Background : who, when, and how
Decisions : topics, pieces, and performers
The postmodernist : highbrow, lowbrow, and middlebrow joined
The television pioneer : origins, competition, success
The pacifist : the cold war intrudes
The liberal : civil rights, feminism, and the counterculture
The musical reactionary : atonality versus tonality or composer versus audience
The advocate for American music : search for an American identity.