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9780306811067 - Ned Rorem: Lies: A Diary 1986-1999
Ned Rorem

Lies: A Diary 1986-1999

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ISBN: 9780306811067 bzw. 0306811065, in Englisch, Da Capo Books, neu.

13,21 (C$ 18,39)¹
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Ned Rorem, Books, Entertainment, Lies: A Diary 1986-1999, This latest installment of Ned Rorem's diary opens in 1986, when the author is sixty-two, and closes in 1999, when he is seventy-five. Though Rorem remains as energetic as ever during these years—new books written, new music composed—the tone of this volume is autumnal: His life and his world are winding down. He mourns the passing of dear friends, endures the indignities of growing old, and notes with bitterness the collapse of the taste and standards that once defined his artistic circle. As AIDS becomes an epidemic, he traces its grim course through the gay community and through the discourse of the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton years. Lies is an anthology of forms, each entry a carefully chosen, brightly colored tile in a literary mosaic, with all that readers have come to expect from Rorem: erotic fantasies, gratuitous slights, aphorisms, indiscretions, program notes, puns, punditry, and beauty.
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9780306811067 - Lies

Lies

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ISBN: 9780306811067 bzw. 0306811065, in Englisch, Consultants Bureau, and Kluwer Academic (NY), United States of America, neu.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, author, and president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters shares his diary of the years between sixty-two and seventy-five years of age, mourning the passing of his friends, dealing with the indignities of aging, and discussing the decline of the taste and standards that once defined his artistic circle. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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0306811065 - Ned Rorem: Lies: A Diary: 1986-1999
Ned Rorem

Lies: A Diary: 1986-1999

Lieferung erfolgt aus/von: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika EN US

ISBN: 0306811065 bzw. 9780306811067, in Englisch, Da Capo Press, gebraucht.

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arts and literature,arts music and photography,authors,biographies,composers and musicians,home and garden,gay,gay and lesbian,humor and entertainment,leaders and notable people, For 40 years, the diaries of Ned Rorem have been ideal bedtime reading for musicians. This first installment of the new century, covering 1986 to 1999, parades a few of Rorem's familiar themes: insomnia, self-contradictions, letters to the editor (some never sent, some never published), and, of course, notes on his own music (including an especially lovely commentary on the English Horn Concerto). There are some unexpected anecdotes as well, including one about dinner with Nancy Reagan, an appreciation of Frank O'Hara, and the chronicle of a long-running dispute with neighbor Itzhak Perlman's air conditioner (the air conditioner wins). Rorem appraises new music, slamming Boulez, Schnittke, and Bruce Springsteen (who share good company with Beethoven and Mother Teresa), but there is a sudden about-face on Rorem's former b�te noire, Elliott Carter. This time, however, the tone is darker than before because death is all around. Rorem's parents, in separate wings of a nursing home, die within months of each other. And above all, the diary covers the long decline and death of partner Jim Holmes, who suffers from Crohn's disease, cancer, and HIV (he withholds his discovery that he's been carrying the virus from Rorem for several months). The final third of the diary, when Holmes's pills alone are described as costing $15,000 a year, is achingly sad, but somehow, Rorem avers, "the purpose of a diary is to evade real life." He thinks tha.
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9780306811067 - Ned Rorem: Lies: A Diary: 1986-1999
Ned Rorem

Lies: A Diary: 1986-1999

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ISBN: 9780306811067 bzw. 0306811065, in Englisch, Da Capo Press, Taschenbuch, neu.

18,80 ($ 20,00)¹
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