The Performing arts and American society. 

 - vi, 215 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A Spectrum book"  Edited by W. M. Lowry.  At head of title: The American Assembly, Columbia University.  Papers prepared for the fifty-third American Assembly at Arden House, Harriman, N.Y., Nov., 1977.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>The past twenty years / W. McNeil Lowry -- The symphony / Joseph Roddy -- The opera / Martin Mayer -- The ballet / George Gelles -- Modern dance / Joseph H. Mazo -- The theater / Julius Novick -- The individual artist : training and career development : a symposium / participants, Robert Bloom, Paul Freeman, Earle Gister, Stuart Hodes, Robert Joffrey, Robert Lindgren, John Ludwig, Alan Schneider, Douglas Turner Ward ; edited by W. McNeil Lowry -- The performing arts and our egregious elite / Lincoln Kirstein -- Conclusion / W. McNeil Lowry. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0136571557 :  $10.95. 0136571484 pbk. :  $4.95 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Performing arts--Congresses.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN2266  / .P4 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>790.2