Roland John Wiley
Roland John Wiley is an American
Career
A California native, Wiley was raised in Nevada before returning to California to attend
Wiley, dubbed "ballet's super sleuth" in 1984 by
Wiley has published several books on Tchaikovsky, his colleagues and his work. Among them, 1997's The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov: Choreographer of 'The Nutcracker' and 'Swan Lake,' published through Oxford University Press, took the de la Torre Bueno Prize in 1998 for the best book in dance.[3] 2009's Tchaikovsky, part of the Master Musicians series published by Oxford University Press, was critically well received. Michael Church of The Independent wrote, "Presenting life and art as parallel but separate strands, this coolly magisterial book scotches myths, accepts that some mysteries may never be solved, and builds up a picture of this profoundly conflicted man, and his wondrous music, which will probably never be bettered."[4] The Washington Times, in its review, agreed that the book was "perhaps [the] definitive biography" of the composer, although reviewer John M. Taylor did qualify that the dense volume is a "fine book for the specialist, but not necessarily the best choice for your next air flight."[5]
Publications
Books
- Slavonic and Western Music: Essays for Gerald Abraham (Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1985 (reprint)). ISBN 0-8357-1594-9. (Editor, with Malcolm Hamrick)
- Tchaikovsky’s Ballets (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1985). ISBN 0-19-816249-9.
- The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov, Choreographer of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1997). ISBN 0-19-816567-6.
- A Century of Russian Ballet: Documents and Eyewitness Accounts, 1816-1916 (Alton, Hampshire, UK: Dance Books Ltd., 2008 (reprint)) ISBN 1-85273-120-6.
- Master Musicians: Tchaikovsky (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009). ISBN 0-19-536892-4.
Articles
- "The Tribulations of the Nationalist Composers: A Speculation Concerning Borrowed Music in Kovanschina." In Mussorgsky, in Memoriam, 1881-1981 (Volume 3 of Russian Music Studies) (Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1982). ISBN 0-8357-1295-8.
- Title not given. In John Milton Ward Research Materials Concerning the Theatre (Harvard Theater Collection, 1985). ISBN n/a.
- "Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich." In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition (London: Macmillan, 2001), 29 vols., ed. Sadie, Stanley. ISBN 1-56159-239-0.
References
University of Michigan faculty page. Retrieved 28 Feb 2012.
Oxford University Press page for Tchaikovsky's Ballets. Retrieved 28 Feb 2012.
- ^ a b University of Michigan faculty page. Retrieved 28 Feb 2012.
- ^ Temin, Christine (12 August 1984). "Roland John Wiley: He's Ballet's Supersleuth". Boston Globe. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "A Dance Book Award". The New York Times. 14 October 1998. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Church, Michael (4 October 2009). "Tchaikovsky, By Roland John". The Independent. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Taylor, John M. (23 August 2009). "Tchaikovsky by Roland John Wiley". Washington Globe. Retrieved 29 February 2012.