AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                              210 a

Robert Moore

with Cindy McTee

May 17, 1978

Mr. Moore’s home, New Haven

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a                                                                                                             pp. 1-18

Family background—work as a jazz musician—graduate work at Univ. of Iowa—composition—work at the electronic music studio there—early experiences with music—mother’s and father’s musical abilities—influence of Charlie Parker—playing and writing jazz—discovering the American experimentalist composers—Varese, Ives, kCowell, Ruggles, Partch—first work with electronics at Univ. of Iowa—interest in computer—Electronics Study No. 1—experiences at Oberlin—establishing an electronic studio there—establishing a program in technology and music—working at Yale—computer music—future computer directions: Sal Martirano and others—MIT—computer music for making tapes—real time applications—machines interacting with performers—intermedia—visual applications—levels of control of information in a piece—pieces involving live performers, microphones, mixollgist, and synthesizers—activities at Yale—teaching various courses—teaching vs. composing.