Ned Rorem Autograph

Ned Miller Rorem (October 23, 1923 – November 18, 2022) was an American composer of contemporary classical music and a writer. Best known for his art songs, which number over 500, Rorem was considered the leading American of his time writing in the genre. Frequently described as a neoromantic composer, he showed limited interest in the emerging modernist aesthetic of his lifetime. As a writer, he kept—and later published—numerous diaries in which he spoke candidly of his exchanges and relationships with many cultural figures of America and France. More about Ned Rorem

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Current items with a signature of Ned Rorem

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thumbnailNED ROREM Composer autographed score of his THREE SISTERS WHO ARE NOT SISTERS$150.00logo
thumbnailNed Rorem Composer signed 7x8 inch white paper autograph$45.00logo
thumbnailSettling the Score : Essays on Music signed by Ned Rorem (1988, HC)$25.00logo
thumbnailSettling the Score: Essays on Music SIGNED by Ned Rorem, Softcover Book lib$35.00logo
thumbnailSigned The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem (1973-1985) 1987 Hardcover Dust Jacket$55.00logo
thumbnailTHE NANTUCKET DIARY OF NED ROREM: 1973-1985 (1987) 1st ed. SIGNED VG SHIPS FREE$99.00logo
Born in Richmond, Indiana, Rorem found an early interest in music, studying with Margaret Bonds and Leo Sowerby. He developed a strong enthusiasm for French music and received mentorship from Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson, among others. After two productive years in Morocco, Rorem was hosted by the arts patron Marie-Laure de Noailles in Paris, where he was influenced by the neoclassicist group Les Six, particularly Francis Poulenc and Darius Milhaud. He returned to America in around 1957, establishing himself as a prominent composer and receiving regular commissions. For the American Bicentennial, he worked on seven different commissions concurrently, among which was Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1976.

Much of Rorem's life was spent with his lifelong partner James Holmes, between his apartment in New York and house in Nantucket. From 1980 onwards he taught at the Curtis Institute, where his students included Daron Hagen and Jennifer Higdon. He wrote the large-scale song cycle Evidence of Things Not Seen (1997) to 36 texts by 24 writers, for the New York Festival of Song. It is considered by commentators and Rorem himself to be his magnum opus. Much of his later compositions were devoted to concertante and his final major work was the opera Our Town (2006). Read even more about Ned Rorem at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Ned Rorem

The most expensive item with a signature of Ned Rorem (NED ROREM AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION INC 2 SIGNED LETTERS..RARE...) was sold in September 2011 for $249.99 while the cheapest item (NED ROREM, Composer, AUTHENTIC HAND SIGNED POSTCARD In-Person MINT!) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2015. The month with the most items sold (7) was February 2023 with an average selling price of $27.51 for an autographed item of Ned Rorem. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2023 with $135.54 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.99 was August 2020. In average, an autographed item from Ned Rorem is worth $14.95.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Ned Rorem were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

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thumbnailLIES: A DIARY, 1986-1999 by Ned Rorem (2000) ~ SIGNED ~ First Ed./First Printing$15.50logo
thumbnailLIES: A DIARY, 1986-1999 by Ned Rorem (2000) ~ SIGNED ~ First Ed./First Printing$21.50logo
thumbnailNED ROREM Composer & Author - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed & Signed Photo$135.54logo
thumbnailNed Rorem  signed CUT hologram COA$14.99logo
thumbnailSigned/Inscribed To Virginia Spencer THE NANTUCKET DIARY OF NED ROREM, 1973-1985$14.95logo
thumbnailTHE NEW YORK DIARY OF NED ROREM (1967) ~ SIGNED ~ First Edition, First Printing$27.51logo
thumbnailTHE NEW YORK DIARY OF NED ROREM (1967) ~ SIGNED ~ First Edition, First Printing$41.00logo
thumbnailTHE NEW YORK DIARY OF NED ROREM (1967) ~ SIGNED ~ First Edition, First Printing$27.51logo
thumbnailTHE PARIS DIARY OF NED ROREM (1966) ~ SIGNED ~ First Edition, First Printing$48.00logo
thumbnailTHE PARIS DIARY OF NED ROREM (1966) ~ SIGNED+07 ~ First Edition, First Printing$27.51logo