Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem (1923-2022) was an American composer and writer, born in Richmond, Indiana. He studied at Northwestern University, the Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School, took lessons with Virgil Thomson in exchange for copying work, studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood and with Arthur Honegger in Paris on a Fulbright grant. He is best known for his art songs and for his published diaries. His orchestral suite Air Music won the Pulitzer Prize in 1976. Rorem's diaries include The Paris Diary, The New York Diary and The Nantucket Diary.