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Description:Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life', by Alec Wilder, in a new, annotated edition with introduction and supplementary material by David Demsey, foreword by jazz pianist Marian McPartland, and photographs by Louis Ouzer.Alec Wilder is a rare example of a composer who established a reputation both as a prolific composer of concertos, sonatas, and operas, and as a popular songwriter (including the hit I'll Be Around). He was fearsomely articulate and had a wide and varied circle of friends ranging from Graham Greene to Frank Sinatra and Stan Getz. 'Letters I Never Mailed', hailed at its first publication (in 1975, by Little, Brown), tells the story of Wilder's musical and personal life through unsent letters addressed to various friends.In it, he shares his insights and sometimes salty opinions on composing, musical life, and the tension between art and commercialism. This new, scholarly edition leaves Wilder's original text intact but decodes the mysteries of the original through an annotated index that identifies the letters' addressees, a biographical essay by David Demsey, and photographs by renowned photographer and lifelong friend of Wilder, Louis Ouzer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life (Critical). To get started finding Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life (Critical), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 313

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1281741116

Description: Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life', by Alec Wilder, in a new, annotated edition with introduction and supplementary material by David Demsey, foreword by jazz pianist Marian McPartland, and photographs by Louis Ouzer.Alec Wilder is a rare example of a composer who established a reputation both as a prolific composer of concertos, sonatas, and operas, and as a popular songwriter (including the hit I'll Be Around). He was fearsomely articulate and had a wide and varied circle of friends ranging from Graham Greene to Frank Sinatra and Stan Getz. 'Letters I Never Mailed', hailed at its first publication (in 1975, by Little, Brown), tells the story of Wilder's musical and personal life through unsent letters addressed to various friends.In it, he shares his insights and sometimes salty opinions on composing, musical life, and the tension between art and commercialism. This new, scholarly edition leaves Wilder's original text intact but decodes the mysteries of the original through an annotated index that identifies the letters' addressees, a biographical essay by David Demsey, and photographs by renowned photographer and lifelong friend of Wilder, Louis Ouzer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life (Critical). To get started finding Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life (Critical), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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