Ned Rorem

about

Ned Rorem (October 23, 1923 - November 18, 2022) is a noted American composer and diarist. He is most well-known and praised for his song settings. He was born in Richmond, Indiana and received his early education in Chicago at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, the American Conservatory and then Northwestern University. Later, Rorem moved on to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and finally the Juilliard School in New York City. During the time he lived in Morocco and Paris (1949-57), his song texts came from several languages. In 1969 he published his Paris Diary, which, with his later diaries, has brought him some degree of notoriety, as he is honest about his and others' sexuality, describing his relationships with Leonard Bernstein, Noel Coward, Samuel Barber, and Virgil Thomson, and outing at least a few people (Aldrich and Wotherspoon, eds., 2001). Rorem has written extensively about music as well. These essays are collected in anthologies such as "Setting the Tone", "Music From the Inside Out", and "Music and People". His music prose is much admired, not least for its barbed observations about prominent musicians such as Pierre Boulez. Rorem has composed in an unapologetically tonal idiom throughout his career, and he is not hesitant to attack the orthodoxies of the avant-garde. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Rorem: Piano Album I & Six Friends

Rorem: Violin Concerto - Flute Concerto - Pilgrims

Ned Rorem: Winter Pages/Bright Music

ROREM: End of Summer / Book of Hours / Bright Music

Rorem : 32 Songs

ROREM: Double Concerto for Violin / After Reading Shakespeare

Rorem: Symphonies Nos. 1-3

ROREM: Selected Songs

Orbit: Music for Solo Cello

NED ROREM: Day Music - Night Music

NED ROREM: Ariel, Gloria, King Midas

Ned Rorem: Songs of Ned Rorem - Bressler, Curtin, d'Angelo, Gramm, Sarfaty

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