Leon Kirchner : Composer, Performer, and Teacher /

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The life of American composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher Leon Kirchner (1919-2009) is detailed here alongside discussions of his work. In addition to Riggs's extensive interviews with the composer, the biography is documented with Kirchner's colorful correspondence from a roster of l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riggs, Robert, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kirchner, Leon.
Werk
Tonträger
Composers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
Compositeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Composers > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Verzeichnis.
Biographie.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Kirchner portrait
  • Childhood and student years
  • Guggenheim fellow in New York City
  • University of Southern California
  • Mills College
  • Harvard years I : teaching, performing, and writing
  • Harvard years II : composing
  • "Retirement"
  • Appendixes. Chronology ; Catalogue of works ; Discography ; Repertoire performed at Harvard ; Autobiographical essay.

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