the authenticity and integrity of his musical thinking at this basic level." His works include Ideas of Order, Polyphony, Quartet for Winds, described by Thomson as "one of the most satisfactory pieces for winds in the whole modern repertory", String Quartet (1958), Five Pieces for Piano (1969) and Septet (1965–66). He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berger is grouped in the "Boston school" along with Lukas Foss, Irving Fine, Alexei Haieff, Harold Shapero, and Claudio Spies. References Further reading Anderson, E. Ruth. Contemporary American Composers. A Biographical Dictionary, 2nd edition, G. K. Hall, 1982. Butterworth, Neil. A Dictionary of American Composers, Garland, 1984. Coppock, Jane. "A Conversation with Arthur Berger". Perspectives of New Music 17, no. 1 (1978), pp. 40–67. Cummings, David M.; McIntire, Dennis K. (Ed.). International who's who in music and musician's directory. In the classical and light classical fields, 12th edition 1990/91, International Who's Who in Music 1991. Gordon, Stewart. A History of Keyboard Literature. Music for the Piano and its Forerunners, Schirmer Books, 1996. Jones, Pamela. "A Bibliography of the Writings of Arthur Berger". Perspectives of New Music 17, no. 1 (1978), p. 83-89. Jones, Robert Frederick. A List of Works by Arthur Berger. Perspectives of New Music. 17, 1 (1978), p. 90-91. Lister, Rodney. "Arthur Berger: The Progress of a Method", American Music, 13-1, 1995, pp. 56–95. Lyman, Darryl. Great Jews in Music, J. D. Publishers, 1986. Northcott, Bayan. "Arthur Berger: An Introduction at 70", Musical Times, 123 (1982), pp. 323–326. Pollack, Howard Joel. Harvard composers. Walter Piston and his students, from Elliott Carter to Frederic Rzewski, Scarecrow Press, 1992. Press, Jaques Cattell (Ed.). Who's who in American Music. Classical, 1st edition. R. R. Bowker, 1983. Silver, Sheila. "Pitch and Registral Distribution in Arthur Berger's Music for Piano", Perspectives of New Music 17, no. 1 (1978), p. 68-76. Sadie, Stanley; Hitchcock, H. Wiley (Ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. External links Arthur Berger Official Website Arthur Berger papers in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts The online music review La Folia has an article about Berger: Remembering Arthur Berger Arthur Berger, Composer and Music Critic, Is Dead at 91, The New York Times, October 10, 2003 (retrieved January 31, 2010) Interview with Arthur Berger, March 28, 1987