Table of Contents

Introduction
The Rome Prize from Leo Sowerby to David Diamond
A History of the Rome Prize in Music Composition, 1947-2006
The Classicist Origins of the Rome Prize in Music Composition, 1890-1920
"Picked Young Men," Facilitating Women, and Emerging Composers: Establishing an American Prix de Rome
Forging an International Alliance: Leo Sowerby, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, and the Impact of a Rome Prize
Class of '54: Friendship and Ideology at the American Academy in Rome
What They Said: American Composers on Rome
The New Music Scene in Rome and the American Presence since World War II: Excerpts from a Roundtable, Moderated by Richard Trythall
For the Academy
Two Visits in 1981
Music Resources at the American Academy in Rome
Appendix: Composers at the American Academy in Rome, 1921-40
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

About the Author

Martin Brody is Catherine Mills Davis Professor of Music, Wellesley College