Harper's Magazine: April 1959

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April 1959

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	Illustration [Cover art] SEE ALSO: Catholic Church; Costume; Headgear PDF IMAGES
4-12	Letters/Department Letters On Home on the range, from February 1959: Letter By “The Editors” PDF IMAGES
14-16	The editor's easy chair/Article The old original beatnik By John Fischer SEE ALSO: Beat generation; Biography—Humor; Greenwich Village (New York, New York); Bodenheim, Maxwell PDF IMAGES
16-19	The editor's easy chair/Article The new original science fiction By John Fischer SEE ALSO: Engel, Leonard; Reality in literature; Science fiction, American; The operation (Book) PDF IMAGES
19	[Coming in Harper's]/Department [Coming in Harper's] PDF IMAGES
20-25	Personal and otherwise/Article Among our contributors By John Fischer SEE ALSO: National Library Week PDF IMAGES
27-33	Article Pope John: His cardinals, his character, and his political direction By Robert Neville SEE ALSO: Appointment, call, and election; Biography; Cardinals; Catholic Church; Communism and Christianity; John XXIII, Pope; Popes; Rome; Temporal power PDF IMAGES Collection Pope John By Robert Neville PDF IMAGES
30	Article Papal bull's-eye By Robert Neville SEE ALSO: Biography; John XXIII, Pope; Popes PDF IMAGES
34-36	Fiction A further report on the Weans By Robert Nathan PDF IMAGES
37-43	Article The new music By Russell Smith SEE ALSO: Composers; Composition (Music); Electronic music; Jazz; Musical instruments; 1951-1960; Neoclassicism (Music); Operas; Twelve-tone system PDF IMAGES Collection The new music By Russell Smith PDF IMAGES
41	Poem The islanders By Philip E. Booth PDF IMAGES
43-44	Review Recordings by modern American composers By Russell Smith SEE ALSO: Copland, Aaron; Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid; Appalachian spring (Sound recording); Aaron Copland: Piano quartet; Clarinet concerto (Sound recording); Aaron Copland: Twelve poems of Emily Dickinson (Sound recording); Hovhaness, Alan; Alan Hovhaness: Concerto for viola and strings (“Talin”) (Sound recording); Haieff, Alexei; Alexei Haieff: Piano concerto (Sound recording); Berger, Arthur; Arthur Berger: Serenade concertante (Sound recording); Weber, Ben; Ben Weber: Symphony on poems of William Blake (Sound recording); Surinach, Carlos; Carlos Surinach: Ritmo jondo; Tientos (Sound recording); Ives, Charles; Charles Ives: Symphony #3 (Sound recording); Chou Wen-Chung: Landscapes (Sound recording); McPhee, Colin; Colin McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan (Sound recording); Pinkham, Daniel; Daniel Pinkham: Concerto for celeste and harpsichord alone (Sound recording); Diamond, David; David Diamond: Rounds for strings (Sound recording); Moore, Douglas; Douglas Moore: The devil and Daniel Webster (Sound recording); Varèse, Edgard; Carter, Elliott; Elliott Carter: String quartet (Sound recording); Antheil, George; George Antheil: Ballet mécanique (Sound recording); Schuller, Gunther; Gunther Schuller: Transformations (Sound recording); Farberman, Harold; Harold Farberman: Evolution (Sound recording); Shapero, Harold; Harold Shapero: Symphony for classical orchestra (Sound recording); Partch, Harry; Harry Partch: Oedipus (Sound recording); Brant, Henry; Henry Brant: Angels and devils (Sound recording); Henry Brant: Signs and alarms; Galaxy 2 (Sound recording); Cowell, Henry; Henry Cowell: Hymn and fuguing tune (Sound recording); Henry Cowell: Symphony #11 (Sound recording); Hanson, Howard; Howard Hanson: Serenade for flute, harp, and strings (Sound recording); Weisgall, Hugo; Hugo Weisgall: The stronger (Sound recording); Dahl, Ingolf; Ingolf Dahl: Allegro and Arioso (Sound recording); Fine, Irving; Irving Fine: Partita for winds (Sound recording); Giuffre, Jimmy; Jimmy Giuffre: Tangents in jazz (Sound recording); Kirchner, Leon; Leon Kirchner: Sonata concertante for violin and piano (Sound recording); Bernstein, Leonard; Leonard Bernstein: Jeremiah symphony (Sound recording); Leonard Bernstein: West Side story (Sound recording); Foss, Lukas; Lukas Foss: The jumping frog of Calaveras County (Sound recording); Davis, Miles; Miles Davis: The birth of the cool (Sound recording); Luening, Otto; Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky: Poem in cycles and bells for tape-recorder and orchestra (Sound recording); Goeb, Roger; Roger Goeb: Symphony #3 (Sound recording); Sessions, Roger; Roger Sessions: Quartet #2 (Sound recording); Roger Sessions: Symphony #2 (Sound recording); Harris, Roy; Roy Harris: Symphony #3 (Sound recording); Smith, Russell; Russell Smith: Songs of innocence (Sound recording); Barber, Samuel; Samuel Barber: Symphony #2; Medea (Sound recording); Shifrin, Seymour; Seymour Shifrin: Serenade for five instruments (Sound recording); Persichetti, Vincent; Vincent Persichetti: Symphony #4 (Sound recording); Thomson, Virgil; Virgil Thomson: Cello concerto; The mother of us all (Sound recording); Virgil Thomson: Five songs from William Blake; Three pictures for orchestra (Sound recording); Ussachevsky, Vladimir; Riegger, Wallingford; Wallingford Riegger: Symphony #3 (Sound recording); Piston, Walter; Walter Piston: Symphony #6 (Sound recording); Chou, Wen-Chung; Bergsma, William; William Bergsma: The wife of Martin Guerre (Sound recording); Flanagan, William; William Flanagan: Five songs (Sound recording); Schuman, William; William Schuman: Symphony #6 (Sound recording) PDF IMAGES
