Series II: Writing
Scope and Content
Series II comprises three subseries: Unpublished Drafts and Interviews, Published works, and Correspondence. Each subseries is described more fully below.
Subseries A: Unpublished Drafts and Interviews
Scope and Content
Subseries A contains unpublished draft versions of articles, lectures and interviews. This includes work on the critical edition of Ive's work that is in progress.
Arrangement
Works are arranged alphabetically and reflect titles derived from Malcolm Goldstein. Interviews have been kept grouped together as they were upon arrival.
"An attempt to define what it is to be 'in the sound'", January 29, 2000, inclusive
"Because a circle is not enough", June 15, 1990, inclusive
Brochures : "New Roots in Music and Dance" and "Soundings", [1970-1980], inclusive
"Charles Ives: Politics and Aesthetics" [Revised version of lecture with notes], 2004, inclusive
From Wheelock Mountain : "Music: the process of living, sounding"; "Blueberry Picking", 1968, inclusive
"The Gesture of Improvisation", 1982, inclusive
"The Gesture of Improvisation" and "Reflections on the Politics of Improvisation" for Percusive Arts Society, October, 1982, inclusive
"Improvisation as a process of discovery" for Aspekte de Freien Improvisation, 2009, inclusive
"Improvisation" - Book Project, [undated]
"Improvisation: People Making Music" - New Music America Festival, 1986, inclusive
Improvisation Workshop and Notes [includes list of participants], [1997-1998], inclusive
Improvisation Workshop and Notes [1 of 2], [1993]
Improvisation Workshop and Notes [2 of 2], [1993]
Improvisation Workshop and Notes - Opleidung Theater School, [1985-1993], inclusive
Interview - American Music Series Oral History, Yale University [transcript], February 12, 1985, inclusive
Interview - conducted by Dough Kahn [transcript], May, 1986, inclusive
Interview - "The Improvisor" conducted by Thomas Gaudynski and Diana David, Summer, 1983, inclusive
Interview - Logos-blad Belgium [Dutch], September 9, 1987, inclusive
Interview - Mobius Newsletter vol.2 no.6 conducted by David Miller, April/May, 1985, inclusive
Interview - OP Magazine, Steve Peters at New Music America Festival- Walker Art Center, 1980, inclusive
Interview - conducted by Regina Beyer for Ear vol. 13 no.5, July/August, 1988, inclusive
Interview - Weiner Festwochen conducted by Grita Insam, 1982; 1983, inclusive
Ives Project - Preface and Sources, November 15, 1979, inclusive
Ives Project - Guidelines for Editors and Sources, [1976]
Ives Project - Notes and Corrections, [undated]
Ives Project - Correspondence, [1976-1979], inclusive
Lecture Notes - "Politics of Improvisation"; "Koln Akademie Arts and Media Talk", [undated]
Lecture Notes - "MaryAnn Baxter Memorial Lecture", April 10, 2007, inclusive
Lecture Notes - "Outline for a talk on Varese", [early 1970's]
"Marin's Song, Illuminated" some comments, 1979-1981, inclusive
"Of Philip Corner" for Philip's CD program notes, May 12, 1999, inclusive
(Opingalik Statement) - Untitled, September, 1979, inclusive
"The Politics of Improvisation" - article form, 1982-1983, inclusive
"The Politics of Improvisation" original cards for Vienna presentation, 1982, inclusive
"The Politics of Improvisation" original cards, May 6, 1982, inclusive
"The Politics of Improvisation", 1982-1983, inclusive
"The Politics of Improvisation" - German and English versions for performance in Europe, May 6, 1982, inclusive
"The Practice of Music" proposal/syllabus, February 23, 1965, inclusive
"Pro Musica Nova" Catalogue, 1986, inclusive
"Releasing Sounds/ Our Voice Through Objects" for EAR Magazine, May/June, 1984, inclusive
"Scuttling a Space of Time, Slowly" - Basho poems, notes, 2014, inclusive
"Searching the Sounding Line" - "Der Tanz der Dinge" [german], 1996, inclusive
"The Seasons: Vermont" for Soundings Magazine (never realized), 1983, inclusive
"The Seasons: Vermont" Swedish Radio Company Music Department "Studio Onsdag" Program [swedish], October 3, 1984, inclusive
"Soil" - with Masashi Harada [program notes], May 28, 2005, inclusive
"Some Anecdotal Evidence" Journal of American Music, August/Winter, 2008, inclusive
"Some Glimpses of Jim Tenney" original manuscript, December 25, 1982, inclusive
"Some Glimpses of Jim Tenney" for Soundings Magazine #13, December 25, 1982, inclusive
"Sound Textures" (Dictionary of Contemporary Music), 1971, inclusive
"Sounding an Open Space" at Concordia College Montreal, May 24, 2012, inclusive
"'Sounding' as the realization (external gesture) of internal vision" - Grant Proposal, October 25, 1981, inclusive
"Sounding the Full Circle" - letter to Gregory, April 9, 1984, inclusive
"Soundings for Solo Violin" for Music Works, 1979, inclusive
Statements for program notes [alphabetical] [1 of 2], [undated]
Statements for program notes [alphabetical] [2 of 2], [undated]
Submission for Elaine Summers Book Project, 2017
"Texture" for Dictionary of 20th Century Music, January, 1971, inclusive
"To carry through in form" reflections on a performance of John Cage's 'Theater Piece' for Sounding the Full CIrcle, August 20, 1977, inclusive
Transcription of Interviews with Malcolm Goldstein, 2013
Transcript of Interview with Malcolm Goldstein, 2020
"Typography of a Sound Mind" [Never published bound draft], [undated]
"Typography of a Sound Mind" [with correspondence], [undated]
"Typography of a Sound Mind" [annotated draft] [1 of 2], July 15, 2009, inclusive
"Typography of a Sound Mind" [annotated draft] [2 of 2], July 15, 2009, inclusive
"Typography of a Sound Mind" [correspondence], April 6, 2011, inclusive
"Typography of a Sound Mind" - on structural improvisation composition, [undated]
"When a canon is more than a canon as in Charles Ives' 'Arguments'" [unpublished essay], 2003-2004, inclusive
Subseries B: Published
Scope and Content
Subseries B is comprised of published versions of articles.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged alphabetically by title of publication followed by the title of Malcolm's article or piece within the publication. Articles written in languages other than English are indicated in square brackets.
"Ad libitum: musica de verdere" No. 10 - "Jade Mountain Soundings", 2003, inclusive
"American Music" vol. 26, no.4 - "Some anecdotal evidence", Winter, 2008, inclusive
"Aspekte Der Freien Improvisation in Der Musik" - "Improvisation as a process of discovery" [German], 2011, inclusive
"Ballade" no.4 - "Politics of Improvisation" [Swedish], 1989/1990, inclusive
"Berliner Musik Studien 14: Sabine Feisst" - "Soundings" [German], 1997, inclusive
"BMI Music World" - issue with article by Cole Gagne, Summer, 1989, inclusive
"Circuit" vol. 28, no.2 - Interview and "Theatre Piece" [French and English], 1997, inclusive
"Contact Quarterly" vol.10, no.1 - "Notes on the Gesture of Sound", Winter, 1985, inclusive
"Der Tanz der Dinge" - "Portrait: Malcolm Goldstein vom sein + tun + lassen" [German], March-May, 1996, inclusive
"Dissonance" - "Leroy Jenkins and Malcolm Goldstein : Portraits zweier improvisierender und komponiererder Geiger", February, 1996, inclusive
"The Downtown Review" vol.3, no.1 & 2 - "The Evolution of Marin's Song, Illuminated", Fall-Spring, 1981/1982, inclusive
"Dramatika" no.1 - "Illuminations from Fantastic Gardens", [undated]
"Dramatika" no.14" no.29 - "Soundings", Spring, 1981, inclusive
"Du- Die Zeitschrift der Kultur" no.5 John Cage Issue - "Marin's Song, Illuminated", May, 1991, inclusive
"Evenings of New Music no.6/ Bratislava '95: Morceaux enforme de poire" - "A brutal bit of these times", 1995, inclusive
"Forum Neue Musik - Konzerte im Sensdesaal" - "The Seasons: Vermont/Winter" and "Theater Piece (John Cage", November 17, 1995, inclusive
"Frog Peak Anthology" - "Still Life", 1992, inclusive
