AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                              110a-d

Paul Creston

with Vincent Plush

Rancho Bernardo, California

21 February 21,1983

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a                                                                                                                         pp. 1–20

Origin of name--early childhood--musical background and upbringing--piano teachers--organ playing for silent movies--church organist--growing up in New York City--beginning composing--writing mystery novels and other books--the Rational Metric Notation book--paralogisms--Creative Harmony--first composition, The Five Dances--the five composers who influenced him the most--Rachmaninoff.

Side b                                                                                                                        pp. 20–40

Beginning as a composer--"Lifeboat"--"Hour of Faith"--movie score writing--"Mary, Queen of Scots"--Henry Cowell--Threnody--Copland--the Yaddo Festival--Guggenheim Fellowship--Boulanger--the First Symphony--Stokowski and the NBC Orchestra--the First Symphony. 

Side c                                                                                                                                     pp. 40–56

The Second Symphony--Chant of 1942--Frontiers--Creston's creed--The Principles of Rhythm--the Second Symphony--his music as a prayer--religious upbringing-- opera--Zanoni--the Fourth Symphony--the symphonies following. 

Side d            `                                                                                                           pp. 56–75

The Psalmist--Henry Moore--languages--serialism--Schoenberg--Berg--his trip to Turkey & Israel--teaching aspects of his career--California and his home--The Music Language of Paul Creston and his autobiography--archives of his music.