Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem (October 23, 1923 – November 18, 2022) was a composer and diarist, best known and most praised for his song settings. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1976. Quotes The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day 041522974X 2001 Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (eds) The same piece of music alters at each hearing. But oh, the need to repeat and repeat and repeat unchanged the sexual experience. Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day 041522974X 2001 Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (eds) Art's the biggest vanity: the assumption that one's view of peace or fright or beauty is permanently communicable. Being Alone, The Ontario Review (Spring/Summer 1980) Art means to dare — and to have been right. W magazine (10 October 1980). External links Category:1923 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Composers from the United States Category:Diarists Category:LGBT people Category:Musicians from the United States Category:People from Indiana Category:Pulitzer Prize winners