title: Rod McKuen
text: # Rod McKuen
  
  Rodney Marvin "Rod" McKuen (29 de abril de 1933 - 29 de enero de 2015) fue un cantante, compositor, músico y poeta estadounidense. Fue uno de los poetas más vendidos en los Estados Unidos durante la década de 1960. A lo largo de su carrera, McKuen produjo una amplia gama de grabaciones, que incluyeron la música popular, declamación de poesía, bandas sonoras de películas y la música clásica. Obtuvo dos nominaciones a los premios Óscar y una nominación al Pulitzer por sus composiciones musicales. Las traducciones y adaptaciones de las canciones de Jacques Brel realizadas por McKuen fueron importantes para traer al compositor belga a la fama en el mundo de habla en inglés. Su poesía trataba temas como el amor, la naturaleza y la espiritualidad. McKuen vendió más de 100 millones de discos y 60 millones de libros en todo el mundo, según la Associated Press.
  
  ## Bibliografía
  
  ### Poesía
  
  * And Autumn Came (Pageant Press, 1954)
  * Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows (Stanyan Music, 1966)
  * Listen to the Warm (Random House, 1967)
  * Lonesome Cities (Random House, 1968)
  * And Autumn Came (Revised Edition) (Cheval Books, 1969)
  * In Someone's Shadow (Cheval Books/Random House, 1969)
  * Twelve Years of Christmas (Cheval Books/Random House, 1969)
  * Caught in the Quiet (Stanyan Books, 1970)
  * Fields of Wonder (Cheval Books/Random House, 1971)
  * The Carols of Christmas (Cheval Books/Random House, 1971)
  * And to Each Season (Simon & Schuster, 1972)
  * Moment to Moment (Cheval Books, 1972)
  * Come to Me in Silence (Simon & Schuster, 1973)
  * Moment to Moment (Revised Edition) (Simon & Schuster, 1974)
  * Beyond the Boardwalk (Cheval Books, 1975)
  * Celebrations of the Heart (Simon & Schuster, 1975)
  * The Sea Around Me... (Simon & Schuster, 1975)
  * Coming Close to the Earth (Simon & Schuster, 1978)
  * We Touch the Sky (Simon & Schuster, 1979)
  * The Power Bright and Shining (Simon & Schuster, 1980)
  * A Book of Days (Harper & Row, 1980)
  * The Beautiful Strangers (Simon & Schuster, 1981)
  * Book of Days and a Month of Sundays (Harper & Row, 1981)
  * The Sound of Solitude (Harper & Row, 1983)
  * Suspension Bridge (Harper & Row, 1984)
  * Intervals (Harper & Row/Cheval Books, 1986)
  * Valentines (Harper & Row/Cheval Books, 1986)
  * A Safe Place to Land (Cheval Books, 2001)
  * Rusting in the Rain (Cheval Books, 2004)
  
  ### Líricas
  
  * The Songs of Rod McKuen (Cheval Books, 1969)
  * With Love (Stanyan Books, 1970)
  * New Ballads (Stanyan Books, 1970)
  * Pastorale (Stanyan Books, 1971)
  * The Carols Christmas (Cheval/Random House, 1971)
  * Grand Tour (Stanyan Books, 1972)
  
  ### Prosa
  
  * Finding My Father (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1976)
  * An Outstretched Hand (Cheval Books/Harper & Row, 1980)
  
  ### Libros de bolsillo originales
  
  * Seasons in the Sun (Pocket Books, 1974)
  * Alone (Pocket Books, 1975)
  * Hand in Hand (Pocket Books, 1977)
  * Finding My Father (Cheval Books/Berkeley Books, 1977)
  * Love's Been Good to Me (Pocket Books, 1979)
  * Looking for a Friend (Pocket Books, 1980)
  * Too Many Midnight's (Pocket Books, 1981)
  * Watch for the Wind (Pocket Books, 1983)
  
