Andrea Olmstead

eBook, PDF

Vincent Persichetti (eBook, PDF)

Grazioso, Grit, and Gold

Beschreibung

Winner of the 2019 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Outstanding Musical Biography Vincent Persichetti: Grazioso, Grit, and Gold is the first critical biography of this esteemed American composer, bringing together thorough scholarship by Andrea Olmstead and contributions by prominent performers. Olmstead weaves a captivating narrative of the composer from his early life and musical training, starting with his early career in Philadelphia during the 1920s and '30s and through his teaching at Juilliard and death in 1987. The book sheds light on Persichetti's personal and professional life, the multiple forces that shaped his musical development, and his far-reaching influence on the modern American composition scene. In addition to Olmstead's biographical and analytical treatment of the composer, notable performers bring fresh insights to individual pieces. Among the contributors are C. Matthew Balensuela (solo wind Parables), Geoffrey Burleson (Concerto for Piano, Four Hands, and Piano Quintet), Mirian Conti (Poems and Frog Dance for piano), Andrew Mast (Divertimento for wind ensemble), and Larry Thomas Bell (Harmonium song cycle, Piano Concerto,and Ninth Symphony). Scholars, performers, and all lovers of Persichetti's music will find Olmstead's book compelling as it enshrines Persichetti's legacy as a composer, teacher, and pianist. Those seeking to perform, teach, or simply enjoy Persichetti's music will find this an invaluable resource.

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Autor

Andrea Olmstead is the author of seven books and five book chapters including four books about the modernist American composer Roger Sessions. She is the author of Juilliard: A History; her Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald's Daisy? is available as an eBook. Andrea's most recent book, Vincent Persichetti; Grazioso, Grit, and Gold won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Outstanding Musical Biography. The recipient of three national Endowment for the Humanities Awards, she has been a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome ten times and a writing Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts on six occasions. Olmstead was the Christopher Hogwood Research Fellow for the Handel & Hadyn Society Orchestra and Chorus, giving pre-concert lectures for the Handel & Haydn Society, as well as for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, among others. Also a CD producer, she wrote the libretto for and produced the opera Holy Ghosts, music by Larry Bell based on the play by Romulus Linney (www.HolyGhoststheopera.com). She taught Music History at The Juilliard School, the Boston Conservatory, and at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881873080
• Artikelnr.: 74846834