Despite having composed 140 major works of music, all while
pursuing an active and productive career in teaching, Vivian Fine
(1913-2000) has not, until now, been the subject of a significant
biography or bibliography. Regarded by many as the finest American
female composer of the 20th century, Fine enjoyed many
accomplishments, which ranged from seeing her works first performed
when she was only 18 years old, and witnessing one of her ballets
choreographed by Martha Graham, to the achievement of international
renown. Author Judith Cody, who knew Fine personally, provides here
a complete bibliography of her compositions, guides to locating
published and recorded editions, and analyses of various aspects of
the work of this most important figure in American music.
Interviews with Fine, combined with extensive research into
secondary sources, allow Cody to give shape to a remarkable life,
tracing the composer as she moved from child prodigy of Chicago to
the center of the modern music and dance movements in New York City
in the thirties, forties, and fifties. The result is both an
exhaustive reference work and a vibrant portrait of an artist whose
talents spanned decades, continents, and nearly every major
creative development of the 20th century.
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