Index

 Contents

 List of Figures xi

 List of Musical Examples xiv

 List of Tables xv

 Foreword by Christian Wolff xvii

 Introduction by Michelle Fillion xxi

 Preamble. Gordon Mumma:
 A Short Biography by Michelle Fillion xxvii

 Part I. Unmarked Interchange:
 Ann Arbor and the ONCE Years (1960–66)

 Editor’s Introduction 1
1. Music’s Avant-Garde: What’s New? (1960) 3

2. Manifestations: Light and Sound: Milton Cohen’s
 Space Theatre (1961) 8

3. An Electronic Music Studio for the Independent
 Composer (1964) 14

4. The ONCE Festival and How It Happened (1967) 23

5. The ONCE Group’s Unmarked Interchange and
 Night Train (1967) 36

 Part II. Cybersonics and the Sonic Arts (1966–75)
 Editor’s Introduction 39

6. Creative Aspects of Live-Performance Electronic
 Music Technology (1967) 43

7. Alvin Lucier’s Music for Solo Performer 1965 (1967) 50

8. Two Cybersonic Works: Horn and Hornpipe
 (1970–71/2012) 54

9. Music in America 1970: Points of View (1970) 63

10. A Brief Introduction to the Sound-Modifier
 Console and Sun(flower) Burst (1972) 65

11. What We Did Last Summer: A Commentary
 on ICES 1972 (1973) 73

12. Two Decades of Live-Electronic Music,
 1950–70 (1975) 79

13. Witchcraft, Cybersonics, and Folkloric
 Virtuosity (1975) 91

 Part III. In the Cunningham Circle

 Editor’s Introduction 99

14. A Day on the Road with the Cunningham
 Dance Company (1971) 105

15. From Where the Circus Went (1975) 109

16. Robert Rauschenberg in the Creative Fields of
 the Cunningham Dance Company (2012) 137

17. With Tudor the Organist (2013) 144

18. David Tudor the Composer along the Path
 to Rainforest (2006/2013) 151

 Part IV. Not Wanting to Say Anything about John (Cage)
 Editor’s Introduction 157

19. Cage as Performer (2001) 159

20. John Cage, Electronic Technology,
 and Live-Electronic Music (2012) 166

21. Twenty-Five Minutes with John Cage 179

 Part V. Latin America
 Editor’s Introduction 193

22. Innovation in Latin American ElectroAcoustical
 Music (1986) 195

23. Briefly about Conlon Nancarrow’s Studies for
 Player Piano (1977) 199

24. Uruguayan Diary: The Cuarto Curso
 Latinoamericano de Música Contemporánea,
 Cerro del Toro, Uruguay (January 3–17, 1975) 207

 Part VI. An American Gallery
 Editor’s Introduction 233

25. Nelson Mix for Gordon Mumma (1966) 235

26. Gordon Mumma’s Stovepipe for
 Richard Nelson (1970) 236

27. Good Times Up on the Farm (1969/2013) 237

28. Merce and Ludwig (1971) 239

29. On the Ives Railroad (1977) 240

30. A Visit to Mount Olympus with
 David Tudor (1996) 245

31. On George Cacioppo (2006) 247

32. Earle’s Worlds (2007) 251
 Three Sonic Arts Union Sketches (2013) 253
 33. Speaking Robert Ashley 254
 34. Crossings with David Behrman 255
 35. Becoming Alvin Lucier 256

36. Working with Pauline Oliveros (2013) 258

 Part VII. Mumma on Mumma
 Editor’s Introduction 261

37. Notes on My Creative Procedures (2009/2013) 263

 Appendix. Selective List of Gordon Mumma’s
 Musical Compositions 283
 Notes 297
 Works Cited 315
 Index 323