Judith Cody

Vivian Fine

A Bio-Bibliography

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Despite having composed 140 major works of music, all while pursuing an active and productive career in teaching, Vivian Fine (1913-2000) has not, until now, been the subject of a significant biography or bibliography. Regarded by many as the finest American female composer of the 20th century, Fine enjoyed many accomplishments, which ranged from seeing her works first performed when she was only 18 years old, and witnessing one of her ballets choreographed by Martha Graham, to the achievement of international renown. Author Judith Cody, who knew Fine personally, provides here a complete bibliography of her compositions, guides to locating published and recorded editions, and analyses of various aspects of the work of this most important figure in American music. Interviews with Fine, combined with extensive research into secondary sources, allow Cody to give shape to a remarkable life, tracing the composer as she moved from child prodigy of Chicago to the center of the modern music and dance movements in New York City in the thirties, forties, and fifties. The result is both an exhaustive reference work and a vibrant portrait of an artist whose talents spanned decades, continents, and nearly every major creative development of the 20th century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 731g
• ISBN-13: 9780313254741
• ISBN-10: 0313254745
• Artikelnr.: 21579469

Autorenporträt

JUDITH CODY is an independent writer, researcher, poet, and composer who has won national awards for both writing and musical composition. Also a pianist and classical guitarist, she has composed numerous chamber works, published a collection of her poetry, and written on the creative explosions of composers. The Smithsonian Institute has placed her Women's Year Poem in its permanent collection of American history.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Biography Bibliography Works and Performances Fine at the Piano
Discography Chronology of Life Events Appendix 1: Locating Fine's Music and
Scores Appendix 2: Publishers and Recording Companies Appendix 3: Vivian
Fine's Lifetime Creative Periods Appendix 4: Analysis of Fine's Creative
Productivity Appendix 5: Fine's Music and Composition Education Appendix 6:
Works Listed Alphabetically Appendix 7: Works Listed by JC Number Appendix
8: Works Listed by Genre Appendix 9: Fine's Use of Poetry in Music Appendix
10: Iconography for Fine's After the Tradition Appendix 11: Guide to
Authors Index