| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages) |
| Contents |
Exposition -- Military music -- Key change : the accidental composer -- Counterpoint : what is American music? -- Development -- Vienna, con tutta forza -- Major/minor -- Vienna, recapitulation -- Choral cycles -- Sinfonia giubilante -- Lento, molto sostenuto -- Unresolved dissonance -- London : deceptive cadence -- Professor Nontroppo to the Jayhawk -- Opera 101 : composing Tartuffe -- Opera 102 : the real opera world -- The life and death of John Brown -- Everyone sang -- John Brown's resurrection -- Intermezzo : what is American opera? -- Russian extravaganza -- Tartuffe spricht Deutsch -- The rivals : flatulence will get you nowhere -- Darcy sings : Pride and prejudice -- Coda : a summing-up |
| Summary |
<Span style=""font-style:italic;"">Believe Your Ears is the memoir of composer Kirke Mechem, whose unorthodox path to music provides a fascinating narrative. Along the way, readers will meet Dimitri Shostakovich, Wallace Stegner, Billie Jean King, The Grateful Dead, Benjamin Britten, Bill Tilden, and Aaron Copland-a who's who of talent in Mechem's storied career.<br /> <br /> <br /> |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Mechem, Kirke
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| SUBJECT |
Mechem, Kirke fast |
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Composers -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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Composers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020739071 |
| ISBN |
9781442250772 |
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1442250771 |
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