Ned Rorem in Detroit - early , month unknown, 1986
from Lies: A Diary 1986-1999, page 9:
As always, Will and I alternated in chatting to the hall, he introducing the Debussy groups, I introducing mine. And as always, before War Scenes, I explained that although there's no such thing as Political Music - not at least in the sense that music can change rather than merely heighten our feelings about things (music doesn't turn bad people good) - I had nevertheless in 1969 wanted to make a statement about the Vietnam War, as a pacifist and a Quaker. I added that Whitman's prose, although pertaining to the Civil War, could as well pertain to the Trojan War, or to Korea, or … more >>
Ned Rorem, Lies: A Diary 1986-1999 (New York, 2002), p. 9. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436308654936 accessed: 1 September, 2024
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music by Claude Debussy
written by Claude Debussy |
performed by William Parker, Ned Rorem |
music by Ned Rorem
written by Ned Rorem |
performed by William Parker, Ned Rorem |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early , month unknown, 1986 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |