Green, Ray b. mo. sept 13 1908. SF Cons of Music 1927, scholarships & awards, to 33. 30-1 prvt study w/ Albert Elkus. big band jazz fan. 33-5 postgrad at ucb studied w/Stricklen & Elkus.

wanted to develop an american style-wrote satire pieces on Stravinsky & Prokofiev. "Set of Piano Pieces for a Man Puppet; Peeannie Soot Yerself" was "about the culmination of my indignation at the false elements i felt that there were in the sounds of the music that was prevailing at the time."

"An American Agon" sonata for piano 1933. "Festival Fugues" 1934-6, subtitled "American Toccata".

april 34 New Music had entire issue of Green's piano & vocal music.

won prize, went to paris, studied w/ Pierre Monteux. "Holiday for Four" 36 w/ jazz elements- prem. San Francisco Woodwind Quintet (Monteux artistic dir). sent reports on european music to SF Cronicle.

back in SF june 37. teaching at UCB in fall. meets bride-to-be May O'Donnell, a dancer w/ Martha Graham Company, and writes "Of Pioneer Women" that was part of her debut concert at Veteran's Auditorium, SF feb 15 1940.

wrote pieces on commission for M graham. O'Donnell & Green set up dance studio in SF. wrote "Three Inventories of Casey Jones" for piano and orchestra 1939 comm. by Golden Gate International Exposition- premiered on NBC radio sept 6 39.

feb 1943 Green & O'Donnell completed her most famous work; "Suspension ... 'at the still point of the turning world, there the dance is ... ' " at SF studio.

went into air corps. composed his most well known piece "Sunday Sing Symphony" 39-46, premiere april 21 1961 in Kansas City, w/ dance by O'Donnell, in SF Cron. review Alfred Frankenstein wrote "It stands in a direct line of descent from the music of Charles Ives." after the war they moved east. pp. 282-4