Reminiscences of Vladimir Ussachevsky, 1978.

Biographical Note

Composer

Scope and Contents

Chilhood experiences in China; education in United States, Eastman School of Music, PhD in composition, 1939; teaching in California and Vermont; Columbia University, 1951, recording operas, supervising equipment; development of electronic music at Columbia; Otto Luening and Peter Mauzey, early concerts; detailed technical discussion of various compositions

Subjects

• Columbia University.
• Composers--Interviews.
• Composition (Music)
• Electronic music.
• Interviews.
• Music--Instruction and study.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Thomson, Joan, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Ussachevsky, Vladimir, 1911-1990--Interviews.