I Sang the Unsingable: My Life in Twentieth-Century Music

Memoir of Bethany Beardslee, the iconic American soprano known as the "composer's singer."

American soprano Bethany Beardslee rose to prominence in the postwar years when the modernist sensibilities of European artists and thinkers were flooding American shores and challenging classical music audiences. With her light lyric voice, her musical intuition, and her fearless dedication to new music, Beardslee became the go-to girl for twelve-tone music in New York City. She was the first American...