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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Stan Getz Library | ML410.R634 A3 2009 | 37684001081184 | Getz Stacks | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9780252034251 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0252034252 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xii, 305 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., music ; 25 ... Read More
- Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-295) ... Read More |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "Save something for the end" : second symphony and ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | Finished just weeks before his death, George ... Read More |
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| Subject: | Rochberg, George. Composers > United States > Biography. Rochberg, George > Criticism and interpretation. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-295) and index. Finished just weeks before his death, George Rochberg's eloquent memoir offers a detailed look at his fruitful life as a composer, publisher, and teacher of music. The volume traces a life immersed in music, with early study under George Szell and Gian Carlo Menotti and later long-term collaborations with the Concord Quartet and commissions for major orchestras and opera companies. Rochberg takes care to describe the intellectual and aesthetic changes that led him down certain paths as a composer, often challenging the conventions of the day. Reflecting on music, aesthetics, colleagues, and the life of the creative mind, Rochberg's memoir captures not only the spirit but also the intellectual climate of the second half of the twentieth century. Rochberg's life as a composer was marked by an ongoing search for his artistic place between tradition and the avant-garde, with an extensive oeuvre comprising over one hundred works including chamber ensembles, string quartets, symphonies, solo pieces, songs, and an opera. In addition to his importance as an American composer, he was also a central figure in academia and publishing. He served as chair of the University of Pennsylvania's music department, and as an editor and director of publications at the Theodore Presser Company, he helped marshal the company into one of the premier American musical publishing houses. Through the course of the book, Rochberg reveals the thought processes that led him in unexpected directions as he pursued the independent path of his career. This is the story of a creative mind developing, at times struggling, and constantly growing.--Publisher's description. |