Read Words Without Music: A Memoir Online
Authors: Philip Glass
Fitzgerald, Ella, 35
Five Spot, 37, 260
Florence, 202
Florida, 59, 223, 224
Flying Dutchman, The
(Wagner), 313
Fog of War, The
(film), 349
Fontainebleau, 118, 146
“Footnote to Howl” (Glass and Ginsberg), 387
Ford, Hermine, 263
Foreman, Richard, 206, 209, 210
Fourberies de Scapin, Les
(Molière), 84
Four-Gated City, The
(Lessing), 320
400 Blows, The
(film), 115
4'33"
(Cage), 95
Four Saints in Three Acts
(Thomson), 293
France, 52, 67, 112, 115, 117–19, 124, 133, 143, 144, 148, 150, 152, 153, 184, 207, 371;
see also
Paris
Frank, Robert, 77, 263
Frankenstein
(stage production), 119
Freehold, N.J., 182
Freeman, David, 319
Freer Gallery, 78
Freud, Sigmund, 316, 317
Freyer, Achim, 314, 319–20
Friends Seminary, 13, 280–81
Fries, Bob, 252
Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 50
Galileo
(Brecht), 117
Galileo Galilei, 33, 285
Galileo Galilei
(Glass), 33
Galleria l’Attico, 212–13
Gambia, 335–38, 341, 342, 359, 360
Gandhi, Mahatma, 188–90, 285, 305, 309, 310, 311–12, 315, 316
Garland, Red, 36
General Radio (record store), 4–6, 7, 11–12, 16, 17, 34, 38–39, 121, 394
Genet, Jean, 67, 104–5, 111, 116, 136, 338–39, 344
Gephardt, Steve, 252
Gere, Richard, 342
Germany, 14, 249, 252, 309, 340
Getz, Stan, 29, 36
Ghoom Monastery (Samten Chöling Monastery), 171
Giacometti, Alberto, 202
Gibraltar, 110, 118
Gibson, Jon, 219, 221, 225–26, 227, 236, 258
Gide, André, 136
Gimme Shelter
(documentary), 203
Ginsberg, Allen, 103, 156, 228, 230,
303
, 342, 345, 385–90
Ginsberg, Eugene, 388
Ginsberg, Louis, 388
Glass, Al, 119, 122
Glass, Ben, 3, 4–6, 7, 9, 10, 11–12, 13, 15, 16, 17–18, 20, 21–22, 32, 34, 38–39, 45, 58, 60, 61, 119–23, 221, 222, 223, 282, 300, 394–95, 396
Glass, Cameron, 185
Glass, Frieda, 16
Glass, Ida, ix, x,
1
, 3–4, 7, 10, 13, 14–16, 17, 18, 20, 21–22, 31, 32, 45, 58, 61, 119, 120, 122, 190, 221–25, 252, 276, 299–300, 306, 321–22, 324, 393–94, 395, 396
Glass, Ira, 4
Glass, Juliet, 45, 110, 120, 215, 234–35, 245, 261, 262, 263, 278, 279, 280, 281, 355, 356, 357, 361, 362, 365–66
Glass, Lou, 119, 122
Glass, Marlowe, 185
Glass, Marty,
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, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8–9, 10–13, 16, 18, 38, 39, 48, 57, 121, 122, 221, 222, 223, 224, 282, 299–300, 393–95, 396
Glass, Wolfe Zachary “Zack,” 110, 120, 192, 215, 235, 263, 267, 278, 279, 280, 355, 356, 357, 359, 360, 361, 362, 365–66
Glass Bead Game, The
(Hesse), 103
Glass Pieces
(ballet), 293
Glassworks
(album; Glass), 293, 356
Glazer, Nathan, 25
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, 369
Godard, Jean-Luc, 37, 115
Golden Notebook, The
(Lessing), 320
Golden Temple, 162, 163
Goldman, Shalom, 33, 317
Goldray, Martin, 237
Gonzalez, Mr. (civil officer), 118
Gordon, David, 212
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, The,
151
Gottlieb, Bob, 321, 322
Gouline, David, 52, 57
Gouline, Willie, 52, 56, 57, 65, 235, 262
Govinda, Lama, 151, 171, 178
Gradus
(Glass), 219
Grass Is Singing, The
(Lessing), 320
Gray, Spalding, 342
Greece, 154, 156, 316
Green, David Gordon, 349
Greene, Brian, 285
Green Gallery (New York), 76
Greenwald, Mr. (concert program editor), 32
Greenwich Village, N.Y., 274
Grinstein, Stanley and Elyse, 358
Grotowski, Jerzy, 111, 116, 207, 290
Guatemala, 195
Guggenheim Museum, 208, 241, 255, 256
Gujarat, 189
Gural, Beverly, 224
Gurtu, Trilok, 135
Guthrie Theater, 338–39
Guy, Michel, 294, 296
Gysin, Brion, 126
Halifax, 261, 266, 267, 268
Hamburg, 294, 297, 298
Hampton, Christopher, 325, 349
