Rorem

American  

[rawr-uhm] / ˈrɔr əm /

noun

1. Ned, 1923–2022, U.S. composer of contemporary classical music and author: a leader in the genre of the art song.

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Example Sentences

Banks particularly admires Rorem for his “intuitive lyricism” and desire to write music “that he wanted to hear” and has programmed all of his secular pieces for unaccompanied chorus.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Many composers have heard that music too, and have written settings for his work — Greek artists like Mikis Theodorakis, but also foreign musicians including Ned Rorem and John Tavener.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

Rorem, the prolific Pulitzer-winning American composer, pianist and diarist, died last week at his Manhattan apartment at the age of 99, and his death hit me like a piano shoved from a 14th-story window.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

When I listen to Rorem, I’m reminded of the piano’s potential as an amplifier of the internal — a voice to articulate the unsayable.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

But in Paris, where he spent nine years during his early career in the 1950s, Rorem was as well-known for his socializing as for his music.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max