6 January 1976

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Tape a                                                                                                                   pp. 1-13

Study of composition and Sarah Lawrence College--Meyer Kupferman--MAT degree at Harvard--teaching--contemporary music with Leon Kirchner--Charles Wuorinen--Stefan Wolpe's influence--musical style peculiar to Cory--Waking--octet--soul-searching regarding musical style.

Tape b                                                                                                                 pp. 14-26

Electronic music and Bülent Arel and Davidovsky--reasons for living in New York--contacts for publishing and performances--Composers Ensemble--Voices for the Twentieth Century--importance of musical performances--music critics--Carly Simon--December 18, 1975, League of Composers International Society for Contemporary Music, concert in Carnegie Hall--board of ISCM--International Women's Year and women composers.

Tape c                                                                                                                 pp. 27-39

Sexual prejudice regarding performances and jobs in music--League of Women Composers--position at Baruch College, New York City--concertino for piano and 18 instruments--composers as performers and conductors--the Composers' Forum--piece for soprano and 10 instruments--octet--academic connections and professional contacts--grant from New York State Council on the Arts, Composers Artist Program Services--American Composers Alliance and Composers Recording, Inc.--outlook on future.

Tape d                                                                                                                 pp. 39-51

More on American Composers Alliance--study of contemporary performance practice with Harvey Sollberger--Ben Boretz and Ernst Oster--view of composition and audiences--lengthy description of Epithalamium for solo flute--descriptions of a trio for clarinet, cello, and piano; Liebeslied based on a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke; Waking based on a poem by Muriel Ruckheiser.

Tape e                                                                                                                 pp. 51-60

Continued discussion of Waking--comments upon previous analysis and discussion--abstractness in music improvisation in music composition--interpretation by performer and the composer's responsibility to provide guidance.