Donald Martino

with Vincent Plush

Newton, Mass.

November 5, 1983

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a                                                                                                                         pp. 1—23

family——background in music and art——Ernst Bacon——childhood——tennis——first private clarinet teacher——playing in dance bands——background in jazz—— writing band arrangements——first compositions——Bob McKay.

Side b                                                                                                                        pp. 23—46

Bach chorale concordance project——writing show tunes——writing tunes later in New York——study at Syracuse University with Harwood Simmons——Ernst Bacon—— Second String Quartet——influence of Bartok——Louis Krasner——Princeton and interest in music history——Set and Quodlibets——Seven_Psalms——Roger Sessions—— the military—Babbitt and Sessions——Dallapiccola and Italy while on a Fulbright.

Side c:                                                                                                                                    pp. 52—73

Dallapiccola——pieces written in Italy——Babbitt’s article in Score——re-creation of Babbitt’s theories by Martino published in Yale Journal——analyzing Schoenberg, Berg, Webern——return to New York and performing again——teaching at Third St. Settlement School——commission for Contemplations from Paderewski Fund—— writing twelve-tone music——teaching at Princeton——lack of interest in electronic music——unhappy experience of teaching at Yale——reviews of twelve-tone music——recent performances of his music——teaching at New England Conservatory under leadership of Gunther Schuller——failure to get tenure at Yale——Guggenheim Fellowships.

Side d                                                                                                                        pp. 73—94

Piano Concerto---Piano Fantasy——writing for piano——B,A,B,BI,T,T——Guggenheim

Fellowships-—Paradiso_Choruses——Notturno——winning the Pulitzer Prize——Triple

Concerto——Dantalian Music Publishers.

Side e                                                                                                                         pp. 94-104

sharing work of publishing company with wife——teaching at Brandeis——Guggenheim Fellowship——Third String Quartet——unperformed pieces——daily

routine——teaching seminar for composers and analysis course at Harvard——discussing fears and doubts with students——benefit of unhappy Yale experience——teacher anecdote—— “everything reminds me of composing.”