KPFA - July, 1967
Charles Shere
This wide ranging literate, and always fascinating conversation between composer Morton Feldman (New York, 1926 - Buffalo, 1987) and writer/composer/journalist (and former KPFA music director) Charles Shere touches on the work of various composers, performers, artists, and writers. Feldman talks about ways of composing, including his own, and to what degree a composer is "on the make" with regard to his audience.
The composers Feldman and Shere discussion includes John Cage, Christian Wolff, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, and Milton Babbitt. Surprisingly, Feldman admits to admiring Babbitt, and wishes that he himself could write serialized music like Babbitt, freehand.