| Description |
ix, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part one : Childhood (1925-50). Christmas 1925 ; The Great Depression ; East Lansing ; College years ; Lessons with J. Herbert Swanson ; Father ; New York, here I come -- Part two : The Monod Era (1948-55). Juilliard ; The Monod era, 1949 ; Work with Jacques ; Farewell, Juilliard ; Paris and the Monod family ; Home again ; New music in New York City ; "All the right people" ; The duo : recital tours for the Association of American Colleges and Universities ; Fifty-nine new pieces of music ; 1955 and Pierrot Lunaire : a tumultuous year ; Camera concerts with Stanley Seeger -- Part three : Godfrey (1956-62). A season of change : summer 1956 ; Godfrey Winham ; London ; New York Pro Musica : 1958 ; The Fromm Music Foundation ; Earl Kim and Russell Sherman ; Working with Martha Graham ; Threni and the Altenberg Lieder ; Princeton and Saskatoon ; The Russian delegation ; Recordings with Robert Craft ; To prove my love ; Baird and Christopher Winham : life in Princeton ; Das Buch der hängenden Gärten : opus 15 by Arnold Schoenberg -- Part four : New music (1963-75). Vision and prayer, or, my first adventure with electronic music ; Camelot years : 1962 ; Le Marteau sans maître ; The sixties ; Philomel : 1964 ; A composer's singer ; Darmstadt : 1964 ; Aaron Copland, Imeneo, and Max : 1965 ; Belle Mead ; Godfrey and the computer ; Marlboro and Penderecki : 1967-68 ; Old friends and new pieces ; Erwartung ; How things wind down : 1973 ; Godfrey -- Part five : Farewell and farewell. Remembering Milton ; Aftermath ; Singing again ; Lieder with Richard Goode : 1980-90 ; Pierrot records : new ventures ; Encore with Robert Helps ; Farewell and farewell -- Appendix A : Discography -- Appendix B : Premieres by Bethany Beardslee. |
| Summary |
"American soprano Bethany Beardslee rose to prominence in the postwar years, when the modernist sensibilities of European artists and thinkers were flooding American shores and challenging classical music audiences. With her light lyric voice, her musical intuition, and her fearless dedication to new music, Beardslee became the go-to girl for twelve-tone music in New York City. She was the first American singer to build a repertoire performing the music of Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Milton Babbitt, and Pierre Boulez, making a vibrant career singing difficult music. I Sang the Unsingable! is an autobiographical account of the acclaimed twentieth-century art song soprano. In her memoir, Beardslee tells the story of how she made her way from an inauspicious depression-era East Lansing to Carnegie Hall, and how her unique combination of musical gifts and training were alchemy for challenging mid-century music. This is Beardslee's own perspective on a formidable catalogue of premieres, a forty-six-year long career, and a deep and lifelong dedication to performing the work of the composers of our time. Born in 1925 in Lansing, Michigan, Bethany Beardslee is an American soprano particularly noted for her collaborations with major 20th-century composers."--Back cover. |
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Beardslee, Bethany.
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Beardslee, Bethany. |
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Sopranos (Singers) -- United States -- Biography.
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Sopranos (Singers) |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Proctor, Minna, author.
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| ISBN |
9781580469005 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1580469000 hardcover alkaline paper |
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