TY - BOOK AU - Lowry,W.M. ED - American Assembly. TI - The Performing arts and American society SN - 0136571557 : AV - PN2266 .P4 U1 - 790.2 PY - 1978/// CY - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. PB - Prentice-Hall KW - Performing arts KW - United States KW - Congresses N1 - "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; 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 ER -