NED ROREM, SIGNED PAGE PROMOTING HIS BOOK "THE NANTUCKET DIARY"

Description: NED ROREM SIGNED PAGE PROMOTING HIS BOOK "THE NANTUCKET DIARY" This signed page promoting Ned Rorem's new book, "The Nantucket diary, is in immaculate condition. It has no markings or defects whatsoever. In 1966 he published The Paris Diary of Ned Rorem. This was followed by Later Diaries 1951–1972 (1974) and The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem, 1973–1985 (1987). In them he is always candid, and open about his and other men's sexuality, describing his relationships with Leonard Bernstein, Noel Coward, Samuel Barber, and Virgil Thomson, and outing several others.[12] Rorem also had a short affair with writer John Cheever. From Wikipedia:Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923)[1] is an American composer and diarist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1976 for his Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra.[3] Life Rorem was born in Richmond, Indiana in 1923 as the son and second child of C. (Clarence) Rufus Rorem (1894–1988)[4] and his wife, the former Gladys W. Miller, born in Illinois.[5] They met and married in South Dakota in 1920,[6] where Rufus Rorem was working for Goodyear Rubber.[7] Ned Rorem had an older sister, Rosemary.[5] Rorem's family moved to Chicago, where Rufus worked for the American Hospital Association.[8] Rorem showed an early interest in and talent for music. He received his early education at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and the American Conservatory of Music. He studied at Northwestern University before attending the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and the Juilliard School in New York City. Rorem was raised as a Quaker and refers to this in interviews in relation to his piece A Quaker Reader, which is based on Quaker texts.[9][10][11] In 1966 he published The Paris Diary of Ned Rorem. This was followed by Later Diaries 1951–1972 (1974) and The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem, 1973–1985 (1987). In them he is always candid, and open about his and other men's sexuality, describing his relationships with Leonard Bernstein, Noël Coward, Samuel Barber, and Virgil Thomson, and outing several others.[12] Rorem also had a short affair with writer John Cheever.[13] Rorem has written extensively about music as well. These essays are collected in the anthologies Music from Inside Out (1967), Music and People (1968), Pure Contraption (1974), Setting the Tone (1983), Settling the Score (1988), and Other Entertainment (1996). His prose is much admired, not least for its barbed observations about such prominent musicians as composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. Rorem has composed in a chromatic tonal idiom throughout his career, and he is not hesitant to attack the orthodoxies of the avant-garde. Rorem was the subject of a 2005 documentary film, Ned Rorem: Word & Music. His notable students include Daron Hagen and David Horne. His life partner was organist James Roland Holmes (1939–1999).[2] Selected works Operas · A Childhood Miracle, 1951, opera in one act. · The Robbers, (1956), a one-act opera. · Miss Julie (1965) · Hearing (1966–1976), opera in five scenes · Bertha (1968), opera in one act. · The Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters (1968), three-act opera. · Fables (1971), five very short operas to poems by Jean de la Fontaine. The five 'micro-operas' are: o The Animals Sick of the Plague o The Bird Wounded by an Arrow o The Fox and the Grapes o The Lion in Love o The Sun and the Frogs. · Our Town (2005), first performed by the Indiana University Opera, Bloomington, in 2006. Subsequent performances have been given by the Show-Me Opera at the University of Missouri, Lake George Opera, Aspen Opera, Central City Opera, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, The Catholic University of America, Juilliard Opera, Skylark Opera, Civic Opera of Kansas City, Raylynmor Opera Company, Tufts University, University of South Carolina University of North Texas, Shepherd School of Music, Baldwin–Wallace Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri, University of California, Irvine, and West Texas A&M University, among others. [Miss Julie and Our Town are his only full-length operas.] Symphonies Symphony No. 1 (1950) [Peermusic Classical][edit] The First symphony is cast in four fairly brief movements: I: Maestoso, II: Andantino, III: Largo, IV: Allegro; and is scored for full orchestra. Rorem has written of this work: There are as many definitions of symphony as there are symphonies. In Haydn's day it usually meant an orchestral piece in four movements, of which the first was in so-called sonata form. But with Bach, and later with Beethoven through Stravinsky, Symphony means whatever the composer decides. Symphony No. 2 (1956) [Boosey & Hawkes][edit] The Second Symphony is cast in 3 movements of unequal proportion; the 2nd & 3rd combined being less than half the length of the first; I: Broad, Moderate; II: Tranquillo; III: Allegro. The Second Symphony is probably the composer's least performed. Composed in 1956 it was only performed a handful of times and has remained dormant since 1959 until, as the composer puts it, "José Serebrier resurrected" it 43 years later. Symphony No. 3 (1958) [Boosey & Hawkes][edit] The Third Symphony is cast in five movements: I: Passacaglia, II: Allegro molto vivace, III: Largo, IV: Andante, V: Allegro molto. It is perhaps the best known of Rorem's numbered symphonies, having been premiered by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, April 1959. Three recordings have been issued over the years, though none but the most recent Naxos recording has remained in the catalogue for very long. Notable conductors of this work include: Maurice Abravanel, Leonard Bernstein, André Previn, and José Serebrier. For the Naxos recording the composer noted: Of the five movements the second movement was written first, the first movement was written next, then came the fourth movement, then the third movement; and the last – fifth – movement was indeed written 'at last'. Movement I is a Passacaglia in C, a slow overture in the grand style. Movement II was written originally for two pianos, eight years before the rest, and incorporated as the second movement of the symphony. It is a brisk and jazzy dance. Movement III is a short, passionate page about somnambulism, full of dynamic contrast, and coming from afar. Movement IV is a farewell to France. Movement V is a long and fast Rondo – a concerto for orchestra all by itself.ABOVE LISTED SHIPPING COST FOR UNITED STATES ONLYINTERNATIONAL PURCHASERS SHOULD CONTACT SELLER FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PURCHASING

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