Roy Harris

A seminal figure in the development of distinctively American concert music, Roy Harris created a large body of compositions in virtually all media in a career spanning more than fifty years, from the 1920s to the 1970s. Documenting and organizing his complex oeuvre is the essential concern of the present book, and the catalogue of works and performances provides information on instrumentation, premieres, publication, and special aspects of each composition. Like the catalog, the discography is the most thorough ever assembled for Harris. The extensive annotated bibliography includes reference sources, scholarly and general works, text and folksong sources, writings by Harris, and reviews. Works, recordings, and bibliography are carefully enumerated, cross-referenced, and indexed.