Yale University Library: 'Oral History of American Music: Ulysses Kay on Hindemith'

[Ulysses Kay: Works for Chamber Orchestra; Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra; Kevin Scott, Conductor; Albany Records Troy 961 (2007)]

HINDEMITH PROJECT

Interview no. 30/45

Ulysses Kay

with Caitriona Bolster
Poe Center, Herbert Lehman College
Bronx, New York
April 8, 1976

Kay's background & interest in Hindemith--study at Eastman with Bernard Rogers--study at Tanglewood with Hindemith, 1941--study at Yale with Hindemith, 1941-42--Hindemith as performer--Kay's compositions from this period--Hindemith's opinions on Bruckner, Sousa--Hindemith's attitudes toward fellowships, grants.

Elementary Training and other texts--Collegium Musicum and interest in early music--Hindemith's facility in languages--expertise as performer, essential for composer--Kay's post-Yale years--evidence of Hindemith's influence on Kay--Schonberg--Webern--Hindemith's choice of material--Kay's last encounters with Hindemith--Kay's views on Hindemith's role in 20th-Century music.

[Ulysses Simpson Kay, Jr. (1917-1995) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.]