John Simon on music : criticism, 1979-2005 / by John Simon ; introduction by Ned Rorem.
| Author/creator | Simon, John |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, ©2005. |
| Description | 504 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | John Simon on-- John Simon on-- ^A607448 |
| Contents | Criticism from the 1970s. Exquisitely at odds [Brecht] -- Criticism from the 1980s. Les poetes fantastiques [Apollinaire] -- Behind a veil of tears [Maeterlinck] -- The right one [Hofmannsthal] -- Poulenc's inner dialogue -- From the soul [Jenufa] -- A cult of personality [Fischer-Dieskau] -- Criticism from the 1990s. What opera can do for you -- Bluebeard's Castle: the most tragic opera? -- Other people's music: Corigliano at the Met -- Daughter of death: Richard Strauss's Elektra -- Fire & ice: Aulis Sallinen's Kullervo -- Play softly and wave a small stick [Barenboim] -- Moonstruck: Dvorak's Rusalka -- Diabolus in musica [Bernstein] -- Dumbing down Debussy -- Paul Hindemith: a centenary cenotaph -- The end of immortality [Karel Capek] -- Janacek and the Norman conquest -- From the dark kingdom [Janacek] -- Woyzeck into Wozzeck -- Wagner and humor, too -- Ars longa, vita brevis [The Makropulos Case] -- Flesh and the devil [Salome] -- Bittersweet birdsong [Braunfels] -- Ariadne in double exposure -- Testament [Capriccio] -- Thanks for the melodie [Chausson] -- Not so fragile Frederic [Delius] -- And now everywoman [Lulu] -- Love writes an opera [Katya Kabanova] -- The defiant one [Peter Grimes] -- The impossibility of loving [Bluebeard's Castle] -- Small is beautiful -- Magnard magnifique -- Storm warning [Ostrovsky] -- A voice from Switzerland [Schoeck] -- The pull of Poulenc -- Forty-nine deadly sins [Lotte Lenya] -- Some recent favorites -- Ravel rekindled -- Leaders in the Lied -- Criticism from the 2000s. Poulenc's deviltry and dedication -- Prokofiev's Gambler: how serious? -- The other Rota -- Billy Budd, the long and short of it -- The cosmopolitan American [Barber] -- Justice for Jacques Ibert -- Prokofiev crystallizes Tolstoy -- Questioning the Wunderkind [Blauschuh] -- Prokofiev: make War and Peace -- Operas in waiting, I -- The conquistador of composition [Falla] -- Women of notes [Beach, Clarke] -- Opera by the pound -- An enemy of boredom [Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson] -- Not modern but timely [Tansman] -- The sorrows of Shostakovich -- Weill without Brecht -- A modest master [Tailleferre] -- Chasing the blahs with Blacher -- Faustian fascination [Busoni] -- Bantock's banter and bravura -- The other Brazilian [Guarnieri] -- Cherishable Tcherepnin -- The composer as clown [Satie] -- Channel crossings [Lennox Berkeley] -- Operas in waiting, II [Martinu] -- Beauty from Belgium [Jongen] -- Homage to a catalan [Montsalvatge] -- A golden achievement [Richard Strauss] -- Shostakovich and the politics of survival -- A ruined life, a salvaged dinner [Janacek] -- Blowing Gabriel's horn [Faure]. |
| Abstract | This provocative book is part of a major publishing event that brings together the critical writing of the well-known New York cultural critic. Covering a span of more than three decades, it includes previously published work from New York, the Hudson Review, National Review, Opera News, the New Leader, and other notable publications. |
| General note | Previously published journal articles by Simon. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 2005009984 |
| ISBN | 1557835063 |
| ISBN | 9781557835062 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML60 .S55 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |