About the Author

Sidney Finkelstein, (1909-1974) With degrees from CUNY, NYU and Columbia University, Finkelstein's studies ranged broadly into literature and the graphic and plastic arts, as well as music. International Publishers has new editions of his major works on music, JAZZ: A People's Music (1949), and COMPOSER AND NATION (1960), both of which received wide and deserved acclaim, and translation into several other languages. Contemporary, thought-ful commentary update these editions for a new generation of readers, be they students of music or simply lovers of music. In this book, Finkelstein's work provides new insights into both popular and classical music, to the relationships between music and society, and the influence of folk music upon the whole of our musical heritage. "Mel" Comberiati was an assistant professor of music at Manhattanville College, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). He is the author of Late Renaissance Music at the Habsburg Court (1987) and co-editor of Music from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century (1988), with Matthew C. Steel. Prof. Comberiati is also a member of the editorial board, Journal of Musicological Research. "Mel" Comberiati was an assistant professor of music at Manhattanville College, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). He is the author of Late Renaissance Music at the Habsburg Court (1987) and co-editor of Music from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century (1988), with Matthew C. Steel. Prof. Comberiati is also a member of the editorial board, Journal of Musicological Research.