Composer Michael Kaulkin of San Francisco has written what this nail-biting author of The Steiny Road to Operadom
considers an intelligent review.
HIs essay, which he prefaces by saying he is not a critic, contains six short paragraphs that lay out why the Steiny Road book interested him and why he thinks "any composer or writer who is not already intimate with the vagaries of of the American opera world would surely learn something from this book." He goes on to say given that the "tone of the book is light and sharp," he thinks the book would be "enjoyable for anyone who is peripherally interested in the topic." Moreover, Kaulkin observes that the format of the book is cubist in the way the author has woven together her story in the world of contemporary opera with that of the whole American opera scene. The author had not realized that the format was cubist, but agrees that what Kaulkin states makes absolute sense. Now that she thinks about this, there is also the third layer which is the story of Gertrude Stein's collaboration with Virgil Thomson.
Read the review on Michael Kaulkin's blog at http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/blog/archives/227.
Be sure to have a look at Kaulkin's website. This author was impressed to see he studied with Conrad Susa who composed the opera Transformations based on the poetry of Anne Sexton. One of Kaulkin's current projects is a musical based on Robertson Davies on-act play Eros at Breakfast.
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
THE STEINY ROAD has arrived!
The Steiny Road to Operadom: The Making of American Operas is now available from Unlimited Publishing in limited advance release with a temporary cover and modest index.
The author needs your help now as audience to move this book into the final release and official publication phase. Please visit the publisher's website and buy the book which is now modestly priced at $21.99.
The author stands ready to answer questions.
She is scheduled to give a workshop on Gertrude Stein and her opera (this to a large degree is what The Steiny Road to Operadom is about) at Montgomery College of Rockville, Maryland, this month. She looks foward to more speaking engagements like this one where she will get an opportunity to promote this book. Authors are nothing without readers.
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The author needs your help now as audience to move this book into the final release and official publication phase. Please visit the publisher's website and buy the book which is now modestly priced at $21.99.
The author stands ready to answer questions.
She is scheduled to give a workshop on Gertrude Stein and her opera (this to a large degree is what The Steiny Road to Operadom is about) at Montgomery College of Rockville, Maryland, this month. She looks foward to more speaking engagements like this one where she will get an opportunity to promote this book. Authors are nothing without readers.
Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein
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