Harvard Composers : Walter Piston and His Students, from Elliot Carter to Frederic Rzewski (Hardcover)

Walter Piston taught for over thirty years at Harvard, where he guided the education of such diverse, well-known composers as Elliott Carter, Leroy Anderson, Arthur Berger, Gail Kubik, Irving Fine, Harold Shapiro, Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Pinkham, Gordon Binkerd, Robert Moevs, Samuel Adler, Karl Kohn, John Harbison, and Frederic Rzewski.

This book profiles the biographies, major accomplishments, stylistic development, and technical resources of 33 of these students, including four women.