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Offprints of articles, 1920-1986.

Title: Offprints of articles, 1920-1986.

Collection of offprints of articles about Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, and their works.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155506310 View

Reference library, 1920-1986.

Title: Reference library, 1920-1986.

Reference books dealing with social and artistic influences of the time both in Germany and America. Includes dissertations on the work of Weill and Lenya.

ArchivalResource: ca. 20 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155507168 View

Poster collection, 1929-1986.

Title: Poster collection, 1929-1986.

Posters from productions of Kurt Weill's works.

ArchivalResource: ca. 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155506918 View

Audio recordings, 1927-1986.

Title: Audio recordings, 1927-1986.

Audio recordings of Weill and Lotte Lenya works. Includes acetate, shellac, long-playing, and compact disc recordings and magnetic tapes. Subjects include Weill works, popular arrangements, new dramatic works, radio broadcasts, oral histories, conferences and symposia, recordings of other composers' works, and promotional recordings.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155503445 View

Ackermann, Julius,. An oral history interview with Julius Ackermann / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for music by Lys Symonette and David Farneth, Kurt Weill Foundation, New York (?), 1987 January 8 : recording and transcript.

Title: An oral history interview with Julius Ackermann / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for music by Lys Symonette and David Farneth, Kurt Weill Foundation, New York (?), 1987 January 8 : recording and transcript.

Ackermann's main thrust is family recollections, especially of the emigration of various family members from Germany in the 1930's. Some of the interview centers on Hans Weill (Kurt Weill's brother) and his wife Rita, and their relations with Weill and later, with the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music.

ArchivalResource: 1 transcript (9 p.) ; 28 cm.1 sound cassette (ca. 90 min) : analog, 1 5/16 ips, stereo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122435398 View

Oral history collection, 1983-1986.

Title: Oral history collection, 1983-1986.

Oral history interviews of performers and associates of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, including Maurice Abravanel, Herbert Borchardt, Michael Feingold, Marta Feuchtwanger, Norbert Gingold, Hans Heinsheimer, Felix Jackson, Lotte Lenya, Andreas Meyer-Hanno, Gigi McGuire, Annaliese von Molnar, Teresa Stratas, Lys Symonette, and Virgil Thomson.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155506737 View

Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Correspondence to Isolde (Klarmann) Radzinowicz, 1988.

Title: Correspondence to Isolde (Klarmann) Radzinowicz, 1988.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155863739 View

Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988,. An oral history interview with Milton Caniff / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1985 October 15 : recording and transcript.

Title: An oral history interview with Milton Caniff / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1985 October 15 : recording and transcript.

In a wide-ranging interview, Caniff talks about Lotte Lenya's life from the early 1940's until her death in 1981. He covers all four of her husbands (Weill, George Davis, Russell Detwiler, Richard Siemanowski), as well as her friendships with Mab Anderson, Dag Hammarskjöld, and Vivian Leigh. The interview also covers his impressions of Lenya's character and personality. He recalls the Americanization of Weill and Lenya. He also speaks of the genesis of the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music and his role in it.

ArchivalResource: 1 transcript (27 p.) ; 28 cm.2 sound cassettes (ca. 135 min.) : analog, 1 5/16 ips., stereo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122579914 View

Photograph collection, [ca. 1900]-1986.

Title: Photograph collection, [ca. 1900]-1986.

Portraits of Kurt Weill and his stage works; photographs with Lotte Lenya, collaborators, and others; portraits of Lenya and her stage, film, television, and other public appearances; photographs of the Weill family, Brook House, scores, and cartoons; and photographs concerning the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music.

ArchivalResource: ca. 8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155506828 View

Music arrangements, 1929-1986.

Title: Music arrangements, 1929-1986.

Includes arrangements made by various composers and arrangers of Weill's instrumental and vocal works.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155505248 View

Lyrics to Kurt Weill songs, [ca. 1928]-1986.

Title: Lyrics to Kurt Weill songs, [ca. 1928]-1986.

Collection of lyrics to Kurt Weill songs. Lyricists include Bertolt Brecht, Maxwell Anderson, Ogden Nash, Ira Gershwin, Alan Jay Lerner, Langston Hughes, Paul Green, Michael Feingold, and Eric Salzman. Includes translations.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155504348 View

Programs, 1915-1986.

Title: Programs, 1915-1986.

Programs and playbills, broadsides, and press kits from productions of Kurt Weill's works. Includes Weill works (by title), Lenya performances, and other productions.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155507080 View

Scripts, 1924-1986.

Title: Scripts, 1924-1986.

Published and unpublished scripts for Kurt Weill's staged works including DER ZAR LÄSST SICH PHOTOGRAPHIEREN, MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL, DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER, AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY, HAPPY END, DER JASAGER, DIE BÜRGSCHAFT, DER SILBERSEE, DIE SIEBEN TODSÜNDEN, DER KUHHANDEL, DER WEG DER VERHEISSUNG, THE ETERNAL ROAD, JOHNNY JOHNSON, KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY, RAILROADS ON PARADE, BALLAD OF MAGNA CARTA, LADY IN THE DARK, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS, THE FIREBRAND OF FLORENCE, STREET SCENE, DOWN IN THE VALLEY, LOVE LIFE, LOST IN THE STARS, DER LINDBERGHFLUG, MARIE GALANTE, WE WILL NEVER DIE, A FLAG IS BORN, DER NEUE ORPHEUS, VOM TOD IM WALD, DAS BERLINER REQUIEM, ZU POTSDAM UNTER DEN EICHEN, DIE LEGENDE VOM TOTEN SOLDATEN, KIDDUSH. Also, television scripts and radio scripts.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155507249 View

Video tape collection, 1945-1986.

Title: Video tape collection, 1945-1986.

Video taped performances of AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY, DOWN IN THE VALLEY, MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL, HAPPY END, HUCK FINN, LADY IN THE DARK, DER LINDBERGHFLUG, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS, SALUTE TO FRANCE, THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, STREET SCENE, THREEPENNY OPERA, and LOST IN THE STARS. Also, Lenya films, SEMI-TOUGH, ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, LOTTE LENYA SINGT KURT WEILL, MUTTER COURAGE, and miscellaneous interviews.

ArchivalResource: ca. 40 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155507348 View

Press clippings, 1923-1986.

Title: Press clippings, 1923-1986.

Press clippings on Weill works (by title), songs (by country), jazz arrangements, performers, collaborators, films, recordings, radio, books, television, the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, and biographical information about Weill and Lotte Lenya.

ArchivalResource: ca. 12 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155507009 View