KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Interview with Morton Feldman, July 1967

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interviews

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

C.1967.07.01

Program Length

55 min

Dates

1981-08-26 | broadcast
| 1967-07-01 | created

Description

This wide ranging, literate, and always fascinating conversation between composer Morton Feldman and writer/composer/journalist (and former KPFA music director) Charles Shere touches on the work of various composers, performers, artists, and writers. Feldman talks about ways of composing, including his own, and to what degree a composer is "on the make" with regard to his audience.

The composers Feldman and Shere discuss include John Cage, Christian Wolff, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, and Milton Babbitt. Surprisingly, Feldman admits to admiring Babbitt, and wishes that he himself could write serialized music freehand, like Babbitt.

Is it true that music will always have a great past, but never a great future? Is Feldman's music limited because he doesn't believe in Hegel? Discover the answers in this fascinating conversation.

Thanks to the Estate of Morton Feldman for permission to share this historic interview. All Rights Reserved.

A full transcript of this interview by Chris Villars can be viewed Here.

Genres

20th century classical
New music

Subjects

Composers
20th century classical
New music

Rights Summary

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Shere, Charles, 1935-2020
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987