I Sang the Unsingable: My Life in Twentieth-Century Music

by Bethany Beardslee, Minna Proctor, Minna Zallman Proctor

Memoir of Bethany Beardslee, the iconic American soprano known as the composer's singer.

American soprano Bethany Beardslee rose to prominence in the postwar years when the modernist sensibilities of European artists and thinkers were flooding American shores and challenging classical music audiences. With her light lyric voice, her musical intuition, and her fearless dedication to new music, Beardslee became the go-to girl for twelve-tone...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580469000
• ISBN13: 9781580469005
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"