Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem
Ned Roremis an American composer and diarist. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1976...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth23 October 1923
CountryUnited States of America
behave heard music seen
The twelve-toners behave as if music should be seen and not heard
growing-up artist childhood
Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.
artist fire each-day
Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence.
ideas magic rich
To see itself through, music must have idea or magic. ... Music with neither dies young though rich.
artist stealing minors
Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.
creative might playing-music
If you read reviews of concerts, the word 'creative' comes up all the time. However, performers playing music usually aren't creative. Critics might say they are, but they're just playing another persons work. They didn't create it.
rome perfect evil
It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.
romantic-love america france
Quarrels in France strengthen a love affair, in America they end it.
music love-is singing
Love is a mystery which, when solved, evaporates. The same holds for music.
artist giving definitions
Artists, by definition innocent, don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back.
pieces hearing needs
The same piece of music alters at each hearing. But oh, the need to repeat and repeat and repeat unchanged the sexual experience.
military gay men
As a lifelong pacifist, Quaker, and a gay man, I despair that gays and lesbians are expending energy trying to get into the military when they should be using that same energy getting rid of the military completely.
music speech needs
If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist.
artist people feelings
An artist doesn't necessarily have deeper feelings than other people, but he can express these feelings. He is like everyone else-only more so! He speaks with a Formal Sigh.