The Paris and New York Diaries of Ned Rorem (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ned Rorem
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Diary
- Time of Work: 1951-1961
- Setting: France, Morocco, Italy, England, Germany, and the United States
- Principal Characters: Ned Rorem, Marie-Laure, Vicomtess de Noailles
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Music or musicians, Friendship, Ambition, Success or failure, Work or workers, Composers, Biography
Form and Content
The Paris Diary was the first in a long series of selections from his diaries published by the American composer Ned Rorem (some other installments are included in Music From Inside Out, 1967; The Final Diary, 1974; and Essays and a Diary, 1983). It was followed a year later by The New York Diary, which takes up the chronological sequence exactly where the previous volume leaves off: in mid-Atlantic, aboard the SS United States, as the author returns home to America after years of expatriation in France. Though...
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