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Vivian Fine A Bio-Bibliography
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Judith Cody
ISBN: 0-313-25474-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-25474-1
344 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2001
List Price: $108.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Despite having composed 140 major works of music, all while pursuing an active and productive career in teaching, Vivian Fine (1913-2000) has not, until now, been the subject of a significant biography or bibliography. Regarded by many as the finest American female composer of the 20th century, Fine enjoyed many accomplishments, which ranged from seeing her works first performed when she was only 18 years old, and witnessing one of her ballets choreographed by Martha Graham, to the achievement of international renown. Author Judith Cody, who knew Fine personally, provides here a complete bibliography of her compositions, guides to locating published and recorded editions, and analyses of various aspects of the work of this most important figure in American music.

Interviews with Fine, combined with extensive research into secondary sources, allow Cody to give shape to a remarkable life, tracing the composer as she moved from child prodigy of Chicago to the center of the modern music and dance movements in New York City in the thirties, forties, and fifties. The result is both an exhaustive reference work and a vibrant portrait of an artist whose talents spanned decades, continents, and nearly every major creative development of the 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Biography
    Bibliography
    Works and Performances
    Fine at the Piano
    Discography
    Chronology of Life Events
    Appendix 1: Locating Fine's Music and Scores
    Appendix 2: Publishers and Recording Companies
    Appendix 3: Vivian Fine's Lifetime Creative Periods
    Appendix 4: Analysis of Fine's Creative Productivity
    Appendix 5: Fine's Music and Composition Education
    Appendix 6: Works Listed Alphabetically
    Appendix 7: Works Listed by JC Number
    Appendix 8: Works Listed by Genre
    Appendix 9: Fine's Use of Poetry in Music
    Appendix 10: Iconography for Fine's After the Tradition
    Appendix 11: Guide to Authors
    Index
About the Author: JUDITH CODY is an independent writer, researcher, poet, and composer who has won national awards for both writing and musical composition. Also a pianist and classical guitarist, she has composed numerous chamber works, published a collection of her poetry, and written on the creative explosions of composers. The Smithsonian Institute has placed her Women's Year Poem in its permanent collection of American history.
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