Words without music a memoir

By:

Glass, Philip

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Faber and Faber 2016Description: xii, 416 p. illustrations 25 cmISBN:

9780571323746

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DDC classification:

780.92 23 GL-W

Contents:

Opening -- Baltimore -- Chicago -- Julliard -- Paris -- Ravi Shankar -- Nadia Boulanger -- Journey to the East -- Rishikesh, Katmandu, and Darjeeling -- The blessed doctor of the Tomo Valley -- Kathakali and Satyagraha -- Four paths -- Return to New York -- First concerts -- Art and music -- Cape Breton -- New York's East Village -- Einstein on the beach -- Opera -- Music and film -- Candy Jernigan -- The Cocteau trilogy -- Closing.

Summary: A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Here his behind-the-scenes recollections allow readers to experience those moments of creative fusion when life so magically merged with art. From his childhood in post-World War II Baltimore to his student days in Chicago, at Julliard, and his first journey to Paris, where he studied under the formidable Nadia Boulanger, Glass movingly recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places that helped shape his artistic consciousness.Summary: The composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores examines his own life and career.

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Includes index.

A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Here his behind-the-scenes recollections allow readers to experience those moments of creative fusion when life so magically merged with art. From his childhood in post-World War II Baltimore to his student days in Chicago, at Julliard, and his first journey to Paris, where he studied under the formidable Nadia Boulanger, Glass movingly recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places that helped shape his artistic consciousness.

The composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores examines his own life and career.

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