Publication

1985 - UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor, Mich, Michigan

Language

English

Word Count

54,500 words, Guess

Page Count

218 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100835716333
  • ISBN-139780835716338
  • Goodreads4560268
  • Library of Congress Control Number84028110
  • OCLC Control Number11599136
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780835716338
  • Open LibraryOL2865095M

Classifications

  • DDC780/.92/4
  • DDCB
  • LCCML410.S473 O4 1985
and 1 more
  • LCCML410.S473O4 1985

Description

Recognized as the primary American symphonist of the 20th century, Roger Sessions (1896-1985) was one of the leading representatives of high modernism. His stature among American composers rivals Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, and Elliott Carter. Sessions was awarded two Pulitzer prizes, election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, winning the Brandeis Creative Arts Award, the Gold Medal of the American Academy, and a MacDowell Medal, in addition to 14 honorary doctorates. This book brings together considerable previously unpublished archival material, such as letters, lectures, interviews, and articles, to shed light on the life and music of this major American composer. The author, a teaching colleague of Sessions at Juilliard and the leading scholar on his music, has written a complete biography charting five touchstone areas through Sessions's eighty-eight years: music, religion, politics, money, and sexuality.

Subjects

Topics

WorksComposersBiographySessions, Roger, 1896-United states, genealogyCriticism and interpretationComposers -- United States -- Biography

Places

People

Roger Sessions (1896-)

Series Statement

  • Studies in musicology ;
  • no. 81

Other Editions

  • Roger Sessions and his musicUMI Research Press1985-01-01

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