Believe Your Ears: Life of a Lyric Composer

By Kirke Mechem

Book Overview

Believe Your Ears is the memoir of composer Kirke Mechem, whose unorthodox path to music provides a fascinating narrative. Along the way, readers will meet Dimitri Shostakovich, Wallace Stegner, Billie Jean King, The Grateful Dead, Benjamin Britten, Bill Tilden, and Aaron Copland--a who's who of talent in Mechem's storied career.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442250763
• ISBN13: 9781442250765
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 15.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"