Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Comments on Oral History -- ONE. Introducing the Century: 1 January 1900 -- CHARLES IVES -- TWO. On Ragtime and Eubie Blake -- THREE. From the Early Modernists -- LEO ORNSTEIN -- EDGARD VARÈSE -- CARL RUGGLES -- DANE RUDHYAR -- CHARLES SEEGER -- HENRY COWELL -- FOUR. On the Jazz Age and George Gershwin -- FIVE. With a French Accent: Nadia Boulanger -- SIX. From the Boulangerie -- VIRGIL THOMSON -- AARON COPLAND -- ROY HARRIS -- SEVEN. Exploring the World of Duke Ellington -- Notes -- Resources -- List of Supplemental Interviews -- Illustration Credits -- CD Track Listing -- CD Music Credits -- Index.