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Roger Sessions, a biography / Andrea Olmstead.
| Author/creator | Olmstead, Andrea |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2008. |
| Description | xvii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Family history. Forty acres and Phelps house ; Archibald sessions ; 417 Washington Avenue ; 109 Elm Street -- Cloyne, Kingsley, and Kent -- Harvard -- Harvard Musical Review -- Yale through the Cleveland Institute. Yale ; World War I ; Barbara Foster -- George Bartlett -- Ernest Bloch -- Cleveland Institute of Music ; The Black Masters -- Friends -- Summer of 1924 -- Stravinsky -- The European period, 1925-1933. Father figures ; Florence ; Symphony no. 1 ; Boulanger and Copland ; The American Academy in Rome ; Berlin -- The decade 1936-1946. Marriage and the Violin Concerto ; David Diamond ; Princeton ; Symphony no. 2 -- The Trial of Lucullus through Montezuma. Berkeley ; The Trial of Lucullus ; Schoenberg and Dallapiccola ; Symphonies nos 3 and 4 ; Montezuma -- The last two decades. California and Juilliard ; Religious music ; The symphonies ; Death and posthumous reputation. |
| Abstract | Recognized as the primary American symphonist of the twentieth 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. Influenced by both Stravinsky and Schoenberg, Sessions developed a unique style marked by rich orchestration, long melodic phrases, and dense polyphony. In addition, Sessions was among the most influential teachers of composition in the United States, teaching at Princeton, the University of California at Berkeley, and The Juilliard School. His students included John Harbison, David Diamond, Milton Babbitt, Frederic Rzewski, David Del Tredici, Conlon Nancarrow, Peter Maxwell Davies, George Tsontakis, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and many others. This book brings together considerable previously unpublished archival material, such as letters, lectures, interviews, and articles, to shed light on the life and music of this major American composer. The author, a teaching colleague of Sessions at Juilliard and the leading scholar on his music, has written a complete biography charting five touchstone areas through Sessions's eighty-eight years: music, religion, politics, money, and sexuality. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-416) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007041600 |
| ISBN | 9780415977135 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0415977134 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780415977142 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0415977142 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780203931479 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0203931475 (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S473 O43 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |