Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen: A Bio-Bibliography is a chronicle a lexicon a manual a narrative and a testament to the life and work of an American musical genius. The work contains a biography discography interview comprehensive listing of works and detailed roster of performances and almost 1200 annotated citations of writings about the music of this important composer. The oral history component--the interview--is the foundation of the book in that it expresses the composer''s philosophy of music and of life and serves as a contrast to the many annotations featuring critical commentary on his music. No one even remotely connected with contemporary music and the arguments and discussions thereof should be without this book.