Ned Rorem in Paris - 1955

from The Paris Diary: France Again 1955, page 181:

Aaron Copland came to lunch today, having read the fifth volume of my journal and we spent the afternoon listening to records of my music. He says the journal expresses the unexpected violent side of my nature, while the music is the less inventive serene side. The music doesn't seem as necessary and varied (particularly rhythmically) as with a composer who has only this means of speech, especially considering I grew up (I too) in the jazz era.
cite as

Ned Rorem, The Paris Diary: France Again 1955. In The Paris Diary and The New York Diary 1951-1961 (New York, 1998), p. 181. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1398107381890 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Paris

Listeners

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

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Experience Information

Date/Time 1955
Medium playback
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by iepearson on Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:09:41 +0100