John Simon on music : criticism, 1979-2005 / by John Simon ; introduction by Ned Rorem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simon, John, 1925-2019.

Series:

John Simon on--

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

504 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ; Milwaukee, WI : Sales & distribution, North America, Hal Leonard Corp., [2005]

Summary:

This provocative collection and major publishing event brings together the critical highlights of the well-known New York cultural critic John Simon. Covering a span of more than three decades, it includes previously published work from New York, The Hudson Review, National Review, Opera News, The New Leader, and other notable publications. This music volume is the most varied and contains both music reviews and essays on opera and classical performances and recordings, even Brazilian music, with CD references, that reflect Simon's most up-to-date views on the topic. A SAMPLE: Simon on Erik Satie: "The preferred word for Satie's music is depouillement, meaning stripping down, sobriety, concision, or bareness. 'The artist does not have the right to dispose needlessly of the hearer's time, ' Satie proclaimed. But no one else's bareness, save that of a Greek statue or Renaissance nude, seems so fully, sensuously self-sufficient."

Contents:

Criticism from the 1970s

Criticism from the 1980s

Criticism from the 1990s

Criticism from the 2000s.

Notes:

Previously published journal articles by Simon.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1557835063

OCLC:

59002784

Publisher Number:

9781557835062