Hamstead Heath, 322
Hand Catching Lead
(film), 203
Happy Days
(
Oh les Beaux Jours
) (Beckett), 116
Hardin, Louis “Moondog,” 41, 256–59
Harper Library (University of Chicago), 33, 43, 46
Harris, Emmylou, 342
Harris, Roy, 58, 65, 66
Harrison, George, 130, 133–34, 167
Harry, Debbie, 342
Hart, Mr. (music instructor), 11
Havens, Richie, 342
Hawking, Stephen, 285
“Head On” (Glass), 219
Heaven Lies Within Us
(Bernard), 151
Heiss, Alanna, 269
Hemsley, Gilbert, 297, 298, 299
Hendricks, Geoff, 263
Henry (Glass’s uncle), ix, x, 223
Henze, Hans Werner, 58
Herat, 159–60
Herman, Jane, 297–98
Hesse, Hermann, 103, 105
Highstein, Jene, 202, 203, 208, 214, 230–32, 233
Himalayan Hotel (Kalimpong), 175, 176
Himalayan region, 165, 167, 169, 170, 171, 175, 180, 341
Hiskey, Iris, 236
Hitler, Adolf, 285
Hoffman, Willi, 305
Holiday, Billie, 37
Holland, 281, 309, 313, 315
Holly, Buddy, 12
Homer, 32, 155
Honduras, 195
Hopkins, Jeffrey, 182
Horenstein, Jascha, 50
Horst, Louis, 84
Hours, The
(film), 347–49
Houston, Tex., 319, 323
Houston Grand Opera, 281, 323
Howell, Stokes, 277, 387
Howl
(Ginsberg), 386
“How Now” (Glass), 219, 225
Hungary, 115
Hutchins, Robert, 19
Hwang, David Henry, 325
Hyde Park neighborhood (Chicago), 29, 36, 37, 43, 371
Hydrogen Jukebox
(Glass), 386–87
“Hymn to the Sun, The” (Glass), 317, 318
I Ching,
72
Illusionist, The
(film), 349
“In Again Out Again” (Glass), 219, 225, 226
India, 22, 54, 68, 69, 75, 106, 131, 146–47, 151, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160, 161–64, 165–68,
166
, 169–73, 174–81, 183–84, 185–87, 188–89, 193, 215, 221, 251, 310–11, 312, 315, 340–41, 358, 382, 385
“Indian Opinion (1906)” (Glass), 312
Inge, William, 116
Institut Phonétique, 114, 182
In the Penal Colony
(Glass), 55
In the Upper Room
(album; Glass), 358
Inverness, 263–64
Iran, 152, 153, 157, 158–59
Iraq, 157
Ishioko, Eiko, 323, 343
Israel, Bob, 315, 319
Istanbul, 155, 156–57, 158
Italy, 155, 249, 309, 358
Ives, Charles, 46–47, 58
Jacobs, Sydney, 21–22, 49
Janácˇek, Leoš, 49
Janz, Bob, 78, 79–80, 93
Janz, Faye, 78
Japan, 19, 326
Jean (Glass’s aunt), 120
Jennifer (Roland’s girlfriend), 73
Jernigan, Candy, 352–66, 368–69, 389
Jewel Heart center, 387
Joe (Friends Seminary bursar), 281
John (father’s employee), 4, 12, 394
Johns, Jasper, 77, 80, 95, 229, 246–47, 251–52, 358
Johns Hopkins University, 15, 20
Johnson, Britton, 9–10, 340
Johnson, Mimi, 290
Johnson, Ray, 94, 99, 230
Johnson, Samuel, 286, 288, 292
Jolson, Al, 16, 17
Jolson family, 16–17
Jonas, Joan, 263
Jones, A. M., 130
Journey to the East
(Hesse), 103
Judd, Donald, 226, 227
Juilliard School, xi, 27, 28, 37, 39, 40, 42, 48, 49, 56, 57–58, 61–62, 63, 64–66, 67, 81–82, 84–87, 88–94, 97, 99, 100, 102, 107, 108, 111, 115, 130, 138, 219, 225, 235, 236, 260, 261, 285, 312, 313
Jules and Jim
(film), 115
Jung, Carl, 266
Kabul, 160, 161
Kafka, Franz, 392
Kalimpong, 152, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174–80, 182, 183, 188–89, 358
KA MOUNTain and GUARDenia Terrace
(Wilson), 159
Kandahar, 157–58, 160
Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 151, 163
Kaplan, Abraham, 88
Kaprow, Allan, 210
Karlweiss, Ninon, 294, 300–301
Kathakali Kalamandalam (academy), 186–87, 315
Kathakali theater, 185–86, 187, 188, 358
Katmandu, 168–69
Katz, Steve, 263
Kenton, Stan, 37
Kepler, Johannes, 33, 285
Kerala, 185, 358
Kerouac, Jack, 101–2, 103
Khyber Pass, 157, 159, 160–61
Kidjo, Angélique, 342
Kidman, Nicole, 347
Kincaid, William, 9
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 310, 311
Kitchen, The, 213
Klee, Paul, 78
Kline, Franz, 79, 94
