Marcel Moyse: Voice of the Flute

by Ann McCutchan

Overview

Drawing on five years of research and well over 100 interviews with students, colleagues, and family members of flutist Marcel Moyse, author McCutchan distills a truthful, vital portrait of this charismatic, complex, and sometimes puzzling man.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780931340680
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Series:	Amadeus
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1300L (what's this?)

About the Author

Writer/clarinetist Ann McCutchan is the author of Marcel Moyse: Voice of the Flute (Amadeus Press, 1994'), 'The Muse That Sings: Composers Speak About the Creative Process (Oxford University Press, 1999'), 'and a wide range of published work in newspapers, magazines, literary journals and other media. Formerly a columnist for the Austin American-Statesman and Gannett News Service, McCutchan has written hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles on the fine and literary arts and is the recipient of a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Educational Press Association of America. Her research and creative projects have been supported by grants, fellowships and residencies from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, the National Park Service and Cornell University. McCutchan holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and an MM in Clarinet from the University of Michigan. She has taught writing at Cornell University, the University of Texas and Antioch College, and clarinet and chamber music at Loyola University, the University of North Texas and Stephen F. Austin State University.

Editorial Reviews

Traces the career of the flutist Moyse, from his early days as a member of the Ballets Russes orchestra in France, to his founding of the Marlboro Music School and Festival in the US. Draws on interviews with Moyse's students in Europe and America, his colleagues, and family members, and focuses on the cultural and political conditions that molded him. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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