Harold Shapero

With Ev Grimes

Natick, MA

October 23, 1986

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a                                                                                                                          pp. 1-13

Anecdote on Stravinsky and religion--music in family and earliest memory of music-playing jazz in high school--writing music--studies with Slonimsky and Krenek--early twelve-tone string trio--3 Pieces for Three pieces--studies with Piston--describes his early compositions--studying with Hindemith at Tanglewood--Hindemith's system: The Art of Composition--history of his relationship with Stravinsky-Boulanger

Side b                                                                                                                          pp. 13-25

Stravinsky and young composers/admirers--Serenade in D for String Orchestra--Boulanger playing Beethoven string quartets on piano--fellowships--establishing music department at Brandeis--Find and Berger--pieces written in the late forties and early fifties--commission for Until Day and Night Shall Cease--failed commission for Balanchine and New York City Ballet--On, Green Mountains--composing contest at Brandeis, 1958

Side c                                                                                                                          pp. 25-37

Ford Foundation commission, piece for Seymour Lipkin--return to Rome as Senior Fulbright Fellow--a cold winter in Rome--death of Arthur Berger--jury member of Prince Rainer's composition contest, 1962--staying in elegance at Hotel de Paris, Monaco--compositional form and style--Symphony for Classical Orchestra--Copland's comments--modern music, and looking back on the past--article: The Musical Mind--originality, sonoric experiences, and Modernism--Copland

Side d                                                                                                                          pp. 37-41

Unfinished pieces--electronic music studio at Brandeis--playing synthesizer music with his daughter--problems finishing pieces--academia and composing--students