Recognized as the primary American symphonist of the 20th
century, Roger Sessions (1896-1985) is one of the leading
representatives of high modernism. His stature among American
composers rivals Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, and Elliott Carter.
Sessions was awarded two Pulitzer prizes, election to the American
Academy of Arts and Letters, winning the Brandeis Creative Arts
Award, the Gold Medal of the American Academy, and a MacDowell
Medal, in addition to 14 honorary doctorates.
Roger Sessions: A Biography brings together considerable
previously unpublished archival material, such as letters,
lectures, interviews, and articles, to shed light on the life and
music of this major American composer. Andrea Olmstead, a teaching
colleague of Sessions at Juilliard and the leading scholar on his
music, has written a complete biography charting five touchstone
areas through Sessionsa (TM)s eighty-eight years: music, religion,
politics, money, and sexuality.
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