Gilbert Kalish TABLE of CONTENTS

Major Figures in American Music OHV 469 Gilbert Kalish TABLE OF CONTENTS a-e | f-j Gilbert Kalish OHV 469 a-j with Gregg Bendian June 11, 2014 Lee, MA Side a pp. 1-16 Early musical memories—public school and first piano lessons—dissatisfaction with the piano, pressure from mother—lessons with Julius Herford—feeling a lack of technique, decision not to pursue piano professionally—Greenwood Music Camp—Tanglewood Music Festival—attending Columbia University—studying with Isabella Vengerova and “The Method”—Marlboro Music Festival and Peter Serkin—Ronald Roseman, Jan DeGaetani, and the Gramercy Chamber Ensemble—Pierrot Lunaire—studying with Leonard Shure: breakthroughs, masterclasses, problems in Shure’s career Side b pp. 16-28 Pierrot Lunaire and the “new music” reputation—Paul Zukofsky and the Ives violin sonatas— consulting with John Kirkpatrick—recording the Ives sonatas—performing the Ives sonatas at a Young Concert Artist competition and Harold Schonberg review—position at Swarthmore College, performing with Zukofsky and DeGaetani—Aeolian Chamber Players with Lewis Kaplan—working with Ralph Shapey—playing with the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble—choice between Aeolians and CCE—performing Kontra-Punkte—Paul Jacobs: playing together, his sickness, death Side c pp. 28-44 George Crumb and Ancient Voices of Children—Teresa Sterne: early career as pianist, record producer, world music, recording Ancient Voices of Children—playing with DeGaetani—George Crumb’s Apparition: genesis, performance—DeGaetani’s work ethic—Sterne’s accomplishments as record producer—recording the Ives sonatas with Zukofsky for Nonesuch—recording Haydn for Nonesuch—recording the Concord Sonata: preparation, Kirkpatrick’s recording—importance of recorded contemporary music—importance for composers of knowing traditions of classical music—quality of new music today—Sterne’s personality and habits—Sterne’s firing from Nonesuch and life afterward Side d pp. 44-56 Going to Tanglewood (1951-53)—opportunity to teach at Tanglewood—failure to get position at Stony Brook—teaching at Tanglewood—playing with Boston Symphony Chamber Players, losing position to Michael Tilson Thomas—return to and playing with BSCP—Tanglewood: managing chamber music, chairman of faculty More interview materials with this artist may be available. Please contact our offices for more information. Major Figures in American Music OHV 469 Side e pp. 56-64 Last summers at Tanglewood: jazz program, firing of Richard Ortner, friction with Seiji Ozawa, open letter to Ozawa, aftermath—after Tanglewood: positions at other festivals Gilbert Kalish OHV 469 a-j with Gregg Bendian June 12, 2014 Lee, MA Side f pp. 1-11 Family history: parents’ lives, grandparents—meeting and dating his future wife, Diane—marriage and children—Diane’s return to school to get her Ph.D.—Diane and the children—Diane’s balance in her life Side g pp. 11-19 Experience as a student—Stony Brook: getting hired, Martin Canin, teaching, history of the department, growing reputation as a teacher—playing new music—teaching at Stony Brook—new music-oriented philosophy of the department—current activities: upcoming recitals at Lincoln Center and the Chamber Music Society Side h pp. 19-34 Performing Elliott Carter: Cello Sonata, Double Concerto—Milton Babbitt’s music—Carter’s Duo— composers and compositional complexity—rehearsing the Duo with Carter—recording the Duo— performance practice, use of vibrato—performing the Duo with Bobby Mann—metronomes Side i pp. 34-39 metric modulation—Carter’s Night Fantasies: commission and difficulty in learning Side j pp. 39-60 The Concord Sonata—learning Concord: making sense of it; (lack of) symmetry in Ives; Ives’s desire for unevenness and personal interpretation in Concord—quotation in the sonata—K.’s lack of music theory knowledge—interpretive decisions in Concord—researching the sonata; discrepancies among the various editions; Kirkpatrick’s recording—K.’s teaching philosophy—“The Alcotts”— “Thoreau” More interview materials with this artist may be available. Please contact our offices for more information. .

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