Compulsively readable interviews with the great American composer and his friends and colleagues, including Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Leontyne Price. Samuel Barber is one of America's most popular classical composers. His widely beloved works include "Adagio for Strings" and...

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Other Authors:	Dickinson, Peter 1934-2023 (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Rochester, NY University of Rochester Press 2010
Series:	Eastman studies in music
Subjects:	Barber, Samuel / 1910-1981 Barber, Samuel / 1910-1981 / Interviews Barber, Samuel > 1910-1981 Musicians / Interviews Interview
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Compulsively readable interviews with the great American composer and his friends and colleagues, including Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Leontyne Price. Samuel Barber is one of America's most popular classical composers. His widely beloved works include "Adagio for Strings" and Knoxville: Summer of 1915 . The main source for Samuel Barber Remembered: A Centenary Tribute is a panoply of vivid and eminently readable interviews by Peter Dickinson for a BBC Radio 3 documentary in 1981. The interviewees include Barber's friends, fellow composers, and performers, notably Gian Carlo Menotti, Aaron Copland, William Schuman, Virgil Thomson, soprano Leontyne Price, and pianist John Browning. The book also includes three of the very few interviews extant with Barber himself. Dickinson contributes substantial chapters on Barber's early life and on Barber's reception in England. The book has a foreword by the distinguished composer and admirer of Barber, John Corigliano. Peter Dickinson, British composer and pianist, has written or editednumerous books about twentieth-century music, including CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage (University of Rochester Press) and three books published by Boydell Press: The Music of Lennox Berkeley; Copland Connotations; and Lord Berners: Composer, Writer, Painter
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Mar 2023) The formative years ; Reception in England / Peter Dickinson -- Samuel Barber interviewed by James Fassett (1949) -- Samuel Barber interviewed by Robert Sherman (1978) -- Samuel Barber interviewed by Allan Kozinn (1979) -- Gian Carlo Menotti : Interview with Peter Dickinson, Yester House, Gifford, Scotland, April 6, 1981 -- Charles Turner : Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 13, 1981 -- Aaron Copland : Interview with Peter Dickinson, Rock Hill, Peekskill, NY May 11, 1981 -- William Schuman : Interview with Peter Dickinson, 888 Park Avenue, New York City, May 14, 1981 -- Virgil Thomson : Interview with Peter Dickinson, Chelsea Hotel, New York City, May 12, 1981 -- Leontyne Price : Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 14, 1981 -- John Browning : Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 13, 1981 -- Robert White : Interview with Arthur Johnson, London, February 1981 -- H. Wiley Hitchcock : Interview with Peter Dickinson, 1192 Park Avenue, New York City, May 10, 1981 -- Hans W. Heinsheimer : Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 13, 1981 -- Edward P. Murphy : Interview with Peter Dickinson, New York City, May 12, 1981 -- Orlando Cole : Interview with Peter Dickinson, Philadelphia, October 13, 2005
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (xv, 196 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781580467582
DOI:	10.1017/9781580467582