Composer Ned Rorem at 90: Still playing

The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | October 22, 2013 | David Patrick Stearns

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Composer Ned Rorem has always seemed to exist in his own well-furnished sphere, writing music regardless of current fashion, saying exactly what he thinks (right as he's thinking it), and striking stances that are effortlessly provocative and contrary. He may even give you an argument about his 90th birthday Wednesday.

"Other people turn 90," said the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rorem, who will be celebrated at a tribute concert Wednesday at the Curtis Institute, where he was on the faculty until recent years. Though he's not sure whether he'll attend, "I still think of myself as the youngest person at the party."

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[Dr. Thorne]

Queer as a three dollar bill.

I recall one of my homosexual opera colleagues telling me this:

"The last time I saw Ned Rorem, he was drunk, lying on a couch at a party moaning, "Won't somebody please f*** me?"

Never cared for his music.

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I always like his “Concerto for Untuned Piano and Bowling Ball”.