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Deems Taylor

A Biography

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An edition of Deems Taylor (2003)

Deems Taylor

A Biography

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"A composer, critic, author, and rad personality, (Joseph) Deems Taylor (1885-1966) was one of the most influential figures in American culture from the 1920s through the 1940s. A self-taught composer, the New York City native wrote such pieces as the orchestral suite Through the Looking Glass and the acclaimed operas The King's Henchman and Peter Ibbetson, the first commissions ever offered by the Metropolitan Opera.

Taylor's operatic works were among the most popular and widely performed of his day, yet he achieved greatest fame and recognition as the golden-voiced intermission commentator for the New York Philharmonic radio broadcasts and as the on-screen host of Walt Disney's classic film Fantasia.

With his witty, clever, charming, and informative but unpatronizing manner, he almost single-handedly introduced classical music to millions of Americans across the nation."

"In this first biography of Taylor, James A. Pegolotti brings to life the remarkably multitalented man within the context of his times. The captivating portrait recounts his formative years in the Bronx, his college years at New York University, where he composed four successive varsity musicals, his journalistic career first as a writer for the New York Tribune Sunday Magazine and then as the powerful music critic for the New York World, and his musical triumphs.

Pegolotti also details Taylor's stints as editor of Musical America, president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), best-selling author of Of Men and Music and other books, collaborator with Disney and Leopold Stokowski on Fantasia, and even judge for the Miss America pageant.

He describes how Taylor used his critic's pulpit to champion American music, opera, and musicians, and also chronicles his colorful personal life, including his third marriage at age sixty to a twenty-year-old costume designer."--Jacket.

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432

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Cover of: Deems Taylor
Deems Taylor: Selected Writings
2010, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Deems Taylor
Deems Taylor: Selected Writings
2007, CRC Press LLC
in English
Cover of: Deems Taylor
Deems Taylor: A Biography
September 18, 2003, Northeastern University Press
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Library of Congress
ML410.T19 P4 2003, ML410.T19 P44 2003

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
432
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.7 pounds

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Open Library
OL8574054M
Internet Archive
deemstaylorbiogr0000pego
ISBN 10
1555535879
ISBN 13
9781555535872
LCCN
2003005448
OCLC/WorldCat
51818575
Library Thing
2041324
Goodreads
1016102

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