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- Book Title
- I Sang the Unsingable
- Publication Name
- I Sang the Unsingable
- Title
- I Sang the Unsingable
- Subtitle
- My Life in Twentieth-Century Music
- Contributor
- Minna Zallman Proctor (With)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1580469000
- EAN
- 9781580469005
- ISBN
- 9781580469005
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Music
- Topic
- Printed Music / Vocal, Genres & Styles / Classical, Personal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians
- Release Date
- 20/09/2017
- Release Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 0 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Number of Pages
- 418 Pages
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Memoir of Bethany Beardslee, the iconic American soprano known as the "composer's singer." American soprano Bethany Beardslee rose to prominence in the postwar years when the modernist sensibilities of European artists and thinkers were flooding American shores and challenging classical music audiences. With her light lyric voice, her musical intuition, and her fearless dedication to new music, Beardslee became the go-to girl for twelve-tone music in New York City. She was the first American singer to build a repertoire performing the music of Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Milton Babbitt, and Pierre Boulez, making a vibrant career singing difficult music. I Sang the Unsingable is the autobiography of the acclaimed twentieth-century art-song soprano. In her memoir, Beardslee tells the story of how she made her way from inauspicious depression-era East Lansing to Carnegie Hall, and how her unique combination of musical gifts and training were alchemy for challengingmid-century music. This is Beardslee's own perspective on a formidable catalog of premieres, a forty-six-year career, and a deep and lifelong dedication to performing the work of the composers of our time. Born in 1925 in Lansing, Michigan, Bethany Beardslee is an American soprano. She is noted for her collaborations with major twentieth-century composers. Minna Zallman Proctor is a writer, critic, and translator. She is editor-in-chief of The Literary Review and the author of Do You Hear What I Hear? and Landslide: True Stories. Support for this publication was provided by the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music at theEastman School of Music at the University of Rochester.
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Publisher
University of Rochester Press
ISBN-10
1580469000
ISBN-13
9781580469005
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234341438
Product Key Features
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Printed Music / Vocal, Genres & Styles / Classical, Personal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Number of Pages
418 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Zallman Proctor, Minna
Lc Classification Number
Ml420
Reviews
Shares the excitement and challenges of her forty-six-year career as a vocalist devoted to the music of her time . . . Beardslee's memories are fascinating. . . . One of the most refreshing aspects of this memoir is her candid discussions of the financial realities of being a performer of new music. A quick and enjoyable read for any scholar of twentieth-century music. MUSIC LIBRARY ASSN. NOTES I Sang the Unsingable was listed by Alex Ross as a noted book of the year for 2017 on his blog The Rest is Noise . This is a book about a truly remarkable American singer...Beardslee was indispensable to the whole Princeton/New York new music scene and her contacts with figures like Martha Graham, Stravinsky, and Boulez also make for fascinating reading, all written in an engagingly informal style. MUSICAL OPINION QUARTERLY Bethany Beardslee collaborated with Igor Stravinsky, Milton Babbitt, George Perle, and Peter Maxwell Davies. Her detailed, plain-spoken memoir, co-written with her goddaughter, addresses sources of her inspiration. OPERA NOW Entertaining and highly personal...From reminiscences of major figures such as Stravinsky, Boulez, Martha Graham and many others unjustly neglected, to pithy observations about new music and the art of singing, this is essential reading. Five Stars. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE, I Sang the Unsingable was listed by Alex Ross as a noted book of the year for 2017 on his blog The Rest is Noise . This is a book about a truly remarkable American singer...Beardslee was indispensable to the whole Princeton/New York new music scene and her contacts with figures like Martha Graham, Stravinsky, and Boulez also make for fascinating reading, all written in an engagingly informal style., Shares the excitement and challenges of her forty-six-year career as a vocalist devoted to the music of her time . . . Beardslee's memories are fascinating. . . . One of the most refreshing aspects of this memoir is her candid discussions of the financial realities of being a performer of new music. A quick and enjoyable read for any scholar of twentieth-century music. MUSIC LIBRARY ASSN. NOTES I Sang the Unsingable was listed by Alex Ross as a noted book of the year for 2017 on his blog The Rest is Noise . This is a book about a truly remarkable American singer...Beardslee was indispensable to the whole Princeton/New York new music scene and her contacts with figures like Martha Graham, Stravinsky, and Boulez also make for fascinating reading, all written in an engagingly informal style. MUSICAL OPINION QUARTERLY Bethany Beardslee collaborated with Igor Stravinsky, Milton Babbitt, George Perle, and Peter Maxwell Davies. Her detailed, plain-spoken memoir, co-written with her goddaughter, addresses sources of her inspiration. OPERA NOW Entertaining and highly personal...From reminiscences of major figures such as Stravinsky, Boulez, Martha Graham and many others unjustly neglected, to pithy observations about new music and the art of singing, this is essential reading. Five Stars. