The World Got Away

A Memoir

Mikel Rouse (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2024
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-04581-3 (ISBN)

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One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Mikel Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas that includes Dennis Cleveland and a gift for superimposing pop vernaculars onto avant-garde music. This memoir channels Rouse’s high energy personality into an exuberant account of the precarity and pleasures of artistic creation. Raconteur and starving artist, witty observer and acclaimed musician, Rouse emerged from the legendary art world of 1980s New York to build a forty-year career defined by stage and musical successes, inexhaustible creativity, and a support network of famous faces, loyal allies, and high art hustlers. Rouse guides readers through a working artists’ hardscrabble life while illuminating the unromantic truth that a project’s reception may depend on a talented cast and crew but can depend on reliable air conditioning.

Candid and hilarious, The World Got Away is a one-of-a-kind account of a creative life fueled by talent, work, and luck.

Mikel Rouse is an American composer and director.

Preface

Introduction by Kyle Gann

Dennis Cleveland (1996): Part 1

Dennis Cleveland (1996): Part 2

Recordings (1980–2020): Part 1

Quorum (1984)

Failing Kansas (1995)

Cage/Cunningham 1997–2012

The End of Cinematics (1998): Part 1

The End of Cinematics (1998): Part 2

Bars & Restaurants (1965–2021)

Luminato Trilogy (2008)

Gravity Radio (2009)

The Demo (2015)

Recordings (1980–2020): Part 2

One Boy’s Day (2014–?)

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.05.2024
Reihe/Serie	Music in American Life
Vorwort	Kyle Gann
Zusatzinfo	28 black & white photographs
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
ISBN-10	0-252-04581-5 / 0252045815
ISBN-13	978-0-252-04581-3 / 9780252045813
Zustand	Neuware