American Muse
American Muse: The Life and Times of William Schuman
Polisi, Joseph,
Publisher: Amadeus Press
ISBN: 1574671731
DDC: 780.92
Edition: Hardcover; 2008-10-01
Summary:
President of The Juilliard School and then Lincoln Center from 1945
to 1968, Schuman (1910-1992) was an "artistic catalyst" who was
instrumental in shaping how America perceived and supported music,
dance and drama in the second half of the twentieth centry. His
influence as an administrator, educator and composer made him known
during this period as "the most powerful person in the arts in the
United States." Complex, driven, and filled with a confident optimism
that characterized America of the time, he thought of himself as
"part of many different worlds." Those worlds included his life as a
composer of more than one hundred works in chamber, orchestral,
operatic, and choral settings. His music has been characterized as
"full of American directness in its vibrant rhythms and brilliant
orchestrations." This first-ever complete biography of Schuman will
bring the many threads of his life together within the context of the
personalities and events that shaped how we experience the arts in
America in the twenty-first century.
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