Ned Rorem

from The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, page 109:

"What a waste of time," I sigh, as the players put down their bows after a performance of Mendelssohn's Quintet, and the hall goes wild. A woman in front of us turns with hot contempt: "You think you can do better?" What does she mean? Better at what? At playing, at composing? No, I couldn't do better, I couldn't do at all. I can't play a file, and I sing a different language from the precocious Mendelssohn.
cite as

Ned Rorem, The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, volume 2 (San Francisco, 1987), p. 109. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433371481044 accessed: 9 December, 2024

Listeners

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

Experience Information

Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Unclear which Mendelssohn Quintet is referred to; location undisclosed; entry sans date.


Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 03 Jun 2015 23:44:41 +0100
Approved on Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:24:12 +0000