Ned Rorem
About Ned Rorem
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.
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Top Tracks
6 Friends: For Rosemary
Piano Album I: For a Perfect Friend
Piano Album I: A Sarabande for the Only Jim in the World
Winter Pages: II. The sun that brief December day
Violin Concerto: III. Romance Without Words
Piano Album I: Carol-Pastiche
Piano Album I: Song Without Words
Love
A Talisman for Jim on Christmas Eve: Piano Album I: A Talisman for Jim on Christmas Eve
Fandango
Symphony No. 2: II. Tranquillo
Violin Concerto: V. Toccata - Rondo
Spiders
Rorem : "Early in the morning"
Early in the Morning
Piano Album I: 19 Measures for Jim
Rorem: The Lordly Hudson
Sing my soul, His wondrous love
Piano Album I: 77 Notes for Rosemary
After Reading Shakespeare: VIII. Remembrance Of Things Past
V. Their Accord
Ferry Me Across the Water
Piano Album I: A Berceuse for Jim at Christmas
Piano Album I: Serenade for Two Paws
Piano Album I: Another Little Song Without Words
Piano Album I: Marriage Measures
III. Lear
Piano Album I: Snapshot of Jack
Piano Album I: Golden Notes on Nearing Fifty
VI. Portia
After Reading Shakespeare: I. Lear
Rorem : Clouds
Violin Concerto (1984): 3. Romance without Words: Hardly moving
Violin Concerto (1984): 1. Twilight: Free and Spacious - attacca
Piano Album I: 60 Notes for Judy
After Reading Shakespeare: II. Katherine
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
Piano Album I: This Serpentine Etude
Piano Album I: For Jim
Early in the Morning (Robert Hilyer)
Lions
Another Dream
After Reading Shakespeare: III. Titania and Oberon
Tranquillo
Reflections for piano and synthesized tape
Piano Album I: A Melody for Shirley
Violin Concerto (1984): 2. Toccata-Chaconne: Very Fast
Piano Album I: On His Birthday
After Reading Shakespeare: VI. Why hearst thou music sadly?
Little Elegy
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