AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                   50 a-b

Vivian Fine

with Frances Harmeyer

R.F.D. 1

North Bennington, Vt.

June 28, 1975

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a                                                                                                             pp. 1-19

Childhood--piano studies with Djane Lavoie-Herz--student of Ruth Crawford Seeger--work for solo oboe performed under auspices of Pan American Society (VP 16 years old)--“Four Songs” published in New Music (VF 19 years old)--brief study with Adolph Weidig--1934, begins studies with Roger Sessions--Depression & gap in avant-garde composition--founder, with others, of American Composers Alliance--informal gatherings of young composers at home of Aaron Copland--Arthur Berger as supportive critic--experience as dance accompanist and composer--experience and preference re idiom, genre--problems of being a “female composer”--friendship with Miriam Gideon and Claire Reis--Yaddo Festival--commissions from the Rothschild Foundation--more on idioms.

Side b                                                                                                                        pp. 19-20

AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                                 50 d-e

Vivian Fine

With Jenny Raymond

Hoosick Falls, NY

March 18, 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side d:                                                                                                             pp. 1-12

Early piano and composition studies: Djane Lavoie-Herz, Ruth Crawford--first composition--Henry Cowell--Adelaide Fine--women as composers--working with a dance company--brief study with Charles Seeger--meeting her husband--appointment as a professor at Bennington--Copland Young Composers’ Group--format of the group--impressions of Copland--Communism.

Side e:                                                                                                             pp. 12-14

More on Communism--Depression--Ruth Crawford Seeger gives up writing concert music.