Ned Rorem Reader

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Ned Rorem, composer and writer, is both a gifted memoirist and one of our most acerbic cultural commentators. This anthology of his musings on music, people, and life surveys the full range of his literary achievement and reflects the evolution of his sensibilities.The first part of the book is devoted to writing of an autobiographical nature, including ruminations on being alone and on becoming a composer. The second part focuses on music and individuals from Bartók and Ravel to Edith Piaf and the Beatles. The final part consists of portraits and memorials of such figures as Martha Graham, Paul Bowles, Marc Blitzstein, Frank O’Hara, Allen Ginsberg, and Truman Capote. The book also includes a lengthy conversation on the art of the diary.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-01-02
Mått140 x 210 x 23 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagYale University Press
ISBN9780300089844

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"Settling into this Ned Rorem Reader as into an armchair, you have now the chance to listen in on an extraordinary conversation about music and life, a conversation that he's been having with himself for half a century, one that remains as effervescent and astonishing as it was when it all started." J.D. McClatchy, from the Foreword "Rorem commands a peculiarly arresting style that makes for engrossing reading. A Rorem reader is seriously overdue." Gary Schmidgall, author of Walt Whitman: A Gay Life