Opus 21
By Philip Wylie and William W. Muir
THE ARMY WAY
Opus 21
Descriptive Music
For the Lower Kinsey Epoch of the Atomic Age a Concerto for a One-Man Band
SIX ARIAS FOR SOAP OPERAS
Fugues, Anthems, & Barrelhouse
BY
PHILIP WYLIE
RINEHART & COMPANY, INC.
New York and Toronto
TO MY WIFE
Ricky
AND MY DAUGHTER
Karen
I LOVINGLY DEDICATE
THIS ROMANCE
Warning
Most of the characters in this book are unreal—and that is particularly true of the author.... Few of the events recorded here ever took place—exactly.... Even the time is somewhat out of joint, so purists are advised not to bother to compare the meteorology with the obituaries.... I never had (for instance) an elder sister named Georgianna, that I know of.... The difference between what is Real (or Truth) and what is Illusion (or Fiction) is left to such judgment as the reader may own—just as it is in all the other experiences of life.
P.W.
PART ONE: Scherzo, 3
PART TWO: Tarantella, 79
PART THREE: Andante, 124
PART FOUR: Rondo 225
PART FIVE: Coda, 361