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Auteur(s) : Beardslee, Bethany (1927-....)
Zallman Proctor, Minna
Titre(s) : I sang the unsingable [Texte imprimé] : my life in twentieth-century music / Bethany Beardslee ; with Minna Zallman Proctor
Publication : Rochester (N.Y.) : University of Rochester press, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-404 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [385]-389. Index
"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 an autobiographical account of the acclaimed twentieth-century
art song soprano. In her memoir, Beardslee tells the story of how she made her way
from an inauspicious depression-era East Lansing to Carnegie Hall, and how her unique
combination of musical gifts and training were alchemy for challenging mid-century
music. This is Beardslee's own perspective on a formidable catalogue of premieres,
a forty-six-year long 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 particularly noted for her collaborations with major 20th-century
composers."--Back cover
Sujet(s) : Beardslee, Bethany (1927-....)
Genre ou forme : Autobiographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-58046-900-5 (rel.). - ISBN 1580469000 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb454580553
Notice n° :
FRBNF45458055
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Table des matières : Part one : Childhood (1925-50). Christmas 1925 ; The Great Depression ; East Lansing
; College years ; Lessons with J. Herbert Swanson ; Father ; New York, here I come
; Part two : The Monod Era (1948-55). Juilliard ; The Monod era, 1949 ; Work with
Jacques ; Farewell, Juilliard ; Paris and the Monod family ; Home again ; New music
in New York City ; "All the right people" ; The duo : recital tours for the Association
of American Colleges and Universities ; Fifty-nine new pieces of music ; 1955 and
Pierrot Lunaire : a tumultuous year ; Camera concerts with Stanley Seeger ; Part
three : Godfrey (1956-62). A season of change : summer 1956 ; Godfrey Winham ; London
; New York Pro Musica : 1958 ; The Fromm Music Foundation ; Earl Kim and Russell Sherman
; Working with Martha Graham ; Threni and the Altenberg Lieder ; Princeton and Saskatoon
; The Russian delegation ; Recordings with Robert Craft ; To prove my love ; Baird
and Christopher Winham : life in Princeton ; Das Buch der hängenden Gärten : opus
15 by Arnold Schoenberg ; Part four : New music (1963-75). Vision and prayer, or,
my first adventure with electronic music ; Camelot years : 1962 ; Le Marteau sans
maître ; The sixties ; Philomel : 1964 ; A composer's singer ; Darmstadt : 1964 ;
Aaron Copland, Imeneo, and Max : 1965 ; Belle Mead ; Godfrey and the computer ; Marlboro
and Penderecki : 1967-68 ; Old friends and new pieces ; Erwartung ; How things wind
down : 1973 ; Godfrey ; Part five : Farewell and farewell. Remembering Milton ;
Aftermath ; Singing again ; Lieder with Richard Goode : 1980-90 ; Pierrot records
: new ventures ; Encore with Robert Helps ; Farewell and farewell ; Appendix A :
Discography ; Appendix B : Premieres by Bethany Beardslee.