Lenya, Lotte

Variant names

Hide Profile

Born in Austria, Lenya became an actress in Zürich, then moved to Berlin where she met and married Kurt Weill. They emigrated to the U.S. in 1935, where Lenya lived until her death a few months after this interview was recorded.

From the description of An oral history interview with Lotte Lenya / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Alan Rich, New City, N.Y., 1981 : recording and transcript. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122583686

Austrian singer-actress; became American citizen in 1943. Lotte Lenya is principally known as an iterpreter of songs by her husband, Kurt Weill. After Weill's death in 1950, she (along with her second husband, George Davis), sparked renewed interest in Weill's music both in the U.S. and Europe. She also starred in Cabaret on Broadway and appeared in numerous movies. Lenya displayed a combination of dramatic insight and musical instinct, and her performance style was known for intelligence, wit, coolness, and passion.

From the description of Library, 1950-1981. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 152675415

Austrian-American actor and singer married to German-American composer Kurt Weill until his death in 1950.

From the description of Reel-to-reel tapes, ca. 1950-1981 (bulk 1960-1980). (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122435381

Viennese native Karoline Blamauer, after moving to Berlin and adopting the stage name Lotte Lenya, became widely known in 1928 as a singing actress performing in Die Dreigroschenoper, a ballad opera composed by her husband, Kurt Weill, to a libretto adapted by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann from John Gay's Beggar's opera. After emigrating with Weill to the United States in 1935, she performed at first with less frequency, not fully establishing herself in the American theater until 1954, when she appeared in The threepenny opera, the English-language adaptation of the above-mentioned work. Therefter she achieved her greatest popular successes in the original stage version of Cabaret and in a number of films, including From Russia with love, The Roman spring of Mrs. Stone, and Semi-tough. She was also very active, after Weill's death in 1950, in performing in concerts of his music, in collecting information for a biography of him, and in managing his estate.

From the description of Personal correspondence, 1922-1981 (bulk, 1950-1981). (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122469690

Born in Austria, Lenya became an actress in Zürich, then moved to Berlin where she met and married Kurt Weill. They emigrated to the U.S. in 1935, where Lenya lived and devoted herself to acting and singing, particularly in the works of Weill and Bertolt Brecht.

From the description of An oral history interview with Lotte Lenya / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, [196-] : recording and transcript. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122487563

From the description of An oral history interview with Lotte Lenya / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by George Sturm : recording and transcript. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122416005

Austrian-American actor and singer. As Kurt Weill's widow and leading promoter in the 1950's and 1960's, Lenya collected recordings of his music in popular arrangements and also had a taste for popular or cabaret music by other composers.

From the description of Commercial 45 RPM sound discs, [ca.1950]-1969. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122536474

Austrian-American actor and singer. As Kurt Weill's widow and leading promoter in the 1950's and 1960's, Lenya collected recordings of his music and the music of his contemporaries. Her career as a recording artist in the 1950's and 1960's is documented, as most of her own commercial recordings are represented here.

From the description of Commercial 33-1/3 RPM sound discs, [ca. 1950]-1981. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122583696

After the death of Kurt Weill in 1950, his wife, actress Lotte Lenya, managed the business affairs of his estate and functioned as caretaker of his music manuscripts. The manuscripts were stored in a bank vault in Manhattan, but were removed from time to time when they were needed. The manuscripts were transferred to the Yale University Music Library in 1981.

From the description of Archival inventories, [195-]-1979. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122346910

American singing actress of Austrian birth.

From the description of Typewritten letter, dated : New York, 21 May 1980, to James J. Fuld, 1980 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874488

Not only Lenya's acting/singing career, but her role as preserver and protector of Kurt Weill's work and reputation and her life after Weill form the basis for this collection. She was a businesswoman and promoter as well as a singer and actress. Her later husbands, George Davis, Russell Detwiler, and Richard Siemanowski, are represented mainly by photographs; many of her friends are also represented, especially Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel. Lenya's popularity and status as an institution of the theater show clearly.

From the description of Papers, 1923-1982 (bulk, 1950-1980). (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122579854

Austrian-American actor and singer married to Kurt Weill until his death in 1950.

From the description of Non-commercial sound recordings, [ca. 1935]-1969 (bulk, 1940-1950). (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122487562

From the description of Commercial 78 RPM sound discs, [ca. 1928]-[ca. 1950]. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122346912

After the death of Kurt Weill in 1950, his wife, the actress Lotte Lenya, was encouraged by George Davis and David Drew to write both her own memoirs and a biography of Weill. She was also asked on certain occasions to contribute articles on Weill's music, her acting and singing career, or both at once. Throughout the last thirty years of her life, she was a popular subject of interviews both in Germany and the United States.

