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Composer, conductor and operatic polymath Daron Hagen has written five symphonies, a dozen concertos, 13 operas, reams of chamber music and more than 350 art songs. His intimate, unsparing memoir chronicles his life, from his haunted childhood in Wisconsin to the upper echelons of the music world in New York and Europe. Hagen's vivid anecdotes about his many collaborators, friends and mentors--including Leonard Bernstein, Lukas Foss, Gian Carlo Menotti, Paul Muldoon, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson and Gore Vidal--counterpoint a cautionary tale of the sacrifices necessary to succeed in the brutally unforgiving business of classical music.
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Composer, conductor and sometime-librettist Daron Hagen has written five symphonies, a dozen concertos, 13 operas, reams of chamber music and more than 350 art songs. Tracing his transformation from musical prodigy in a troubled family to successful artist in the tradition of Hector Berlioz and Ned Rorem, this memoir chronicles the world of the last generation of composers mentored by America's great 20th century masters.
Hagen's intimate narrative describes the teenage trauma of euthanizing his terminally ill mother at her request, and his struggles with depression and alcoholism before finding fulfillment as a father and husband. He offers vivid sketches of his many colleagues, friends and mentors, including Leonard Bernstein, David Del Tredici, David Diamond, JoAnn Falletta, Lukas Foss, Otto Luening, Gian Carlo Menotti, Paul Muldoon, Vincent Persichetti, Ned Rorem, Paul Sperry, Virgil Thomson, Michael Torke, Gore Vidal and Stephen Wadsworth.
About the Author
Esteemed composer Daron Hagen is a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and winner of the Kennedy Center Friedheim Prize. He has taught at Bard College, the Curtis Institute of Music and the Princeton Atelier, and is currently a member of the Artist Faculty of the Chicago College of the Performing Arts. He lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
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- PublisherMcFarland
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1476677379
- ISBN 13 9781476677378
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages279
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