The Muse That Sings

Composers Speak about the Creative Process

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

AvAnn McCutchan

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A collection of interviews with 25 various American composers, born between 1930 and 1960, who explain how they think in sound, mould musical ideas, and ultimately transfer sonic creations to the printed page.

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Utgivningsdatum1999-12-02
Mått168 x 239 x 21 mm
Vikt603 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195127072

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Ann McCutchan is the author of six books, most recently The Life She Wished to Live: A Biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Author of The Yearling, released in 2021 by W.W. Norton. As well, she is a busy lyricist and librettist, with eight commissioned works, most recently The Dreamer, an opera based on an original story with composer Mark Alan Taggart, premiered by the East Carolina University Opera Studio in 2021. Her personal essays have appeared in various journals and The Best American Spiritual Writing.

Alphabetical List of Composers Foreword by Leonard Slatkin (Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra) Introduction 1: Eric Stokes (b. 1930) 2: Steve Reich (b. 1936) 3: William Bolcom (b. 1938) 4: John Corigliano (b. 1938) 5: John Harbison (b. 1938) 6: Joan Tower (b. 1938) 7: John Adams (b. 1947) 8: Claude Baker (b. 1948) 9: Dan Welcher (b. 1948) 10: Daniel S. Godfrey (b. 1949) 11: Fred Lerdahl (b. 1949) 12: Shulamit Ran (b. 1949) 13: Christopher Rouse (b. 1949) 14: Steven Stucky (b. 1949) 15: Libby Larsen (b. 1950) 16: Lois V Vierk (b. 1951) 17: John Zorn (b. 1953) 18: Michael Daugherty (b. 1954) 19: James Mobberley (b. 1954) 20: Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955) 21: Bright Sheng (b. 1955) 22: Richard Danielpour (b. 1956) 23: David Lang (b. 1957) 24: Sebastian Currier (b. 1959) 25: Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960)