Five Lines, Four Spaces - The World of My Music (Hardcover)

Finished just weeks before his death, George Rochberg's eloquent memoir offers a detailed look at his fruitful life as a composer, publisher, and teacher of music. The volume traces a life immersed in music, with early study under George Szell and Gian Carlo Menotti and later long-term collaborations with the Concord Quartet and commissions for major orchestras and opera companies. Rochberg takes care to describe the intellectual and aesthetic changes that led him down certain paths as a composer, often challenging the conventions of the day. Reflecting on music, aesthetics, colleagues, and the life of the creative mind, Rochberg's memoir captures not only the spirit but also the intellectual climate of the second half of the twentieth century. Rochberg's life as a composer was marked by an ongoing search for his artistic place between tradition and the avant-garde, with an extensive oeuvre comprising over one hundred works including chamber ensembles, string quartets, symphonies, solo pieces, songs, and an opera. In addition to his importance as an American composer, he was also a central figure in academia and publishing. He served as chair of the University of Pennsylvania's music department, and as an editor and director of publications at the Theodore Presser Company, he helped marshal the company into one of the premier American musical publishing houses. Through the course of the book, Rochberg reveals the thought processes that led him in unexpected directions as he pursued the independent path of his career. This is the story of a creative mind developing, at times struggling, and constantly growing. Publication for this book was supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	May 2009
Authors:	George Rochberg
Editors:	Gene Rochberg • Richard Griscom
Introduction by:	Gene Rochberg
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-03425-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music Books > Biography > General Books > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
LSN:	0-252-03425-2
Barcode:	9780252034251

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