45-47	Article The blood fluke that saved Formosa By Frank Algerton Kierman SEE ALSO: Campaigns; China. Army; Civil War, 1945-1949; Sanitary affairs; Strategic aspects; Taiwan PDF IMAGES
47	Poem Spinal discord By Felicia Lamport PDF IMAGES
48-52	Article How Oregon rescued a forest By Richard L. (Richard Lewis) Neuberger SEE ALSO: Forest conservation; Lumbering; 1953-1961; Oregon; Powers and duties; United States. Congress. Senate PDF IMAGES
53-60	Fiction The man who gave up pleasure By Herbert Gold PDF IMAGES
56	Poem Fairlight (Sussex coast) By Robert Edward Brittain PDF IMAGES
61-66	Article Why I choose to be a Jew By Arthur Allen Cohen SEE ALSO: Doctrines; Faith and reason; Jews; Judaism; 1945-1960 PDF IMAGES
66	Article How deep are the roots? By Nahum Goldmann SEE ALSO: Identity; Jews PDF IMAGES
67-71	Article A machine that does research By Allen Kent SEE ALSO: Automation; Cleveland; Information storage and retrieval systems; Libraries PDF IMAGES
72-76	Article The isles of Greece By Alexis Ladas SEE ALSO: Aegean Sea; Naval operations PDF IMAGES
77-80	Article MacLeish and the broken major By William Smith White SEE ALSO: MacLeish, Archibald; Dramatists, American; J.B. (Play); Theater and society; Theater critics PDF IMAGES
85-86	After hours/Article The unfortunate Taft Memorial By Howard E. Haugerud SEE ALSO: Memorials; Monuments; Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso) PDF IMAGES
86-88	After hours/Article MacBetto By Martin Mayer SEE ALSO: Leinsdorf, Erich; Verdi, Giuseppe; Warren, Leonard; Rysanek, Leonie; Metropolitan Opera (New York, New York); Opera; Performances PDF IMAGES
90-102	The new books/Review Questions of identity By Paul Murphy Pickrel SEE ALSO: Wilson, Angus; Bailey, Anthony; Menen, Aubrey; Lee, C.Y.; Flood, Charles Bracelen; Dürrenmatt, Friedrich; Havelock Ellis: artist of life (Book); Collis, John Stewart; Durrell, Lawrence; Making progress (Book); Mountolive (Book); Gutwillig, Robert; Tell me, stranger (Book); The fig tree (Book); The fugitives (Book); The middle age of Mrs. Eliot (Book); The pledge (Book); The Sawbwa and his secretary (Book); The seesaw log (Book); Gibson, William PDF IMAGES
102-105	Books in brief/Review Books in brief By Katherine Gauss Jackson SEE ALSO: Ward, Barbara; Errand at Shadow Creek (Book); Mirabelli, Eugene; Five ideas that change the world (Book); Cotterell, Geoffrey; MacLennan, Hugh; Parton, Margaret; Gellhorn, Martha; Buron, Nicole de; The bride and the Bugatti (Book); The burning air (Book); The face of war (Book); The leaf and the flame (Book); The watch that ends the night (Book) PDF IMAGES
105	Books in brief/Review Forecast By Katherine Gauss Jackson SEE ALSO: Command the morning (Book); Ryan, Cornelius; Divine, David; Mason, F. Van Wyck; Invasion '44 (Book); Stafford, Jean; Turner, John Frayn; Parliament of women (Book); Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker); Warren, Robert Penn; The longest day in history: June 6, 1944 (Book); The man below (Book); The nine days of Dunkirk (Book); The young titan (Book) PDF IMAGES
106-108	The new recordings/Review The native-trained voice By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Sibelius, Aino; Dørumsgaard, Arne; Brahms: Seventeen songs (Sound recording); Debussy, Claude; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich; Schubert, Franz; Moore, Gerald; Duparc, Henri; Roessel-Majdan, Hilde; Fjeldstad, Øivin; Brahms, Johannes; Flagstad, Kirsten; Kirsten Flagstad sings Norwegian songs by Arne Dorumsgaard (Sound recording); Kirsten Flagstad sings Sibelius songs (Sound recording); Leopold Simoneau sings Duparc (Sound recording); London Symphony; Simoneau, Lopold; Ravel, Maurice; Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich; Dorlyak, Nina; Performances; Alarie, Pierrette; Pierrette Alarie sings Debussy (Sound recording); Pierrette Alarie sings Ravel (Sound recording); Schubert songs (Sound recording); Shostakovich: From Jewish poetry (Song cycle). Mussorgsky: The nursery. Kabalevsky: Shakespeare sonnets (Sound recording); Richter, Sviatoslav; Vaughan Williams and others: English songs; Sea ballads (Sound recording); Williams, Vaughn; Voice culture PDF IMAGES
108	Jazz notes/Article History By Eric Larrabee SEE ALSO: Jazz PDF IMAGES