Words Without Music: A Memoir (59 page)

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,
1
, 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