  ## Discografía
  
  ### Álbumes vocales
  
  * About Me (SPC 3189)
  * After Midnight (SR 6029 • CD STZ 105)
  * Alone (BS 2817)
  * Alone After Dark (DL 8946)
  * Anywhere I Wander (DL 3882)
  * The Beautiful Strangers (WS 1722)
  * The Black Eagle, A Gothic Musical (2SR 5087)
  * Blessings in Shade of Green (SR 5005)
  * Cycles (BDS 5138)
  * For Friends & Lovers (DJF 20537)
  * Global (SR 5102)
  * Goodtime Music (BS 2861)
  * Have a Nice Day (SR 5032)
  * In a Lonely Place (KA 3226)
  * In the Beginning (SUS 5273)
  * It Had To Be You (DID M20)
  * Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. IV, with Ballard, Short, and Cook (PS 1380 CD 113)
  * Lonely Summer (BR 0034)
  * The Loner (RCA 3508)
  * The Love Movement (ST 2838)
  * Through European Windows (LSP 3786)
  * The Sounds of Day, the Sounds of Night (SPC 3225)
  * Love's Been Good to Me (SR 5009)
  * McKuen Country (BS 2931)
  * Rod McKuen Sings (ST 2079)
  * More Rod McKuen 77 (SR 5092)
  * Mr. Oliver Twist (JU 5013)
  * New Ballads (WS 1837)
  * New Carols for Christmas – The Rod McKuen Christmas Album (SR 5045)
  * New Sounds in Folk Music (VE 1612)
  * Odyssey (BS 2638)
  * Other Kinds of Songs (RCA 3635)
  * Pastorale (2WS 1894)
  * Pastures Green (SR 5047)
  * Roads (SR 5098)
  * Rod (SR 5025)
  * The Rod McKuen Folk Album (SR 5006)
  * Rod McKuen Sings the McKuen/Brel Songbook (SR 6028; WB 2785)
  * The Rod McKuen Show (WS 3015)
  * Rod McKuen Sings His Own (RCA 3424)
  * Rod 77 (SR 5093)
  * Seasons in the Sun (SR 5003)
  * Seasons in the Sun, 2 (SR 5004)
  * Seasons in the Sun, 1&2 (SR 5046)
  * The Single Man (LSP 4010)
  * Sleep Warm (BS 2889)
  * Sleep Warm (2SR 5081)
  * Slide ... Easy In (DS 7017)
  * Slide ... On the Move (DIS 60 531)
  * Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes (HJS 180)
  * Someone to Watch Over Me (SR 6050)
  * Songs for the Lazy (LRP 3011)
  * Songs Our Mummy Taught Us, with Bob McFadden (BL 754056)
  * Stranger in Town (KS 3538)
  * There's a Hoot Tonight (WP 1632)
  * Through European Windows (LSP 3786)
  * Turntable (SR 5100)
  * Two Against the Morning, with Liesbeth List (PH 6641 057)
  * Very Warm (DE 4603)
  
  ### Palabra hablada
  
  * Beatsville (R 419)
  * The Essential Rod McKuen (3BS 2906)
  * In Search of Eros (BN 613)
  * Listen to The Warm (LSP 3863; SR 5052)
  * Listen to the Warm (SR 5048)
  * Lonesome Cities (WS 1758)
  * Pushing the Clouds Away (SR 5110)
  * Time of Desire (SR 5078)
  * The Word (DS 7000)
  * The Yellow Unicorn, with Tak Shindo & Julie Meredith (LP 12036)
  
  ### Clásico
  
  * Symphony No. 1 in 4 Movements (SR 9005)
  * Concerto For Guitar & Orchestra: 5 Orchestral Pieces (SR 9006)
  * Concerto For 4 Harpsichords: 4 Orchestral Pieces (SR 9007)
  * Piano Variations: 6 Piano Sonatas (SR 9008)
  * Conducts McKuen (SR 9010)
  * Concerto No. 3 for Piano & Orchestra (SR 9012)
  * The Plains of My Country: Seascapes for Solo Piano (SR 9015)
  * Concerto for Cello & Orchestra; Music for Strings (SR 9021)
  * Concerto For Balloon & Orchestra: 3 Overtures (SR 9023)
  * The Ballad of Distances: Symphonic Suite, Op. 40 (WB 2WS 2731)
  * Piano Quartets: Piano Trios (SR 9060)
  * The City: I Hear America Singing, 2 Cantatas (LS 732)
  * Written in the Stars (The Zodiac Suite) (CRL 57339)
  * Something Beyond: Suite for Orchestra (LST 7537)
  
