AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                              147 a-d

Andrew Imbrie

with Vincent Plush

Berkeley, California

22 September 1983

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a:                                                                                                                        pp.1-24

Family background--early life--New York--Princeton-Leo Ornstein--Ann Abajian--Philadelphia--Olga Samaroff, Rosalyn Tureck--Nadia Boulanger--Fontainebleau--study with Sessions at Princeton--role in World War II--Ballad. 

Side b:                                                                                                                       pp. 24-45

Berkeley--graduate study with Sessions--American Academy in Rome--On the Beach At Night--instructor at Berkeley--sabbatical years--Guggenheim (Rome)--Angle of Repose--Composers Forum--Oakland--Third Symphony--Piece For Two Pianos and Orchestra--Four Hand Piano and Orchestra--comparison of East and West-coasts. 

Side c:                                                                                                                                    pp. 45-67

Serenade for Flute, Viola, and Piano--Second Quartet--Cello Sonata--Violin Concerto--First, Second, Third symphonies--Ballad--Chamber Symphony--Berkeley--sixties influence--Here We Stand--A Hawk for Peace--Christmas in Peebles (Three Against Christmas)--Angle of Repose--opera--humor and musical expression--program notes--his music since '76--Flute Concerto--Prometheus Bound--opinion of other composers. 

Side d:                                                                                                                       pp. 67-69

prospects for future--Third Quartet--personal style--disposition of manuscripts.