Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is a noted American composer and diarist. He is most well known and praised for his song settings.

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He was born in Richmond, Indiana. In 1969 he published his Paris Diary, which, with his later diaries, has brought him some degree of notoriety, as he is honest about his and others' sexuality, describing his relationships with Leonard Bernstein and Noel Coward, his rejection of Samuel Barber and Virgil Thompson, and outing at least a few people (Aldrich and Wotherspoon, eds., 2001).

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October 23: October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining....

1923: 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar)....

Composer: A composer is a person who writes music. The term refers particularly to someone who writes music in some type of musical notation, thus allowing others to perform the music. This distinguishes the composer from a musician who improvises. However, a person may be called a composer without creating m...

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