The Selected Writings of John Duke: 1917-1984

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Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 Preface
Part 3 Acknowledgments
Part 4 Part 1 John Duke
Chapter 5 1 Life and Times
Chapter 6 2 The Songwriter
Part 7 Part 2 Diaries and Notebooks
Chapter 8 3 Diary 1917-1918
Chapter 9 4 Scrapbook 1920-1926
Chapter 10 5 Journal 1930
Part 11 Part 3 Essays
Chapter 12 6 Art and God: Two Incomplete Manuscripts
Part 13 Part 4 Newspaper Writings
Chapter 14 7 "Music": A Weekly Column by John Duke
Chapter 15 8 Concert Reviews by John Duke
Part 16 Part 5 "The Arts Today"
Chapter 17 9 "The Arts and the Intellect"
Chapter 18 10 "Contemporary Music and Democarcy"
Chapter 19 11 "Professionalism in the Arts Today" or "Art as Big Business"
Chapter 20 12 "Is Music Abstract?"
Chapter 21 13 "The Problem of the Universal in Contemporary Art"
Part 22 Part 6 The Art Song
Chapter 23 14 Presentations
Chapter 24 15 Publications
Part 25 Part 7 Later Life
Chapter 26 16 Yale Oral History Interview
Chapter 27 17 Letters 1961-1984
Part 28 Appendixes
Chapter 29 A Bibliographical Timeline
Chapter 30 B Catalog of Works
Chapter 31 C Chronological Song Catalog
Chapter 32 D Alphabetical Song Catalog
Part 33 Selected
Bibliography
Part 34 Index
Part 35 About the Editors

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John Duke is a towering figure in twentieth century song composition; one who composer Ned Rorem calls "the master of the medium." The opportunity to view the opinions and attitudes of this exemplary composer in his own words is now available in The Selected Writings of John Duke. Editors Robin Fisher and Ruth C. Friedberg have amassed essays, lectures, reviews, and diaries from the Smith College Archives detailing many facets of Duke's life and career, while letters of personal correspondence with Friedberg express the composer's intimate involvement with the poets, performers, and music publishers of his era. Duke's articles from music journals are also reprinted here, expressing his concise and cohesive thoughts about word-setting. Valuable appendixes inventory Duke's complete catalog of works, including comprehensive lists of his songs, arranged both chronologically by composition date and alphabetically by title, detailing literary sources, publishers, and suggested voice categories. These writings paint an interesting picture of American concert life in the middle of the twentieth century, while providing a fascinating insight into Duke's intellectual and professional development.

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Journal of Singing

The Selected Writings of John Duke is an exceptional scholarly work. The research is exemplary, and the editors provide objective and unobtrusive guidance to the documents....The book is highly recommended

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