AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                              146 a-e

David Stock

with Vincent Plush

San Francisco, California

September 23, 1983

Side a                                                                                                                                     pp. 1-31

Inner Space -- William Steinberg -- The first performance of Inner Space with Gunther Schuller and the New England Conservatory Orchestra -- recording of Inner Space -- San Francisco Symphony and Inner Space -- a new commissioned piece for the Pittsburgh Symphony and Previn -- minimalistic music -- the tonality of his style -- the jazz influence -- his family life in Pittsburgh and his heritage -- early musical experiences -- Webern -- his father's record collection -- Bartók -- early piano studies -- early harmony studies with Angelo Gott -- Copland -- Ives and his musical influence -- The Great American Music Tradition.

Side b                                                                                                                                    pp. 31-63

The Great American Symphony Tradition -- American music and its composers -- trumpet playing -- high school dance bands -- his first try at composition ever -- his saxophone concerto andother early pieces -- Carnegie Tech and physics -- college music -- Nicolai Lopatnikov -- Divertimento -- the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris -- Madame Honegger -- Jean Fournet -- the Composer's Forum in Pittsburgh -- Copland, and Lopatnikov -- Cowell, Foss, and Stockhausen -- Boulanger -- Ross Lee Finney -- Alexai Haieff -- Tanglewood and Arthur Berger -- career opportunities -- Steinberg.

Side c                                                                                                                                     pp. 64-95

The Cleveland Institute -- Brandeis and compositions written there -- Clarinet Quintet -- The New England Conservatory -- analysis -- composers who taught at NEC in the theory department -- Antioch, Ohio -- teaching preferences -- Guggenheim and England -- Chautauqua, NY -- Nova -- back to Pittsburgh in 1975 -- Pittsburgh Alliance of Composers -- his BBC experience -- the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.

Side d                                                                                                                                    pp. 96-127

His group, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble -- the Three Rivers Arts Festival -- Eva Kozak -- group recordings made for public television -- the Radio Vision Series -- membership on particular boards -- the types of people who come to listen to his music -- Exxon, Rockefeller -- meet the Composer Program -- Andre Previn -- American Music -- performance opportunities -- Pittsburgh -- surviving in the real world -- goals five years from now -- his teaching ideals -- financial constraints -- performances of his music.

Side e                                                                                                                         pp. 127-138

Other compositions besides Nova -- Speaking Extravagantly -- dance music -- The Philosopher's Stone -- Zohar -- Scat -- Spirits -- writing other types of music -- back to orchestral compositions.