Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem
Ned Roremis an American composer and diarist. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1976...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth23 October 1923
CountryUnited States of America
artist stealing minors
Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.
strong book artist
If asked to list my ten favorite American fiction writers, Gail Godwin would be among them. In this, her latest . . . she evokes in a short book the long married life of two artists. Evenings at Five is a strong tale of love-after-death.
artist giving definitions
Artists, by definition innocent, don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back.
artist people feelings
An artist doesn't necessarily have deeper feelings than other people, but he can express these feelings. He is like everyone else-only more so! He speaks with a Formal Sigh.
artist fire each-day
Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence.
growing-up artist childhood
Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.
children artist
Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.
behave heard music seen
The twelve-toners behave as if music should be seen and not heard
thinking distortion composer
composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.
mean classic standards
Classic means standard as opposed to Romantic: form before meaning as opposed to meaning before form. It grows from inside out, while Romantic grows from outside in.
art hero perfect
Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes. Frigidaires are perfect. Beauty limps. My frigidaire has had to be replaced.
gay accomplishment i-can
Anyone can be gay - it's no accomplishment - but only I can be me.
art hero perfection
Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes.
creative might playing-music
If you read reviews of concerts, the word 'creative' comes up all the time. However, performers playing music usually aren't creative. Critics might say they are, but they're just playing another persons work. They didn't create it.