"The Frog Peak Music Book" - "wood stone metal skin, with voice" and "the violence of small sounds", 1995, inclusive
"From Wheelock Mountain" - Music and Writings by Malcolm Goldstein", 1975, inclusive
"Hans Otte: Klangrum: Rumsklang" - "Alltagsmusik" [German and English], September 1, 1992, inclusive
"Heidelberger Festival fur experimentelle Literatur und Musik" [German and English], December, 1989, inclusive
"High Performance" vol.4, no.2- with Alison Knowles, Summer, 1981, inclusive
"Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter" vol. 12, no.2 - "Improvisation: Towards a Whole Musician in a Fragmented Society", May, 1983, inclusive
"Interrelation" - "Potluck" installation of Mineko Grimmer [English and Japanese], September-October, 1995, inclusive
"Inventionen" Festival Neuer Musik Berlin [German], 1989, inclusive
"Karlsplatz: Wiener Festwochen" - "Karlsplatz Resonanz" and Interview [German], 1983, inclusive
"Kursiv-Brandherde (1): Jahrbuch 2008" - "quamaneq; shaking with joy" [English, German], 2008, inclusive
"Le Canard" no.17 - "The Politics of Improvisation" [French], Winter, 2004/2005, inclusive
"Le Tavole Della Legge" - "The Life Cycle of Stones" [Italian], 1994, inclusive
"Lehigh University Art Galleries: Ideas from Individual Impressions and Marks: Prints of Non-Printmakers" - "Marin's Song, Illuminated", November 1988-January 1989, inclusive
"Leonardo" vol.20, no.4 - "The Future of Music", 1987, inclusive
"Los Angeles Festival: John Cage Celebration" - "Eight Whiskus", September 3-27, 1987, inclusive
"Manipulation: A Judson Publication" - "State of the Nation", 1967, inclusive
"Moltkerei Werkstatt: Projekte 1981-1994" - "Violin Solos the (Whole) World Plays or The 'Third' World Within Us" [German], 1994, inclusive
"Museet for Samtidskunst: Acustica International Festival Lydrejse" - "Typography of a Sound Mind" and "Zwischen (zwei) Raumen" [German, English], 1996, inclusive
"Musicworks" no. 46 - "The Gesture of Sounding", "The Gesture of Improvisation", "Soweto Stomp", Spring, 1990, inclusive
"Musicworks" no. 64 - "Searching Out the Sounding Line", Spring, 1996, inclusive
"Musicworks" no. 77 - "The Politics of Improvisation", "Improvisation: People Making Music", Summer, 2000, inclusive
"Musicworks" no. 78 - "Improvisation: Towards a Whole Musician in a Fragmented Society", "The Gesture of Improvisation", "Being in the Sound", Fall, 2000, inclusive
"Musicworks" no. 93 - "Malcolm Goldstein: portrait of an artistic practice at its heights", Fall, 2005, inclusive
"Musicworks" Postcard Collection - "Jade Mountain Soundings", 2004, inclusive
"Musik fur eine Stadt" - "Reflections on the workshop in Winsen" [English and German], 2003, inclusive
"Musiktagung" - "Soundings", "The Politics of Imrpovisation", "Sounding the Fragility of the Line" [German], March, 1992; May, 1993, inclusive
"MusikTexte" no. 28/29 - "The Politics of Improvisation", "Sounding the Fragility of Line", "Dialogue Between Gesture and Sound" [German], March, 1989, inclusive
"MusikTexte" no. 46/47 Fur John Cage - "Gentle Rain Preceeding Mushrooms" [German], December, 1992, inclusive
"MusikTexte" no. 99 - Philip Corner/ Peter N. Wilson [German], December, 2003, inclusive
"MusikTexte" no. 101 - "Two Silences" [German], May, 2004, inclusive
"MusikTexte" no. 112 - "Becoming Song" for Jim Tenney [German], February, 2007, inclusive
"NachtCageTag" - "Eight Whiskus", "Windowwhiskusounding", February, 1987, inclusive
"Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik" no. 3 - "You can do anything, starting from nothing", Interview, May-June, 1999, inclusive
"New Music America" Houston Festival Foundation - "Improvisation: People Making Music", 1986, inclusive
"New Music America" Walker Art Center Festival, 1980, inclusive
"Nie Wieder Kunst" - "Ishi/man waxati" [German, English], August, 1993
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Compact Disc enclosed in book.
