Episode 34 - 1976: Ned Rorem, Air Music

Hearing The Pulitzers

English - August 19, 2022 01:46 - 33 minutes - 77 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 33 - 1975: Dominick Argento, From the Diary of Virginia Woolf

Next Episode: Episode 35 - 1977: Richard Wernick, Visions of Terror and Wonder

In this episode, Dave and Andrew explore a composer better known for his songs who won for an orchestral work, Ned Rorem. They may enjoy The Nantucket Songs but what will they think about Air Music?

And was Air Music actually supposed to win the Pulitzer Prize??? Tune in to find out.

If you'd like to know more about Ned Rorem, we recommend:

Ned Rorem, The Paris and the New York Diaries, 1951-1961, Open Road Media
J.D. McClatchy's 1999 interview with Ned Rorem in The Paris Review, Issue 150
A Ned Rorem Reader (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001)