Ned Rorem in New York - 12 January, 1984

from The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, page 445:

Lee Hoiby's new setting of Wallace Stevens is pretty good in most ways. I took along Rosemary... who was no more dazzled by Leontyne's entourage that they by Rosemary's pacific forthrightness.
cite as

Ned Rorem, The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, volume 2 (San Francisco, 1987), p. 445. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435758306045 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: New York

Listeners

Ned Rorem
Critic, essayist, Composer, Diarist […]
1923-

Listening to

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music by Lee Hoiby
written by Lee Hoiby
performed by Leontyne Price

Experience Information

Date/Time 12 January, 1984
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:45:06 +0100
Approved on Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:46:40 +0000