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Abramowitz, Morton, 156
Abramowitz, Michael, 121
Abramowitz, Sheppie Glass, 1, 3, 8, 13, 15, 18, 20, 121, 122, 156, 221, 222, 223, 393–94, 395, 396
Acker, Kathy, 99
Adler, Mortimer, 19
Adventures of Augie March, The (Bellow), 28
Afghanistan, 152, 157–61
Africa, 114, 236, 332, 334, 335–38, 340, 341, 358, 359–61
Agra, 153
Ahmedabad, 189
Aïda (Verdi), 54
Ailey, Alvin, 212
Akalaitis, JoAnne, 109–11, 113–15, 116–20, 122, 123, 125, 146, 152, 153, 154, 156–63, 165, 167, 169, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 202, 203–4, 207, 208, 214, 215, 221, 234–35, 261, 262, 263, 267, 277, 278, 279, 280, 312, 338–39, 360
Akhetaten, 316
Akhnaten (pharaoh), 305, 316–17, 318
Akhnaten (Glass), 33–34, 89, 156, 281, 293, 305, 314, 317–20, 369, 372
À la Recherche du Temps Perdu (Proust), 93
Alexandria, 153, 184
Algren, Nelson, 28–29
Allen, Woody, 349–50
Amritsar, 162, 163, 168
Amsterdam, 248, 251, 305, 313, 352
Anderson, Laurie, 342
Andre, Carl, 226
Anima Mundi (film), 327–28, 329
Ann Arbor, Mich., 303, 387
Another Look at Harmony (series; Glass), 288–89
À Nous la Liberté (film), 37
Arendt, Hannah, 28
Aristotle, 19, 209
Arizona, 101, 327
Armstrong, Louis, 35
Armstrong, Neil, 262
Art Institute of Chicago, 23, 32
Art of the Fugue, The (Bach), 95, 139
Asia, 114, 158
Aspen Music School, 27, 90
Athens, 155–56
Atkins, Mark, 341
Australia, 153, 286, 341
Austria, 51
Autobiography of a Yogi (Yogananda), 106
Avedon, Elizabeth, 342
Avery, Milton, 78
Avignon, 118, 294, 295, 296
Avogadro, Amedeo, 33
Babbitt, Milton, 228
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 41, 42–43, 45, 86, 88, 96, 137, 138, 139, 141, 145, 259, 270, 379, 383
Bacon, Paul, 354, 358
Baker, Chet, 36, 80
Balanchine, George, 284
Balcony, The (Genet), 104
Baltimore, Md., ix, xi, 1, 3, 4–5, 6, 7, 8–9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 34, 36, 38, 39, 45, 48, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 68, 78, 79, 108, 110, 120, 121, 224, 256, 280, 284, 299, 306, 307, 321, 393–95
Baltimore Zoo, 79
Bamako, 359
Band of Outsiders (film), 115
Banjul, 338, 359
Barcelona, 154, 155
Barrault, Jean-Louis, 116
Bartenieff, George, 206
Bartók, Béla, 17, 18, 32, 49, 145
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 283
Basie, Count, 37
Basra, 157
Bayreuth, 313
Beal, John, 100
Beatles, 130, 153, 184
Beck, Julian, 111, 119
Beckett, Samuel, 55–56, 104, 105, 109, 110, 111, 112–13, 116, 123, 124–26, 128, 136, 201–2, 207–8, 209–10, 211, 217, 262, 287, 291
“Bed” (Glass), 289
Beehive (jazz club), 23, 29, 34–35
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 17, 18, 41, 50, 88, 95, 96, 215, 259, 383
Beigel, Orly, 194
Belém, 331
Bell, Charles, 32, 174, 175, 182
Bellamy, Dick, 76–77
Belle et la Bête, La (film), 37, 368, 372, 374–75, 378
Belle et la Bête, La (opera; Glass), 148, 368, 374, 375–78
Bellow, Saul, 28–29
Benedict, Ruth, 26
Berg, Alban, 42, 46, 47
Bergman, Ingmar, 36, 104
Bergsma, William, 65–66, 84
Berio, Luciano, 58, 81
Berlin, 116–17, 352
Bern, 248
Bernard, Theos, 151–52, 174, 175, 176–77
Bernstein, Leonard, 49–50
Berzin, Alexander, 182
Bethlehem Steel plant, xi–xii, 58–61, 102–3, 108
Beuys, Joseph, 249–50
Bhagavad Gita (Hindu text), 311
