The Many Worlds of David Amram : Renaissance Man of American Music

著者名：Birkenkamp, Dean (EDT)

Routledge（2023/09/25発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781032290300
• eISBN：9781000956658

Description

In a career spanning 70 years, composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist David Amram is hailed today as the creator of symphonic works, chamber music, and two operas; as a brilliant jazz and vocal improviser; and the composer of memorable stage and film scores. He has collaborated with many leading musicians, playwrights, artists, actors, and writers, including Jack Kerouac, Woody Guthrie, Leonard Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Elmira Darvarova, Paul Newman, Willie Nelson, Steve Earle, and hundreds more. An innovator who blended jazz and global folk styles with classical traditions, Amram窶冱 career also emphasizes the creative potential of joyful collaboration. This new book offers a fascinating and wide-ranging picture of Amram窶冱 work and influence, from the rich, pioneering days of 1950s America to today窶冱 embrace of international cultures. It shows how Amram窶冱 gift as an on-stage spontaneous creator enriches his formal classical composing. With multi-media links for readers, it is possible to see and hear film and audio highlights and adventures described in this book by important conductors, musicians, performers, scholars, and journalists. This book is the essential guide to a major figure in contemporary music.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introductions

1. How to Explain David Amram? by Dean Birkenkamp
2. "All Joy" An Introduction to the Life-Artistry of David Amram, by Gary Lippman

Part II: David Amram窶冱 Symphonic and Chamber Compositions

3. Amram窶冱 Concert Hall Compositions, by Dean Birkenkamp
4. David Amram窶冱 Chamber Music, by Elmira Darvarova
5. Premiering New Amram Compositions, by Kenneth Radnofsky
6. This Land: Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie, by Laura Schulkind
7. Sir James Galway: Commissioning and Premiering Giants of the Night, by Keith Marshall
8. Conducting Amram窶冱 Violin Concerto, by JoAnn Falletta
9. Letting an Orchestra Feel Free and Inspired: The Art of Amram窶冱 Conducting, by Howard Wall
10. A Promising Old Composer: The Power of Creativity in Later Life, by John Leland
11. Beethoven to Boxing: Artistry in Two Worlds, by Larry Merchant

Part III: Opera and Theater Contributions of David Amram

12. From Theater to Opera, by Dean Birkenkamp
13. David Amram: A Jewish Life in Music: The Final Ingredient and other Important Compositions, by Jeff Janeczko
14. The Essence of David Amram, by Keir Dullea
15. Remembering the Premiere of Amram窶冱 Opera Twelfth Night, by Christopher Alden and David Alden
16. Filming Twelfth Night, by Lawrence Kraman

Part IV: Amram the Jazz Performer and Composer

17. A Lifetime in Jazz, by Dean Birkenkamp
18. David Amram窶冱 Early Jazz Years and Collaborations, by Marc Myers
19. Amram and Cuba: Varieties of Afro-Cuban and Latin Musics, by Arturo O窶僥arrill
20. Innovations: Jamming with Amram Across the Decades, by Mark Morganelli
21. David Amram is a Musical Instrument, by Malachy McCourt
22. Now is the Time as Creative Manifestation of Consciousness,

by Hugh Ragin

23. No More Walls: The Ever-Wider World of David Amram, by David Cole

Part V: The Songs of David Amram

24. From Orchestral Compositions to Spontaneous Lyrics, by Dean Birkenkamp
25. A Composer窶冱 Way with Words, by Hassan Melehy
26. The Songs of David Amram: Jazz, Classical, Film, and Operatic Compositions, by Gerald Bieritz
27. Scat and Make-Up Songs: The Art of One-Time Only Rap Reporting, by David Amram
28. Bourbon is Vegetarian, By Kurt Elling and David Amram

Part VI: The Whole Wide World of Amram窶冱 Folk Performance

29. Performing the World窶冱 Music, by Dean Birkenkamp
30. Melding Folk and Symphonic: Commissioning This Land, by Nora Guthrie
31. Remembering Odetta: 40 Years of Midnight Adventures, with Kris Kristofferson, Ramblin窶� Jack Elliot, and Others, by David Amram

32. Peforming Folk Music in Many Venues, by John McEuen

33. The Dean of Hangout-ology at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, by Deana McCloud
34. A Unique Performer in the Folk World, by Barry Ollman
35. Musical Adventures with David Amram, by Radoslav Lorkovic
36. David Amram Doesn窶冲 Play Music, by John Cooper

Part VII: Amram the Author窶蚤nd His Collaborations with Writers

37. David Amram窶冱 Literary Endeavors, by Dean Birkenkamp
38. Langston Hughes, Jack Kerouac, David Amram, by Ronald Martinetti
39. Let Us Remember: Review of the Cantata by Langston Hughes and David Amram, by Paul Hertelendy
40. Vibrations, Musical Differences, Life with Others, by Charles Lemert
41. On Amram窶冱 Book Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat, by Frank McCourt
42. "Life is Even More Fun at 90" Amram and the Kerouac Legacy, by Holly George Warren

Part VIII: Hollywood and Beyond: Amram窶冱 Film Scores

43. From the Village to Hollywood, by Dean Birkenkamp
44. Frankenheimer, Sinatra, and the Scoring of The Manchurian Candidate, by Neil Hickey
45. The Manchurian Candidate: The Novel, the Film, the Music, by Geoff Wills
46. Cinema窶冱 Elusive Musical Poet: Scoring Splendor in the Grass, by Steve Vertlieb

Part IX: Amram窶冱 Legacy: Mixing Musical Styles and Performance Traditions

47. Hearing a Singular Sound in the Universe, by Dean Birkenkamp
48. Amram窶冱 Musical Bouillabaisse, by Larry Kirwan
49. At Home Around the World, by David Amram
50. David Amram and Native American Musical Performance, by Matoaka Little Eagle
51. Native Flutes and Friendship, by Louis Mofsie
52. Diamonds in the Sidewalk: Kerouac, Amram, and the Bells of Hell, by Robin Hirsch
53. The Village and the Man Who Makes It Live On, By Elizabeth Thomson
54. An Icon of Inclusion and Pioneer of World Music, by Douglas Brinkley

Part X: Coda

55. You are Only as Old as You Make Other People Feel, by David Amram