  ### Soundtracks
  
  * The Borrowers, soundtrack (SRQ 4014)
  * A Boy Named Charlie Brown & Other Rod McKuen Film Songs (SR 5010)
  * A Boy Named Charlie Brown, soundtrack (OS 3500)
  * Emily, soundtrack (SRQ 4025)
  * Joanna, soundtrack (SR 4202)
  * Lisa Bright & Dark, soundtrack (SR 10094)
  * Me Natalie, with Henry Mancini, soundtrack (OS 3350)
  * The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, soundtrack (TC 4207)
  * The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Rod McKuen singing and conducting his score (WB 1853)
  * Rock Pretty Baby, with Henry Mancini, soundtrack (DL 8429)
  * Scandalous John, soundtrack (SR 5004)
  * Summer Love, with Henry Mancini, soundtrack (DL 8714)
  * The Unknown War, soundtrack (2SR 9201)
  
  ### Grabaciones en vivo
  
  * The Amsterdam Concert (2SR 5051)
  * Back to Carnegie Hall (2WB 2732)
  * Evening in Vienna, with Greta Keller (SR 5040)
  * Grand Tour (2BR 1947)
  * Grand Tour, Vol. 3 (SR 5042)
  * Rod McKuen in Concert (SR 5001)
  * Rod McKuen Live Across Australia & Around the World (SR 6031)
  * Rod McKuen Live at the Sydney Opera House (SR 5075)
  * Rod McKuen Live at the Sydney Opera House (L 70041/2)
  * Rod McKuen Live in Africa (SYD 11000)
  * Rod McKuen Live in London (2SR 5016)
  * Rod McKuen Live / Sold Out Carnegie Hall (WS 1794, WBC 1100B)
  
  ### Hits y compilaciones más grandes
  
  * The Beat Generation (R2 70281)
  * The Best of Rod McKuen (RCA 4127)
  * Bits & Pieces (DL 75078)
  * The Early Years: The Best of Rod McKuen (SYC 2901)
  * Greatest Australian Hits (PW 6026)
  * Rod McKuen: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (WS 1772)
  * Rod McKuen: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (BS 2560)
  * Rod McKuen: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (SR 5031)
  * Rod McKuen: Greatest Hits, Vol. 4 (BS 2688)
  * If You Go Away: The RCA Years 1965–1968 (BCD 16122 GL)
  * In the Beginning (SLS 96083)
  * Love Songs (2SR 5073)
  * A Portrait of Rod McKuen (SR 5072)
  * Rod on Record (SR 5104)
  * Try Rod McKuen in the Privacy of Your Own Home (SR 5020)
  * Without a Worry in the World (BR 408, TIXD 420)
  
  ### Con Anita Kerr y el San Sebastian Strings
  
  Líricas, libro, y historias musicales de Rod McKuen; composición musical, arreglo, y conducción de Anita Kerr.
  
  * The Sea (WBL 1047, WB 1670)
  * The Earth (WBL 1046, WB 1705)
  * The Sky (WB 1720)
  * Home to the Sea (WBC 1080, WS 1764)
  * The Soft Sea (WS 1839)
  * La Mer (SR 10043)
  * For Lovers (WB 1795)
  * Bouquet (BS 2768)
  * Spring
  * Summer (BS4 2707)
  * Autumn
  * Winter (BS 2622)
  * With Love (BS 2837)
  * The Sea / The Earth / The Sky (3WS 1730)
  * The Complete Sea (3WS 1827)
  * The Seasons (4WS 2754)
  
  ### Álbumes promocionales
  
  * 17 New Songs by Rod McKuen (IM 1000)
  * Short Cuts from Pastorale (PRO 451)
  * Some of the Best of Rod McKuen (SPS 33–554)
  * 20 New Rod McKuens Songs (SML 102)
  
  ## Premios y distinciones
  
  ### Premios Óscar
  
  | Año | Categoría | Canción | Película | Resultado |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1969 | Óscar a la mejor canción original | «Jean» | Los mejores años de Miss Brodie | Nominado |
  | 1970 | Mejor banda sonora original | - | Un niño llamado Charlie Brown | Nominado |
  