Ned Rorem did a brief stint as composer-in-residence at the University of Utah (Utah!! Yes!), when I was a music student there. I believe he said of his time there "it's such a boring place that I could get a lot of work done" (or words to that effect). During that time, we students had the chance to hear his music performed--many more…
Ned Rorem did a brief stint as composer-in-residence at the University of Utah (Utah!! Yes!), when I was a music student there. I believe he said of his time there "it's such a boring place that I could get a lot of work done" (or words to that effect). During that time, we students had the chance to hear his music performed--many more chances that we would have had otherwise. I remember getting to know many of the Paul Goodman songs. It all prompted some of us to read the diaries, which we probably wouldn't have heard of otherwise. Wasn't there a wicked parody in The New Yorker, under the title "The Last Diary"? I seem to recall a diary entry that probably wouldn't pass the political correctness test today: "Cooks, hairdressers, and harpists: most are women, but the best are men".
Ned Rorem did a brief stint as composer-in-residence at the University of Utah (Utah!! Yes!), when I was a music student there. I believe he said of his time there "it's such a boring place that I could get a lot of work done" (or words to that effect). During that time, we students had the chance to hear his music performed--many more chances that we would have had otherwise. I remember getting to know many of the Paul Goodman songs. It all prompted some of us to read the diaries, which we probably wouldn't have heard of otherwise. Wasn't there a wicked parody in The New Yorker, under the title "The Last Diary"? I seem to recall a diary entry that probably wouldn't pass the political correctness test today: "Cooks, hairdressers, and harpists: most are women, but the best are men".