Knee Plays (Glass), 289, 290, 295–96
Knowles, Christopher, 287–88
Kodály, Zoltán, 32
Konitz, Lee, 36
Korzybski, Alfred, 29, 103
Kovaks, François, 115
Koyaanisqatsi
(film), 308–9, 326–29, 334, 343
Kripl, Jack, 237
Krishnamurti, 382–83
Kundun
(film), 193, 345–47
Kunsthalle (Bern), 248
Kyoko’s House
(Mishima), 344
La Barbara, Joan, 236
Ladakh, 176, 177
Lahore, 161, 162
La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, 204, 208, 277
Landry, Dickie, 236, 254, 294
Larcher, David, 129, 150, 151, 152
Laritz, Kathy, 387
Latvia, 16
Leaf, June, 77, 263
Le Havre, 184
Leiber, Jerry, 306
Lennon, John, 239
Leonelli, Dante, 118
Lessing, Doris, 320–24, 343
Lessing, Peter, 322
Levine, Stanley, 109
Lewis, Bob, 100
Lewis, Nancy, 212
LeWitt, Sol, 226, 228, 280
Lhamo, Yungchen, 342
Lhasa, 152, 174, 175, 176, 182
Lichtenstein, Harvey, 283
Life and Times of Joseph Stalin, The
(Wilson), 185, 283–84
“Light My Fire” (the Doors), 228
Limón, José, 84
“Line Up” (Tristano), 40–41
Litman, Rebecca, 356
Little Red Book
(Mao), 309
Living Theater, 111, 116, 118–19, 210, 290, 309
Loesser, Frank, 308
London, 55–56, 72, 75, 117, 133, 150, 151, 153, 170, 252, 259, 300, 312, 319, 321, 322, 324
Lonely Crowd, The
(Riesman, Denney, and Glazer), 25–26
Los Angeles, Calif., x, 60, 101, 107, 327, 348, 358
Lost Ones, The
(Beckett), 125
Louis, Morris, 78
Louisiana, 37, 59, 236, 327
Low
Symphony (Glass), 314
Luce, Hank, 388
Ludlam, Charles, 98
Lyrische
Suite (Berg), 46
MacClellan, Angus, 266
MacDonald, David, 175
MacDonald, Stanley, 266–67
MacIsaac, Angus, 267
MacIsaac, Ashley, 267, 342
MacIsaac, Dan Huey, 262
MacPherson, John Dan, 264–66
Madame Butterfly
(Puccini), 320
Magic and Mystery in Tibet
(David-Neel), 151
“Magic Psalm” (Glass and Ginsberg), 387
Mahabharata, The
(Hindu text), 186, 291, 311
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 167
Mahler, Gustav, 49–51, 92
Maids, The
(Genet), 104
Maine, 13, 190, 261
Maison de Musique, 148
Making of the Representative for Planet 8, The
(Lessing), 321, 322, 324
Making of the Representative for Planet 8, The
(opera; Glass), 322, 323, 324, 343
Maleczech, Ruth, 111, 116, 123, 125, 202, 204, 207, 235
Mali, 336, 359
Malone Dies
(Beckett), 104, 211
Manaus, 331, 358
Mandel Hall, 44
Man for All Seasons, A
(Bolt), 207
Manhood of Humanity
(Korzybski), 29
Mann, Paul, 288
Mantler, Mike, 252
Man with the Golden Arm, The
(Algren), 28
Mao Zedong, 309
Mapplethorpe, Robert, 77, 98,
199
Marais, Jean, 377
Marcela (Glass’s aunt), ix, 223
Marden, Brice, 245
Markovits, Josephine, 294
Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five, The
(Lessing), 321, 324
Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five, The
(opera; Glass), 324
Marseille, 153, 155, 184
Marshall, Susan, 379
Marx, Karl, 44
Maryland, 12, 21, 59, 223
Masculine Feminine
(film), 115
Mashhad, 158–59
Mask of Orpheus, The
(Birtwhistle), 369
Mathison, Melissa, 345
Matta-Clark, Gordon, 99
Mattogrosso
(Glass), 324
Maud (childhood caretaker), 7, 395
Max, Peter, 163–64
Maysles brothers, 203
McCarthy, Joseph, 44, 205
McCray, Porter, 342
McLean, Jackie, 35, 36, 41
Mead, Margaret, 26
Medina de la Rosa, Daniel, 196
Meistersinger, Die
(Wagner), 299
Mekas, Jonas, 213, 218, 326
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 378
Memoirs of a Survivor
(Lessing), 324
Mendel, Gregor, 33
Mendelssohn, Felix, 123
Menuhin, Yehudi, 106, 130
Mercier and Camier
(Beckett), 125
Merz, Mario, 249
Metropolitan Opera House, 65, 121, 222, 297–300, 324
Mexico, 187–88, 191, 194, 195, 341, 358
Mexico City, 194, 195
Milarepa, 193
Milhaud, Darius, 27, 90