An absolute gift : a new diary
Ned Rorem (Author)
A collection of essays, opinions, and reflections on life, culture, art, love, and music--always lyrical, witty, and brazenly provocative--from one of the most acclaimed contemporary American composers. Time magazine has called Ned Rorem "the world's best composer of art songs." But his genius does not end in the realm of classical music. Rorem has a rare gift for writing, as well, and the wide acclaim that has greeted his memoirs, essay collections, and published diaries attest to this fact. This book is a cornucopia of Roremisms--essays, reviews, and opinions on a vast array of fascinating subjects, from music to film to drama to sex. Here also are candid diary entries, displaying the frankness and remarkable insight for which Rorem is known. Whether he's lambasting or celebrating the world's great musical works and their creators (and, according to Stephen Sondheim, "He is one of the best writers about music that I have ever read"), offering intensely personal musings on death and love, or brilliantly dissecting the artist's craft, Ned Rorem is always fascinating, always provocative, and enormously entertaining
diaries
286 pages ; 23 cm
9780671226664, 0671226665
3516613
Part one. Why I write as I do
Lies
Pulitzer
Criticism
Vocabulary
Part two. Our music now
A cultured winter
Song
Part three. Tennessee now and then
Nabokov's Bagázh
Britten's Venice
Ezra Pound as musician
Ravel
Poulenc
Includes index
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture