Richard Teitelbaum

with Ingram Marshall

Bearsville, N.Y.

August 27, 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a:                                                                                                                        pp. 1-25

Musical life as a child--studying piano--interest in jazz--Indian Hill Music Workshop--David Behrman--Henry Cowell--Riegger--other piano studies--study of theory with Harold Aks--meeting Stravinsky--Christian Sinding--study at Haverford College--Claudio Spies--Paul Henry Lang--composing--Cowell--Nadia Boulanger--Brooklyn Philharmonic--graduate school at Yale--Music for Flute--influence on him of Stockhausen and Boulez--retrospective at Bard--piano piece Intersections--thesis done with Allen Forte as advisor--brother Tim Teitelbaum.

Side b:                                                                                                                       pp. 25-50

Mel Powell starts the electronic studio--visit by Varèse--Bülent Arel--Luigi Nono--running the Music Theory Forum Lecture Series--Stockhausen, Cage, Kagel, Perle--others at Yale: Alvin Curran, Joel Chadabe, Lewis Spratlan--study in Italy with Goffredo Petrassi--Milton Babbitt at Darmstadt--Charlotte Festival--Varèse--Rzewski--study in Italy--study with Nono--meeting Nuria Schoenberg Nono--importance of study abroad--making a living as a composer--Musica Elettronica Viva--composing in Venice--art and life--Living Theater--New Year's Eve party at David Behrman's--beginning of MEV--contacting Moog--working in a brain wave lab at Queen's College in NYC--buying a Moog--piece Spacecraft--In Tune--Rzewski's Zoölogical Garten.

Side c:                                                                                                                                    pp. 50-75

Playing with world musicians--Anthony Braxton--festival in Belgium--High Culture Imports--Border Region--Optigan keyboard--concert organized by Lucky Mosco--teaching at Cal Arts--improvising--interest in biofeedback--David Rosenboom--Tai Chi Alpha Tala--Alpha Bean Lama Brain [sp?]--Bean Brain with Alison Knowles--work at Chicago Art Institute--Nam June Paik--teaching at York--Threshhold Music--book: Pieces--use of technology--Moog--project with acoustic pianos and acoustic player pianos--Tai Chi Alpha Tala--shakuhachi piece--Blends--Fulbright study in Japan; study with Yokoyama Katsuya--returning to New York--playing with Anthony Braxton--recording: Time Zones--love of Nancarrow’s music--Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously--year in Berlin on a DAAD--pieces for Ursula Oppens.

Side d:                                                                                                                       pp. 75-97

Attitude towards pieces for Disklavier--pieces having to do with the golem--concert in Berlin--Frankfurt concert--legend of the golem--essay by Gershom Scholem--golem pieces--opera version--Concerto Grosso--new Jewish opera.

Side e                                                                                                                         pp. 97-110

Connection with Henry Cowell's estate--friendship with Sidney Cowell--Cowell's music--experimental music--interaction between new music and music of other cultures--teaching at Bard--John Cage.