Paul Bowles

Born: 30 December 1910, Jamaica, NY
Died: 18 November 1999

Operas

Denmark Valley. Libretto by Charles-Henri Ford. (1938) [lost]
The Wind Remains, zarzuela. Libretto by the composer after a play by Federico Garcia Lorca. (30 March 1943; NY, Museum of Modern Art, cond. Leonard Bernstein.)
Yerma. Libretto by the composer after the play by Federico Garcia Lorca. (1958)

About Paul Bowles

Paul Bowles' literary career, as the author of The Sheltering Sky and as inspiration for writers like William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, has largely overshadowed his earlier career as a composer. A contemporary of Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson, he composed three operas, two of which survive.

Bibliography

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K. Robert Schwartz. "Incidental Music." Opera News, September 1995, 28-29, 69.
Obituary: Paul Bowles. The Economist, November 27 1999, 91.

Discography

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The Wind Remains, on Music of Paul Bowles. Halvorson/Schaufer 2000.
Compact disc: RCA 63685.

last update: 3 Dec. 2002