages 76-80: Nicolas Slonimsky, "Caturla of Cuba" [Alejandro García Caturla]
*Pages 76-80: Nicolas Slonimsky, "Caturla of Cuba" [Alejandro García Caturla]
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*Page 126: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 126: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 3 (March, 1940 – April, 1940) ===
=== Number 3 (March 1940 – April 1940) ===
*Page 130: Baccio M. Bacci, Decors for a Contemporary Opera: ''Volo di Notte'' by Luigi Dallapiccola [image]
*Page 130: Baccio M. Bacci, Decors for a Contemporary Opera: ''Volo di Notte'' by Luigi Dallapiccola [image]
*Pages 131-140: Henry Pleasants and Tibor Serly, "Bartok's Historic Contribution"
*Pages 131-140: Henry Pleasants and Tibor Serly, "Bartok's Historic Contribution"
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*Page 200: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 200: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 4 (May, 1940 – June, 1940) ===
=== Number 4 (May 1940 – June 1940) ===
*Page 202: Sketch of Carlos Chavez by Miguel Covarrubias [image]
*Page 202: Sketch of Carlos Chavez by Miguel Covarrubias [image]
*Pages 203-209: Virgil Thomson, "Paris, April 1940" [letter]
*Pages 203-209: Virgil Thomson, "Paris, April 1940" [letter]
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*Pages 267-270: With the Dancers (remarks by Peter Lindamood) [discussion of ''Zunguru'' by Asadata Dafora, etc.]
*Pages 267-270: With the Dancers (remarks by Peter Lindamood) [discussion of ''Zunguru'' by Asadata Dafora, etc.]


== Volume 18: November, 1940 – June, 1941 ==
== Volume 18: November 1940 – June 1941 ==
=== Number 1 (November, 1940 – December, 1940) ===
=== Number 1 (November 1940 – December 1940) ===
*Page 2: Darius Milhaud, Self Portrait (1940) [image]
*Page 2: Darius Milhaud, Self Portrait (1940) [image]
*Pages 3-7: Douglas Moore, "Our Lyric Theatre"
*Pages 3-7: Douglas Moore, "Our Lyric Theatre"
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*Page 68: Contributors to this Issue
*Page 68: Contributors to this Issue


=== Number 2 (January, 1941 – February, 1941) ===
=== Number 2 (January 1941 – February 1941) ===
*Page 70: Howard Bay, "No for an Answer," Project for Marc Blitzstein's Opera [image]
*Page 70: Howard Bay, "No for an Answer," Project for Marc Blitzstein's Opera [image]
*Pages 71-75: Benjamin Britten, "England and the Folk-Art Problem"
*Pages 71-75: Benjamin Britten, "England and the Folk-Art Problem"

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