Bhave, Vinoba, 189
Bhutan, 152, 174, 175
Bicycle Thief, The (film), 37
Bielawa, Lisa, 237
Bird, Tom, 385
Birtwhistle, Harrison, 369
Black Keys, 342
Blacks, The (Genet), 104
Blake, William, 388
Blakey, Art, 37
Bley, Carla, 252
Bolivia, 334
Bombay, 153, 157, 161–62, 183–84, 340
Boothe, Power, 208
Bordeaux, 154
Bosporus, 157
Boston, Mass., 63, 93, 388
Boudhanath, 168
Boulanger, Lili, 143–44
Boulanger, Nadia, 11, 42, 48, 91, 93, 107, 111, 113, 117, 118, 131, 136–45, 146–49, 191, 201, 229, 244, 270, 340, 342
Boulez, Pierre, 58, 81, 115, 228
Bowie, David, 342
Bowles, Paul, 103
Brancusi, Constantin, 112
Brazil, 330–32, 335, 342, 358
Brecht, Bertolt, 104, 113, 116, 117, 123, 301
Breuer, Clove, 235
Breuer, Lee, 111, 116, 123, 124, 204, 208, 235, 255
Brief History of Time, A (film), 349
Brill Building, 306–7
Brindisi, 155
Brook, Peter, 111, 116, 290, 291
Brooklyn, N.Y., 273, 283, 285
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), 283, 342
Brookmeyer, Bob, 80
Broonzy, Big Bill, 29, 44
Brown, Bob, 288, 292
Brown, Earle, 80–81
Brown, Trisha, 211, 212, 213
Browning, Robert, 335
Browning, Tod, 25
Bruckner, Anton, 49–51
Brumbach, Linda, 39–40, 237
Bua, Swami, 191–92
“Building” (Glass), 253
Burger, Neil, 349
Burmese Days (Orwell), 170
Burroughs, William, 103, 126, 228, 385
Byrd Hoffman Foundation, 206, 284, 298
Byrne, David, 342
Café Bohemia, 37
Cage, John, 49, 72, 80–81, 94–96, 103, 126, 189, 210–11, 212, 213, 247, 252, 284, 351
Calcutta, 174
Camus, Albert, 103–4
Canada, 261, 262, 307
Canopus in Argos: Archives (series; Lessing), 320–21
Cantor, Eddie, 17
Cape Breton, 55, 208, 262–68, 288, 342, 361–62, 388
Carlson, Ann, 386
Carmen (Bizet), 320
Carnegie Hall, 87, 342
Carter, Elliott, 73
Caruso, D. J., 349
Casa de Cultura, 196
Cassandra’s Dream (film), 349–50
Castelli, Leo, 227, 242, 247
Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York), 329
Catskills, N.Y., ix, 196, 258, 366–67
Caucasian Chalk Circle, The (Brecht), 117
Caux, Daniel, 115, 148
Caux, Jacqueline, 115
Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 67, 136, 344
Central Asia, 158, 174
Cevia (Glass’s cousin), 16
Chaikin, Joseph, 206, 209
Chaotic Harmony (film), 194
Chappaqua (film), 129, 130, 131–33, 135, 385
Cheruthuruthy, 54, 186
Cheslock, Louis, 48–49
Chicago, Ill., 21, 22, 23, 29, 32, 34–37, 42, 43, 44–45, 49, 50, 52, 57, 58, 59, 66, 78, 100, 102, 105, 221, 391
Chicago, University of, ix, 9, 18, 19–20, 22, 23, 24–27, 28, 29–33, 34, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 57, 82, 109, 316, 371, 390
Children of Violence (series;
Lessing), 320
Childs, Ellie, 55
Childs, Lucinda, 55, 212, 288, 292
China, 173, 193, 341, 353
Chinia Lama, 168–69
Cincinnati, Ohio, 16
Cinematheque, 213, 218, 225, 227, 239, 242, 255, 326
City College (Baltimore), 3, 18
CIVIL warS: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down (Glass, Byrne, and Bryars), 301
Clair, René, 36
Claudel, Paul, 136
Cliburn, Van, x
Close, Chuck, 77, 243, 245–46
Cocío, Roberto Carillo, 196
Cocteau, Jean, 37, 368, 369–72, 373, 374–75, 378, 379–80, 381
Coleman, Ornette, 37, 39, 80, 129, 260, 308
Collected Poems (Ginsberg), 386
Collins, Karen, 52–53, 54, 55
Cologne, 145–46, 248, 250
Cologne (Glass), 301
Coltrane, John, 35, 37, 41, 260
