Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Listening to Robert Altman
Chapter 1: The Sweet Music of Kansas City
Chapter 2: New Hollywood Song Tracks
Chapter 3: Nostalgia Trips
Chapter 4: A New Hollywood Musical
Chapter 5: Battling the Empire
Chapter 6: The Wilderness
Chapter 7: Indiewood and Improvisation
Chapter 8: The Perfect Servant
Chapter 9: Midwestern Musicals
Conclusion: Altman Today
Index

About the Author

Gayle Sherwood Magee is Associate Professor of Musicology at the School of Music, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.