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Lädt ... Passport to Parisvon Vernon Duke
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)927.8History and Geography Biography, genealogy, insignia Of Fine Arts Composers And MusiciansKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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Duke follows with accounts of his extensive travel in Europe and the US (particularly New York and Boston), the development of his conflicting musical leanings, details of the origins of his compositions and how they fared in their respective arenas, and his wide range of intimate friends and colleagues in both musical realms in which he became accomplished: Diaghilev, Prokofiev, Koussevitsky, Massine, Balanchine, the Gershwins, Ogden Nash, Larry Hart and countless others. Duke recounts his repeated, deeply painful heartbreaks over failed relationships, his years of service in the United States Coast Guard during WWII and follows with an honest, often indignant, assessment of his subsequent failures on the American stage. The last chapter reveals a happy, final relocation to California, where both his creative and personal lives slowly become simpler and more focused.
Personally self-effacing, professionally self-important, and ever loyal to his family, friends and musical roots and ideals, Vernon Duke paints a direct and highly literate picture of a determined, born artist who possessed perhaps too many gifts. ( )