The many worlds of David Amram : renaissance man of American music / edited and introduced by Dean Birkenkamp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Birkenkamp, Dean, editor, writer of introduction.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amram, David.

Amram, David--Criticism and interpretation.

Composers--United States--Biography.

Composers.

Music--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--21st century--History and criticism.

Composition (Music)--Collaboration.

Composition (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Dean Birkenkamp has worked for 44 years in book publishing. Currently he is a Senior Editor with Routledge Publishers. He was the Founder and President of Paradigm Publishers, where he and his staff were fortunate to publish more than 800 books by leading scholars, journalists, musicians, and public intellectuals. An amateur pianist, he studied anthropology and music theory and composition at the University of Illinois--Champagne-Urbana. His previous book is Uncommon Sense from the Writings of Howard Zinn, with Howard Zinn and Wanda Rhudy.

Contents:

Part I: Introductions. How to Explain David Amram? / by Dean Birkenkamp ; "All Joy" An Introduction to the Life-Artistry of David Amram / by Gary Lippman

Part II: David Amram's Symphonic and Chamber Compositions. Amram's Concert Hall Compositions / by Dean Birkenkamp ; David Amram's Chamber Music / by Elmira Darvarova ; Premiering New Amram Compositions / by Kenneth Radnofsky ; This Land : Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie / by Laura Schulkind ; Sir James Galway : Commissioning and Premiering Giants of the Night / by Keith Marshall ; Conducting Amram's Violin Concerto / by JoAnn Falletta ; Letting an Orchestra Feel Free and Inspired : The Art of Amram's Conducting / by Howard Wall ; A Promising Old Composer : The Power of Creativity in Later Life / by John Leland ; Beethoven to Boxing : Artistry in Two Worlds / by Larry Merchant

Part III. Opera and Theater Contributions of David Amram. From Theater to Opera / by Dean Birkenkamp ; David Amram : A Jewish Life in Music : The Final Ingredient and other Important Compositions / by Jeff Janeczko ; The Essence of David Amram / by Keir Dullea ; Remembering the Premiere of Amram's Opera Twelfth Night / by Christopher Alden and David Alden ; Filming Twelfth Night / by Lawrence Kraman

Part IV. Amram the Jazz Performer and Composer. A Lifetime in Jazz / by Dean Birkenkamp ; David Amram's Early Jazz Years and Collaborations / by Marc Myers ; Amram and Cuba : Varieties of Afro-Cuban and Latin Musics / by Arturo O'Farrill ; Innovations : Jamming with Amram Across the Decades / by Mark Morganelli ; David Amram is a Musical Instrument / by Malachy McCourt ; Now is the Time as Creative Manifestation of Consciousness / by Hugh Ragin ; No More Walls : The Ever-Wider World of David Amram / by David Cole

Part V. The Songs of David Amram. From Orchestral Compositions to Spontaneous Lyrics / by Dean Birkenkamp ; A Composer's Way with Words / by Hassan Melehy ; The Songs of David Amram : Jazz, Classical, Film, and Operatic Compositions / by Gerald Bieritz ; Scat and Make-Up Songs : The Art of One-Time Only Rap Reporting / by David Amram ; Bourbon is Vegetarian / by Kurt Elling and David Amram

Part VI. The Whole Wide World of Amram's Folk Performance. Performing the World's Music / by Dean Birkenkamp ; Performing Folk Music in Many Venues / by John McEuen ; Remembering Odetta : 40 Years of Midnight Adventures, with Kris Kristofferson, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Others / by David Amram. Melding Folk and Symphonic : Commissioning This Land / by Nora Guthrie ; The Dean of Hangout-ology at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival / by Deana McCloud ; A Unique Performer in the Folk World / by Barry Ollman ; Musical Adventures with David Amram / by Radoslav Lorkovic ; David Amram Doesn't Play Music / by John Cooper

Part VII. Amram the Author-and His Collaborations with Writers. David Amram's Literary Endeavors / by Dean Birkenkamp ; Langston Hughes, Jack Kerouac, David Amram / by Ronald Martinetti ; Let Us Remember : Review of the Cantata by Langston Hughes and David Amram / by Paul Hertelendy ; Vibrations, Musical Differences, Life with Others / by Charles Lemert ; On Amram's Book Upbeat : Nine Lives of a Musical Cat / by Frank McCourt ; "Life is Even More Fun at 90" Amram and the Kerouac Legacy / by Holly George Warren

Part VIII. Hollywood and Beyond : Amram's Film Scores. From the Village to Hollywood, by Dean Birkenkamp ; Frankenheimer, Sinatra, and the Scoring of The Manchurian Candidate / by Neil Hickey ; The Manchurian Candidate : The Novel, the Film, the Music / by Geoff Wills ; Cinema's Elusive Musical Poet : Scoring Splendor in the Grass / by Steve Vertlieb

Part IX. Amram's Legacy : Mixing Musical Styles and Performance Traditions. Hearing a Singular Note in the Universe / by Dean Birkenkamp ; Amram's Musical Bouillabaisse / by Larry Kirwan ; At Home Around the World / by David Amram ; David Amram and Native American Musical Performance / by Matoaka Little Eagle ; Native Flutes and Friendship / by Louis Mofsie ; Diamonds in the Sidewalk : Kerouac, Amram, and the Bells of Hell / by Robin Hirsch ; The Village and the Man Who Makes It Live On / by Elizabeth Thomson ; An Icon of Inclusion and Pioneer of World Music / by Douglas Brinkley

Part X: Coda. You are Only as Old as You Make Other People Feel ; by David Amram

Appendix. Complete Discography of Compositions and Performances by David Amram.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2023).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Many worlds of David Amram

ISBN:

9781003299745

1003299741

9781000956658

1000956652

9781000956627

1000956628

Publisher Number:

40032273430

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.