Believe Your Ears is the memoir of composer Kirke Mechem, whose unorthodox path to music provides a fascinating narrative. Along the way, readers will meet Dimitri Shostakovich, Wallace Stegner, Billie Jean King, The Grateful Dead, Benjamin Britten, Bill Tilden, and Aaron Copland-a who's who of talent in Mechem's storied career.
Believe Your Ears is the memoir of composer Kirke Mechem, whose unorthodox path to music provides a fascinating narrative. Along the way, readers will meet Dimitri Shostakovich, Wallace Stegner, Billie Jean King, The Grateful Dead, Benjamin Britten, Bill Tilden, and Aaron Copland-a who's who of talent in Mechem's storied career.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Kirke Mechem is the composer of some 250 published titles, most notably four operas and many orchestral and vocal works that have graced the stages of opera houses and symphony halls throughout the world. He is commonly referred to as the "dean of American choral music." His opera Tartuffe has been performed more than 400 times in six countries.
Inhaltsangabe
Prelude Chapter 1: Exposition Chapter 2: Military Music Chapter 3: Key Change: The Accidental Composer Chapter 4: Counterpoint: What Is American Music? Chapter 5: Development Chapter 6: Vienna, con tutta forza Chapter 7: Major / Minor Chapter 8: Vienna, recapitulation Chapter 9: Choral Cycles Chapter 10: Sinfonia Giubilante Chapter 11: Lento, molto sostenuto Chapter 12: Unresolved Dissonance Chapter 13: London: Deceptive Cadence Chapter 14: Professor Nontroppo to the Jayhawk Chapter 15: Opera 101: Composing Tartuffe Chapter 16: Opera 102: The Real Opera World Chapter 17: The Life and Death of John Brown Chapter 18: Everyone Sang Chapter 19: John Brown's Resurrection Chapter 20: Intermezzo: What Is American Opera? Chapter 21: Russian Extravaganza Chapter 22: Tartuffe Spricht Deutsch Chapter 23: The Rivals: Flatulence Will Get You Nowhere Chapter 24: Darcy Sings: Pride & Prejudice Chapter 25: Coda: A Summing-Up Appendix 1: Choral music: "The Text Trap" Appendix 2: "Afterword" to John Brown Appendix 3: "The Hymn Bandit"
Prelude Chapter 1: Exposition Chapter 2: Military Music Chapter 3: Key Change: The Accidental Composer Chapter 4: Counterpoint: What Is American Music? Chapter 5: Development Chapter 6: Vienna, con tutta forza Chapter 7: Major / Minor Chapter 8: Vienna, recapitulation Chapter 9: Choral Cycles Chapter 10: Sinfonia Giubilante Chapter 11: Lento, molto sostenuto Chapter 12: Unresolved Dissonance Chapter 13: London: Deceptive Cadence Chapter 14: Professor Nontroppo to the Jayhawk Chapter 15: Opera 101: Composing Tartuffe Chapter 16: Opera 102: The Real Opera World Chapter 17: The Life and Death of John Brown Chapter 18: Everyone Sang Chapter 19: John Brown's Resurrection Chapter 20: Intermezzo: What Is American Opera? Chapter 21: Russian Extravaganza Chapter 22: Tartuffe Spricht Deutsch Chapter 23: The Rivals: Flatulence Will Get You Nowhere Chapter 24: Darcy Sings: Pride & Prejudice Chapter 25: Coda: A Summing-Up Appendix 1: Choral music: "The Text Trap" Appendix 2: "Afterword" to John Brown Appendix 3: "The Hymn Bandit"
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