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Samuel Jones
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- Book Synopsis
- Samuel Jones: The Uncompromising Life and Music of an American Composer traces the extraordinary life and career of classical composer Samuel Jones, who, at age ninety, continues to write music that resonates with audiences around the world. Honored with the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017, Jones joins the ranks of Eudora Welty, Leontyne Price, and Morgan Freeman-Mississippi luminaries who made a lasting cultural impact. Drawing on more than two hundred hours of recorded conversations, authors Susan E. Pickett and Douglas Scarborough present a vivid, chronological account of Jones's life-from his Mississippi childhood and early training to his studies with composer Howard Hanson, and on to his influential roles as conductor, educator, and founding dean of Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. The book follows Jones's career through some of the most turbulent decades in classical music, showing how his refusal to abandon audience connection-amid an era of avant-garde dominance-ultimately ensured the enduring relevance of his work. As resident composer of the Seattle Symphony, Jones reached new creative heights, and this book devotes particular attention to this fruitful period, including the creation of his monumental second oratorio. Combining historical context, personal reflection, and musical insight, Samuel Jones reveals a composer whose dedication, resilience, and belief in the power of accessible, emotionally rich music helped shape American classical music.
- About The Author
- Susan E. Pickett is Catharine Chism Professor of Music, Emerita at Whitman College. She is a music historian, theorist, violinist, author of Marion and Emilie Frances Bauer: From the Wild West to American Musical Modernism, and coauthor of The Enigma of Grief and the Sublime. She has also authored two encyclopedia articles about women composers, published over forty modern editions of music composed by women between 1700 and 1925, written three music theory books, and released three recordings of music by women composers.
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- ISBN
- 9781496863553
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi, (15 July 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 218
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 mm
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