Table of Contents Volume 12

Editorial Introduction

Molly Prow

Three Steps to Save Democracy

Jack Hicks

The Parable of the Sower and the Pursuit of Happiness

Music, Liminality, and Time in August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and The Piano Lesson

A Response to Nick Cave’s “Soundsuits” Subway Station Mosaic

Matisse: Landscape at Collioure and Stravinsky’s The Firebird

Music and The Ebola Epidemic

Kandinsky’s Compositions: Finding Beauty in Change

Citizenship, Responsibility, and Belonging

The Origins of the Violincello: From Obscurity to Stardom