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Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Formation of a French Style of Composition 3. The Formation of an American Style of Composition 4. A Brief History of Jazz in America 5. American Composers in the 1920s, Part I 6. American Composers in the 1920s, Part II 7. The Harlem Renaissance 8. America in the 1930s 9. Paris in the 1920s, Part I 10. Paris in the 1920s, Part II 11. Edgar Varèse and Igor Stravinsky 12. Paris in the 1930s 13. Epilogue-Envoi Notes Bibliography Index Contents xi 1 4 20 34 43 58 71 80 91 106 121 131 140 143 151 155 ...

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