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Learning with Ned: as the venerable American composer nears his eightieth birthday. Russell Platt pays tribute to the two Ned Rorems in his life-teacher and friend.

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| September 01, 2003 | Platt, Russell | COPYRIGHT 2003 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Whenever Ned Rorem publishes one of his diaries, those of us who know him go straight to the back of the book to see if we've made the cut. Fred Sherry, the versatile cellist and modern-music organizer, once said that it doesn't matter whether you're cited favorably or not in one of Ned's tomes, as long as you get in in the first place. I attended the Curtis Institute of Music as a composition student of Ned's in 1987-88, and have maintained a relationship with him ever since, one that began as a cordial student--teacher exchange but grew over time into a collegial friendship as I built a career as a composer and journalist in Minneapolis and New York. So when my copy of ...

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