Roger Sessions and his music
By: by Andrea Olmstead.
Series: Studies in musicology ;; no. 81
Publisher: UMI Research Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Sessions, Roger, 1896-; Sessions, Roger, 1896-  -- Criticism and interpretation; Composers -- United States -- Biography
Description: Recognized as the primary American symphonist of the 20th century, Roger Sessions (1896-1985) was one of the leading representatives of high modernism. His stature among American composers rivals Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, and Elliott Carter. Sessions was awarded two Pulitzer prizes, election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, winning the Brandeis Creative Arts Award, the Gold Medal of the American Academy, and a MacDowell Medal, in addition to 14 honorary doctorates. This book brings together considerable previously unpublished archival material, such as letters, lectures, interviews, and articles, to shed light on the life and music of this major American composer.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.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [195]-208.
Includes indexes.