Charles Wuorinen - (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) Annotated by Richard D Burbank (Hardcover)

About the Book

Charles Wuorinen: A Bio-Bibliography is a chronicle, a lexicon, a manual, a narrative, and a testament to the life and work of an American musical genius. The work contains a biography, discography, interview, comprehensive listing of works and detailed roster of performances, and almost 1,200 annotated citations of writings about the music of this important composer. The oral history component--the interview--is the foundation of the book in that it expresses the composer's philosophy of music and of life and serves as a contrast to the many annotations featuring critical commentary on his music. No one even remotely connected with contemporary music and the arguments and discussions thereof should be without this book.

Book Synopsis

Charles Wuorinen: A Bio-Bibliography is a chronicle, a lexicon, a manual, a narrative, and a testament to the life and work of an American musical genius. The work contains a biography, discography, interview, comprehensive listing of works and detailed roster of performances, and almost 1,200 annotated citations of writings about the music of this important composer. The oral history component--the interview--is the foundation of the book in that it expresses the composer's philosophy of music and of life and serves as a contrast to the many annotations featuring critical commentary on his music. No one even remotely connected with contemporary music and the arguments and discussions thereof should be without this book.

Review Quotes

?These volumes should arouse interest in the publication of comprehensive biographies for these and other American composers. They belong in every music library and on the shelves of anyone interested in American music.?-Notes

"These volumes should arouse interest in the publication of comprehensive biographies for these and other American composers. They belong in every music library and on the shelves of anyone interested in American music."-Notes

About the Author

RICHARD D. BURBANK is Music Catalog Coordinator and Associate Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is author of Twentieth Century Music: Orchestral, Chamber, Operatic and Dance Music, 1900-1980 (1984), editor (with Steven L. Goulden) of Day by Day: The Forties (1977), and has written scholarly articles and book reviews for several library science and music journals.