Joseph P. Swain
Author of Musical Languages

We had a chat with him on Friday, September 19, 1997. You can read a transcript here.

Joseph P. Swain is associate professor of music at Colgate University. He is the author of two previous books, Sound Judgment: Basic Ideas About Music and the award-winning study The Broadway Musical: A Critical and Musical Survey.

Musical Languages is published by W. W. Norton & Company (1997, $32.50 hardcover).