Leo Ornstein Photo Courtesy OHAM

Leo and Pauline Ornstein speak with Vivian Perlis
From the Archives of OHAM (Oral History, American Music) at Yale University
Sierra Mobile Park, Texas

November 19 and 20, 1977

1. The Elusiveness of Inspiration
2. Today's Compositional Tower of Babel
3. The Independent Life of Musical Compositions
4. On Serialism, Experimentalism and the Study of Composition
5. On Personality and Interpretation
6. Computer Music and Recordings
7. The Greatness of Bach
8. Hearing a Score
9. The Public Life of Performing
10. The Compositional Process: Influence and Memory
11. Performing vs. Composing
12. On Limits
13. Heritage and Influences
14. Early Career
15. Husband and Wife Teamwork
16. The Shortcomings of Music Notation
17. On Polystylism
18. The Uniqueness of Each Individual and Immortality
19. Postlude: Vivian Perlis Remembers Leo Ornstein, March 19, 2002

• Complete Interview Transcript (304KB PDF file)

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