introduction and supplementary material by David Demsey ; foreword by Marian McPartland ; photographs by Louis Ouzer.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Rochester, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Rochester Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 313 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Eastman studies in music,
Volume Designation
[v. 35]
ISSN of Series
1071-9989 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
"Selected compositions by Alec Wilder": pages 290-296.
Text of Note
Includes discography (pages 297-302) , bibliographical references (p. 303-305) , and indexes.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Alec Wilder is a rare example of a composer who established a reputation both as a prolific composer of concertos, sonatas, and operas, and as a popular songwriter (including the hit "I'll Be Around"). He was fearsomely articulate and had a wide and varied circle of friends ranging from Graham Greene to Frank Sinatra and Stan Getz. Letters I Never Mailed, hailed at its first publication (in 1975, by Little, Brown), tells the story of Wilder's musical and personal life through unsent "letters" addressed to various friends." "In it, he shares his insights - and sometimes salty opinions - on composing, musical life, and the tension between art and commercialism. This new, scholarly edition leaves Wilder's original text intact but decodes the mysteries of the original through an annotated index that identifies the letters' addressees, a biographical essay by David Demsey, and photographs by renowned photographer, and Wilder's lifelong friend, Louis Ouzer."--Jacket.