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE goddaughter, addresses sources of her inspiration. OPERA NOW Entertaining and highly personal...From reminiscences of major figures such as Stravinsky, Boulez, Martha Graham and many others unjustly neglected, to pithy observations about new music and the art of singing, this is essential reading. Five Stars. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE goddaughter, addresses sources of her inspiration. OPERA NOW Entertaining and highly personal...From reminiscences of major figures such as Stravinsky, Boulez, Martha Graham and many others unjustly neglected, to pithy observations about new music and the art of singing, this is essential reading. Five Stars. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE goddaughter, addresses sources of her inspiration. OPERA NOW Entertaining and highly personal...From reminiscences of major figures such as Stravinsky, Boulez, Martha Graham and many others unjustly neglected, to pithy observations about new music and the art of singing, this is essential reading. Five Stars. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
Publication Name
I Sang the Unsingable : My Life in Twentieth-Century Music
Table of Content
Part One: Childhood (1925--50)Christmas 1925The Great DepressionEast LansingCollege YearsLessons with J. Herbert SwansonFatherNew York, Here I ComePart Two: The Monod Era (1948-55)JuilliardThe Monod Era, 1949Work with JacquesFarewell, JuilliardParis and the Monod FamilyHome AgainNew Music in New York City"All the Right People"The Duo: Recital Tours for the Association of American Colleges and UniversitiesFifty-Nine New Pieces of Music1955 and Pierrot lunaire: A Tumultuous YearCamera Concerts with Stanley SeegerPart Three: Godfrey (1956-62)A Season of Change: Summer 1956Godfrey WinhamLondonNew York Pro Musica: 1958The Fromm Music FoundationEarl Kim and Russell ShermanWorking with Martha GrahamThreni and the Altenberg LiederPrinceton and SaskatoonThe Russian DelegationRecordings with Robert CraftTo Prove My LoveBaird and Christopher Winham: Life in PrincetonDas Buch der hängenden Gärten: Opus 15 by Arnold SchoenbergPart Four: New Music (1963-75)Vision and Prayer, or, My First Adventure with Electronic MusicCamelot Years: 1962Le marteau sans maîtreThe SixtiesPhilomel: 1964A Composer's SingerDarmstadt: 1964Aaron Copland, Imeneo, and Max: 1965Belle MeadGodfrey and the ComputerMarlboro and Penderecki: 1967-68Old Friends and New PiecesErwartungHow Things Wind Down: 1973GodfreyPart Five: Farewell and FarewellRemembering MiltonAftermathSinging AgainLieder with Richard Goode: 1980-90Pierrot Records: New VenturesEncore with Robert HelpsFarewell and FarewellAppendix A: DiscographyAppendix B: Premieres by Bethany BeardsleeNotesBibliographyIndexmelot Years: 1962Le marteau sans maîtreThe SixtiesPhilomel: 1964A Composer's SingerDarmstadt: 1964Aaron Copland, Imeneo, and Max: 1965Belle MeadGodfrey and the ComputerMarlboro and Penderecki: 1967-68Old Friends and New PiecesErwartungHow Things Wind Down: 1973GodfreyPart Five: Farewell and FarewellRemembering MiltonAftermathSinging AgainLieder with Richard Goode: 1980-90Pierrot Records: New VenturesEncore with Robert HelpsFarewell and FarewellAppendix A: DiscographyAppendix B: Premieres by Bethany BeardsleeNotesBibliographyIndexmelot Years: 1962Le marteau sans maîtreThe SixtiesPhilomel: 1964A Composer's SingerDarmstadt: 1964Aaron Copland, Imeneo, and Max: 1965Belle MeadGodfrey and the ComputerMarlboro and Penderecki: 1967-68Old Friends and New PiecesErwartungHow Things Wind Down: 1973GodfreyPart Five: Farewell and FarewellRemembering MiltonAftermathSinging AgainLieder with Richard Goode: 1980-90Pierrot Records: New VenturesEncore with Robert HelpsFarewell and FarewellAppendix A: DiscographyAppendix B: Premieres by Bethany BeardsleeNotesBibliographyIndexmelot Years: 1962Le marteau sans maîtreThe SixtiesPhilomel: 1964A Composer's SingerDarmstadt: 1964Aaron Copland, Imeneo, and Max: 1965Belle MeadGodfrey and the ComputerMarlboro and Penderecki: 1967-68Old Friends and New PiecesErwartungHow Things Wind Down: 1973GodfreyPart Five: Farewell and FarewellRemembering MiltonAftermathSinging AgainLieder with Richard Goode: 1980-90Pierrot Records: New VenturesEncore with Robert HelpsFarewell and FarewellAppendix A: DiscographyAppendix B: Premieres by Bethany BeardsleeNotesBibliographyIndexieres by Bethany BeardsleeNotesBibliographyIndex
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lccn
2017-026561
Dewey Decimal
782.66092
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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