Columbia University, 67, 100, 256, 261, 389
Columbo, Ceylon, 153
Columbus, Christopher, 324
Colvin, Shawn, 342
Come Out (Reich), 249, 250
Company (play; Beckett), 125, 287
“Company” (song; Glass), 125
Concerto for Four Harpsichords (Bach), 379
Concert of the Sixth Sun, The (album; Glass), 196
Concord Sonata (Ives), 46–47
Coney Island, N.Y., 100
“Confrontation and Rescue (1896)” (Glass), 312
Conrad, Joseph, 28–29, 349
Cooper, Grosvenor, 42
Cooper, Paula, 213
Copland, Aaron, 27–28, 49, 58, 65, 66, 91
Cotton Club, 23, 29, 37
Coulter, Mr. (campsite owner), 262–63
Cousteau, Jacques, 330
Cowell, Henry, 49
Crowell, David, 237
Cunningham, Merce, 126, 189, 210–11, 212, 247, 284
Cunningham, Michael, 347
Dalai Lama, 173, 193, 341–42, 345, 362
Dalí, Salvador, 276
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 88
Dalton, John, 33
Dance (album; Glass), 358
“Dance 1” (Glass), 289
Dance of Death (Strindberg), 117
Darjeeling, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175
David-Neel, Alexandra, 151, 175
Davies, Dennis Russell, 51, 91, 313–14, 318, 319
Davies, Molly, 313
Davies, Ray, 342
Davis, Lynn, 362
Davis, Miles, 37, 80
Dean, Laura, 212
Dechen Shak-Dagsay, 342
de Groat, Andy, 292
DeJong, Constance, 33, 315
de Kooning, Willem, 79, 80
de Menil, Christophe, 292
de Menil, François, 77, 292
Denney, Reuel, 25
Dermithe, Edouard, 374
de Roo, Hans, 305, 313, 315
De Sica, Vittorio, 36
Dessau, Paul, 104
Dieudonné, Mademoiselle, 138, 140, 141, 142, 191, 244
Dilley, Barbara, 212
di Suvero, Mark, 76–77, 202–3, 305–6, 326, 354
“Domaine Musical” concerts (Boulez), 115
Dominican Republic, 5
Doors, the, 228
Dove, Arthur, 78
Dover Garage, 274, 347
Dracula (film), 25
Dream House, 74
Dryden, Dan, 237
Duchamp, Marcel, 94–95
Dumas, Alexandre, 170
Dunn, Douglas, 212
Dunvegan, 264, 267
Düsseldorf, 249
Dylan, Bob, 387
Earth in Upheaval (Velikovsky), 103
East Berlin, 117
“East Thirty-Second Street” (Tristano), 40–41
East Village, N.Y., 206, 256, 277, 354, 355–56, 386
École des Beaux Arts, 53, 54
Ecuador, 358
Egypt, 156, 184, 316–17
Eighth Symphony (Glass), 51
Einstein, Albert, 33, 285–86, 287, 288, 305, 316, 334
Einstein on the Beach (Glass), 22, 33–34, 40, 41, 50, 55, 87, 89, 121, 134, 159, 222, 224, 235, 237, 241, 253, 256, 275, 286–302, 305, 308, 314, 315, 319, 369, 372
Einstein on the Fritz (Schickele), 87
Eisenhower, Dwight, 44
Eliade, Mircea, 28
Ellington, Duke, 37
Endgame (Beckett), 104, 125
Enfants Terribles, Les (Cocteau), 378
Enfants Terribles, Les (film), 37, 368, 372, 374, 378–80
Enfants Terribles, Les (opera; Glass), 368, 378–81
Engels, Friedrich, 44
Erb, Steve, 237
Erzurum, 158, 161
Escalator over the Hill (album; Bley and Haines), 252
Evans-Wentz, Walter, 150–51, 174
Fall of America, The (Ginsberg), 386
Fall of the House of Usher, The (Glass), 345, 346
“Father Death Blues” (Glass and Ginsberg), 386
Feldman, Morton, 49, 80–81
Fenley, Molissa, 212, 213
Ferden, Bruce, 314, 319
Field, Crystal, 206
Fifth Symphony (Beethoven), 50
Fillmore East, 229, 260
Fine, Albert, 92–94, 97, 98, 106, 107, 139
Fiore, Bob, 202, 203
Firebird, The (ballet), 49, 136
First and Last Freedom, The (Krishnamurti), 382
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, 19
0, 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