AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES OHV 218 a-d
Philip Glass
with Ev Grimes
New York, New York
June 17, 1989
Table of Contents
Side a pp. 1-12
Father's record store and esoteric record collection -- early violin lessons -- good orchestra in Baltimore -- flute lessons at Peabody Conservatory -- the "Kincaid sound" -- playing in orchestras by age ten -- "race records", "hillbilly" records, popular music, classical music -- segregation in Baltimore in 1940s -- father's East Baltimore record store -- Elvis -- segregation of popular music -- discovery of jazz in Chicago -- early admission to the University of Chicago -- reason for interest in jazz -- composers in Chicago -- introduction to music of Ives, Copland, Harris, Schuman -- Great Books course of study at University of Chicago.
Side b pp. 12-22
Working in Steel Mills to earn money for move to New York -- style of early pieces at Juilliard -- realization that he didn't have distinctive musical voice in early pieces -- study with Bergsma and Persichetti at Juilliard -- Juilliard -- opportunity for performances of his works at Juilliard -- other Juilliard students -- beginning to write theatre music -- Juilliard as "trade school" -- scoring for films -- summer study with Milhaud.
Side c pp. 22-34
Study with Milhaud at Aspen -- Copland anecdote -- Violin Concerto -- resident composer in Pittsburgh schools -- winning a Fulbright and BMI award -- advantages of going to school in New York -- Persichetti's influence in getting pieces published -- private study with Albert Fine -- study with Nadia Boulanger
Side d pp. 34-45
Boulanger's classes -- "Black Thursday" class -- class with Mlle Dievdonné -- Boulanger's class exercises -- style is special case of technique -- need for both personality and technique -- every note has a place in the music.
Philip Glass
with Ingram Marshall
New York NY
February 2, l999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Side f pp. 1-21
Concerts in the seventies--downtown-uptown--music criticism--concert at Don Judd’s--Einstein on the Beach--Koyaanisqatsi--Kundum--Monsters of Grace--teaching--style in music--music and image--inspiration--Hydrogen Jukebox--The CIVIL warS--Twyla Tharp--Molissa Fenley--Godfrey Reggio--Saxophone Concerto--Gerry Mulligan--Thirteen Melodies for Saxophone--Nivai[sp?]--Glass’s grounding in music--influence of world musics on Glass--jazz in Europe--Passages with Ravi Shankar--Glass in Europe--music as social phenomenon; the performing composer--Glass ensemble--Euphorbia.
Side g pp. 21-41
“Serious Fun” Festival at Lincoln Center--arrangements w/publishing companies--recording companies--Chatham Square--Metamusic Festival--relationships with visual artists--music and image--writing music for films: Paul Schrader, Martin Scorcese--The Truman Show--Glass web site--Koyaanisqatsi--Powaqqatsi--Richard Einhorn--Joan of Arc--Cocteau--Dracula--The Secret Agent--more on recording companies--Monsters of Grace--Glass sound--role of Philip Glass ensemble--social aspect of music--discipline.
Side h pp. 41-55
Buddhism--social aspects of music--reviews--interviews--Charles Ives--James Tenney--Two Pages--Music in the Shape of a Square--Etudes--Glass as publisher--upcoming performances of his operas--point music--relationship with record companies--Kundun--Satyagraha--future of American Music--from the "Strung-Out" concert to the Met.
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Philip Glass
with Ingram Marshall
New York, NY
May 4, 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Side i pp. 1-22
What an opera is--opera vs. music theater--a summery of his operas--other pieces: Descent Into the Maelstrom, A thousand Airplanes on the Roof, The Photographer, Monsters of Grace--Einstein on the Beach--Robert Wilson--Glass' experience with traditional opera--first performance of Einstein--commissioning of Einstein--Another look at Harmony--Wilson and Glass' collaboration on Einstein--Joan La Barbara--other performances of Einstein--influence of Asian theater--Music in Twelve Parts--change in harmonic processes--book: Music by Philip Glass--analyses of Glass' music--Akhnaton--Satyagraha--Dennis Russell Davies--Glass' experience with chorus--orchestration of Satyagraha--rehearsals.
Side j pp. 23-38
Achim Freyer's direction of Einstein--Akhnaton libretto--CIVIL warS--Robert Wilson--Edison--The Juniper Tree--Robert Moran--The Screens--Fall of the house of Usher--work with Doris Lessing--Canopus in Argos[: Archives] novels--The Making of the Representative for Planet 8--The Marriages between Zones Three, Four and Five--John Rockwell--The Screens--Hydrogen Juke Box--song operas--more on Marriages--The Voyage--discussions with the Met--Cocteau Trilogy: Orphée, La Belle et la Bête, Les Enfants Terribles--The Penal Colony--The Canterbury Tales--Galileo Galilei--projected opera with Doris Lessing.
AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES 218 n
Philip Glass
with David Dubal
American Arts Project, Issue #1 (Jake Holmes)
New York, N.Y.
date not given
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Side n pp. 1-10
Glass and his theater pieces--audiences--"transmusic" and "minimalism"--being a performer as well as a composer--Philip Glass ensemble--Einstein on the Beach--pieces he plays now--making a living--how he became involved with the opera--Civil War with Robert Wilson--funding for the arts--working with others--Koyaanisqatsi--traveling--Satyagraha.
