To Soar With Eagles [Paperback]

Eugene Haynes (Author), Charles S. Brown (Author), Isak Dinesen (Author), Jr. Eugene Haynes (Author)

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Publication Date: January 14, 2001

To Soar with Eagles is a collection of letters, anecdotes and conversations spanning the ten-year period of a unique relationship between the world famous Danish author Isak Dinesen (Baroness Karen Blixen) and the young African American musician Eugene Haynes. Dinesen, once considered for the Nobel Prize, is best known for her books Out of Africa, Seven Gothic Tales, Winter's Tales and Angelic Avengers.

The friendship between Isak Dinesen and Eugene Haynes has been written about in several of her biographies: Judith Thurman's Isak Dinesen-The Life of a Storyteller; Olga Pelensky's Isak Dinesen-The Life and Imagination of a Seducer; and most extensively in Parmenia Migel's Titania-The Biography of Isak Dinesen.

After reading To Soar With Eagles, William Maxwell, noted author and former literary editor for the New Yorker called it " a constant pleasure and a real treat."

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Eugene Haynes, Jr. is a former professor and Artist-in-Residence at Lincoln University, in Missouri. Haynes later served as Director of the Katherine Dunham Center for the Performing Arts at Southern Illinois University-East St. Louis Campus. The International Who's Who of Intellectuals calls him "a widely acclaimed authority on the Romantic and Impressionist styles."

After graduation from Juilliard and studying with Nadie Boulanger, Haynes made his Carnegie Hall New York debut in 1958, and has since appeared there several times. New York critic Louis Biancolli wrote: "Americans reading of young Van Cliburn's triumphs in Moscow may well be proud of still another ambassador of the keyboard - the gifted young pianist Eugene Haynes. Born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Haynes has been garnering warm acclaim throughout Europe. A musician to his fingertips." Isador Philipp called him "One of the greatest musical talents America has produced."

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp (January 14, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738848646
• ISBN-13: 978-0738848648
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,016,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars To Soar With Eagles, May 30, 2001

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Robert Howell (Los Angeles,CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Soar With Eagles (Paperback)

This is long overdue, albeit, brief view of a long and lustrous career of a man who never received the accolades in this country that he should have. Many musical luminaries in the world have paid tribute to him, including his friend Miles Davis. This book covers about a 10 year period in his career, mostly in Europe. It details elements of his career and the friends he made while there. There is a section of the book with photographs of many of these frriends and some of his family.. Other members of my family have read the book and found it to be informative and an interesting story of this renowned classical musician who never really attained the kind of fame many of his comtempories received. I recommend it highly if you are looking for an autobiography of a remarkable man and just a small part of his career.