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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis would not have been possible without the help of many individuals and institutions. First and foremost I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my thesis advisor, Dr. Brett Boutwell, for his tireless commitment, helpful insight, and meticulous editing. I wish to thank the members of my thesis committee, Dr. Andreas Giger and Dr. Jeff Perry—along with Dr. Boutwell—for their willingness to be involved in this project and for the invaluable feedback they have offered. I am extremely grateful to Laura Hansen, for welcoming me to her home and sharing the memories of her family and brother, Max. I also wish to thank Neuhaus’s friends and collaborators: Joseph Byrd, Philip Corner, Malcolm Goldstein, and Jan Williams. Their recollections of Max aided in giving a better understanding of who he was as an individual and what he accomplished as a performer. I will cherish all of the personal stories shared during each interview. I am also grateful to the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Northwestern University for granting me access to their primary source documents. My research and studies would not have been possible without the support from m