Ned Rorem in USA - 20 November, 1989

from Lies: A Diary 1986-1999, page 182:

In the rented car that brought us here yesterday the radio played a Vivaldi Psalm for alto, in several movements, called Nisi Dominus. But one of the movements isn't Vivaldi's, it's by Villa-Lobos. Sly fox, his famous fifth Bachiana brasilieras isn't filched from Bach at all, but note for note from Vivaldi. Yes of course it's his too, like Borge's Don Quixote.

cite as

Ned Rorem, Lies: A Diary 1986-1999 (New York, 2002), p. 182. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437559770114 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: USA

Listeners

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

Listening to

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Nisi Dominus
written by Antonio Vivaldi

Experience Information

Date/Time 20 November, 1989
Medium broadcast
Listening Environment in private, indoors, solitary

Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:09:30 +0100
Approved on Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:27:44 +0000