Als componist schreef hij voor orkest, harmonieorkest, kamermuziek, toetseninstrumenten en koren. Hij kreeg talrijke prijzen en onderscheidingen, zoals de Friends of Harvey Gaul Award in 1960, de USC Distinguished Faculty Award in 1973, de Ramo Music Faculty Award in 1974 en de Abraham Lincoln Award van de American Hungarian Foundation in 1978. In 1966 werd hij eredoctor van de Syracuse University in Syracuse (New York). Hij was lid van de American Composers' Alliance, de American Musicological Society, de National Association of Composers en de American Association of University Professors.
Als musicoloog schreef hij een monumentaal werk The Life and Music of Béla Bartók (Oxford University Press, 1953; revised edition, 1964).
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