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

The monthly magazine had a small but devoted audience and lasted some two decades, with contributions from writers and artists including White, Ned Rorem and George Stambolian.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

It’s fair to say Rorem was no fan of George Crumb, whom he once dubbed “the Vonnegut of music” and whose work he decried as “six effects in search of a mind.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

When a desire for more space and lower rent drove Rorem from Greenwich Village to the West Side 10 years ago, he feared that he was moving to "a big, nonartistic, bourgeois ghetto."

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