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———. Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

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———. “Gershwin’s Reputation: A Note on Porgy and Bess.” Musical Quarterly 65 (April 1979): 257–64.

———. The American Musical Landscape. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

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