"Non Capovolgere" no.15 - "Cento anni di suoni" [Italian], October, 2000, inclusive
"Oltre Il SIlenzio" no.2 - "Searching the Sounding Line" [Italian], October, 1996, inclusive
"On the wall/ On the air: Artists make noise" - "Marin's Song Illuminated, December-January, 1985, inclusive
"Percussive Notes" vol. 21 no. 3 - "The Gesture of Improvisation", March, 1983, inclusive
"Pieces 3" edited by Michael Byron - "With thoughts for Erik Satie", "A summary of focus", "To carry through in the form", 1977, inclusive
"Pro Musica Nova"- HR Ensemble for New Music, May, 1986; May 1990, inclusive
"Real Art Ways" - "The Seasons: Vermont", February 26, 1983, inclusive
"Revue & Corrigee" no. 35 - "Conversation" with Jerome Joy, March, 1998, inclusive
"Roland- The Magazine of the ICA's Visual Art Programme" Issue 1 - "Illuminations from Fantastic Gardens", May, 2009, inclusive
"A Sanctuary for the Arts : Judson Memorial Church and the Avant-Garde 1954-1977", October, 2010, inclusive
"Scores: An Anthology of New Music" Selection and Commentary by Roger Johnson - "Yosha's Morning Song", 1981, inclusive
"Signal to Noise" no. 44 - "Bowed but not broken", Interview, Winter, 2007, inclusive
"Sonorita Prospettiche" - "The Seasons: Vermont" [English, Italian], 1982, inclusive
"Sound Visions" - "Two Silences" [English, German], 2005, inclusive
"Sounding the Full Circle : concerning music improvisation adn other related matters" by Malcolm Goldstein, 1988, inclusive
"Soundings: Ives, Ruggles, Varese" edited by Peter Garland, cover by Alison Knowles - "Sirens for Edgard Varese", "Majority-1964", Spring, 1974, inclusive
"Soundings" no. 11 - "On the first day of spring there were forty pianos", 1981, inclusive
"Soundings Thirteen : The music of James Tenney" - "Some glimpses of Jim Tenney", 1984, inclusive
"String Anthology Supplement" - "upon the string, within the bow...breathing", [undated]
"Charles E. Ives -- String Quartet No. 2 -- Ives Society Critical Edition" with Edited Drafts, Correspondence, Research, Scores, 1954, 1965, 1970, 2003-2017, undated, inclusive
"Symphony No. 2" Charles E. Ives : For Large Orchestra [full score, see also "Ives Project"], 1951, inclusive
"Temporale : Edizioni Studio Dabbeni" - "Improvisation: Towards a Whole Musician in a Fragmented Society", "Jade Mountain Soundings", "Sounding the Fragility of Line" [Italian, English], March-April, 2000, inclusive
"Tone Roads West : Poetry and New Music" Sante Fe Council for the Arts, March 17-20, 1983, inclusive
"Twentieth Century Music for Young Students" Margaret K. Farish - "Upon the string, within the bow...breathing", 1992, inclusive
"Twenty One Pages for John Cage : on the occasion of his 75th Birthday" compiled and edited by Larry Stein, 1987, inclusive
"Violin Improvisation Studies" vol. 2 no. 9 - "Sounding the Fragility of Line", "gentle rain preceeding mushrooms", November, 1997, inclusive
"Visuele Partituren" - "Jade Mountain Soundings" [Dutch], 1986, inclusive
"A Voice in the Village : Howard Moody 20 Years on Washington Square" Judson Memorial Church - "Illuminations from Fantastic Gardens", March, 1977, inclusive
Warebrook Festival [Modified Berlin Talk], 2004
"WDR: Acustica International 1985 Horspiele" - "The Edges of Sound Within" [German], September-October, 1985, inclusive
"WDR: Acustica International 1985 Horspiele" - "The Edges of Sound Within" Program Booklet of West German Radio Festival [German], September-October, 1985, inclusive
"WDR: Horspiele 2 Im Westdeutschen Rundfunk" Acoustica Art/Radio - "The edges of sound within" [German], 1985, inclusive
"WDR: Horspiele 2 Im Westdeutschen Rundfunk" - "Typography of a Sound Mind", "Windowhiskusounding" [German], October, 1991; 1992, inclusive
"WDR: Horspiele 2 Im Westdeutschen Rundfunk" - "Zwischen (zwei) Raumen", "Ishi/time changing spaces" [German], December, 1993; 1998, inclusive
"WDR: Studio Akustiche Kunst -Sound Art Festival Acustica International New York-Montreal" - "Ishi/time changing spaces" [English, German], April-May, 1990, inclusive
"WDR: Studio Akustiche Kunst Programm" Collected program booklets of "Horspiel" creations at West German Radio (WDR) Cologne [German], July, 1995- February, 1999, inclusive
"WDR: Studio Akustiche Kunst - Sound Klangreise Journey" West German Radio, Cologne - "Typography of a Sound Mind", "Zwischen (zwei) Raumen", "Versuch einer grundlichen Violinschule" [German], 1997, inclusive
"Wittener Tage : Kammermusik" - "through deserts of time" [German], April, 1993, inclusive
"Yellow Springs Review : The Letter of the Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts", Winter, 1983-1984, inclusive
Subseries C: Correspondence
Scope and Content
Subseries C contains correspondence received by Malcolm Goldstein. There are a small number of instances where correspondence was written by Malcolm Goldstein.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by surname of the sender. If material was written by Malcolm Goldstein this is indicated in square brackets and is still organized in relation to correspondent. Occasionally correspondence relating to a specific music project remains in the folder relating to that project.