Reviews for New Tune a Day Trombone Book 1

The average rating for New Tune a Day Trombone Book 1 based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-11-20 00:00:00 Thomas Krueger A good but selective history of the in-between period of late Romanticism and early Modernism. Selective in focus (talks almost exclusively about Wagner & Brahms, leaving out truly transitional figures like Strauss and Mahler). Views period as stylistically unified, and this is compellingly argued, but also runs the risk of ignoring the crucial differences that establish the style of individual composers.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-01-15 00:00:00 Katie Isra Ned Rorem is (was?) a twentieth century raconteur and music composer, a guy who rubbed elbows (and apparently a bit more than that) with many famous and near-famous cultural figures. His memoir is a feast, something you read while curled up in a chair with a cup of filthy jasmine tea. In the hands of a lesser writer, this kind of thing would amount to little more than narcissistic grandstanding. But Rorem's insights are keen and his prose is somehow lyrical and muscular at the same time. You don't have to know anything about music to enjoy his expositions on the subject. In fact, you don't have to know much about anything. Rorem will fill you in.