From the description of Writings and interviews, [195-]-1979. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 152675212

Lotte Lenya was a singing actress who achieved fame in the role of Jenny in the first production of the musical Die Dreigroschenoper (Berlin, 1928) by Kurt Weill (her husband at the time), to a libretto by Bertolt Brecht; thereafter, throughout her career she continued to be identified primarily with the works of Weill and Brecht (both together and separately).

Other works of the two together which she performed in (or selections from) are Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Happy end, and Die sieben Todsünden. In addition, she became known for her readings of German poetry, including Brecht's, and for her performances in his plays, among them Mutter Courage (also in English, as Mother Courage), and in the revue Brecht on Brecht. After Weill's death in 1950, Lenya not only became executrix of his estate, but also resumed her performing career in earnest, and thus had manifold reasons beyond "old time's sake" not only to keep in touch with both Brecht and his wife, the actress Helene Weigel, but also to collect print and non-print materials providing documentation of the influential author and his works.

From the description of Brecht collection : writings by the author, articles about him or Helene Weigel, documentation of productions of his stage works and of revues derived from them, and mementos, 1951-1973. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 152675279

American singing actress of Austrian birth.

Lotte Lenya, born Karoline Wilhelmine Blaumauer, was known for her performances of Kurt Weill's works.

From the description of Scripts, [ca. 1920]-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507990

Lotte Lenya was a singing actress known especially for her performances in the stage works of Brecht and her first husband, Kurt Weill.

She achieved fame in the role of Jenny in the first production of the musical Die Dreigroschenoper (Berlin, 1928). Other stage works of Weill and Brecht in which she appeared before 1936 are Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny) and Sieben Todsünden (Seven deadly sins). She also appeared as Jenny in the film of Dreigroschenoper, directed by G.W. Pabst (1931). Together with Weill she emigrated to the United States in 1935. She performed in concerts and productions of his stage works, and became especially known for her central role in introducing his European works in the U.S. (e.g. as Jenny in The threepenny opera) and for reviving them in post-war Europe. After Weill's death in 1950 she became involved in the administration of his estate. She further established her reputation as a performer with a special hold on her audiences through appearances in stage works by/about Brecht, in the musical Cabaret, and in a number of films.

From the description of Letters to Eric Bentley and Irwin Silber, 1961-1968. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122574765

Kurt Weill was born in Dessau, Germany on March 2, 1900. His father was a cantor and composer of Jewish sacred music, so Weill received musical training from an early age. He later studied with Humperdinck at the Berlin Musikhochschule for a year, but his most important composition teacher would prove to be Ferruccio Busoni, with whom he studied for several years in Berlin.

In the early phase of his career, Weill supported himself by working as a radio journalist and music teacher. (Maurice Abravanel and Claudio Arrau were numbered among his pupils.) Several of Weill's works were published and performed in this period, but he gained wider acclaim with his opera Der Protagonist (1926), with a libretto by Georg Kaiser. Weill and Kaiser also worked together on Der Zar lässt sich photographieren and Der Silbersee . Weill's most celebrated collaborator, however, was Bertolt Brecht, who wrote the texts for works such as Mahagonny Songspiel, Das Berliner Requiem, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, and Die sieben Todsünden . Their greatest success was Die Dreigroschenoper (1928), which caused an international sensation and made Weill financially secure. Although he specialized in music for the theater, Weill also composed instrumental works in the 1920s and '30s, including symphonies, string quartets, and a violin concerto.

As a left-leaning modernist intellectual of Jewish birth, Weill was an obvious target for Nazi hostility, and he fled to Paris shortly after Hitler's rise to power in 1933. In 1935 he moved to the United States, where he remained for the rest of his life. In America Weill composed numerous works for Broadway, ranging from the popular Knickerbocker Holiday, Lady in the Dark, and One Touch of Venus to the tragic Street Scene ; he collaborated with a remarkable series of playwrights and lyricists including Ira Gershwin, Moss Hart, Langston Hughes, S.J. Perelman, and Ogden Nash. He also wrote four film scores. Several songs from Weill's dramatic works became popular hits, most notably "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (from Die Dreigroschenoper, and known in English as "Mack the Knife") and "September Song" (from Knickerbocker Holiday ). Weill died in New York in 1950.

Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, who used the name Lotte Lenya, was born in Vienna in 1898. She began her career as a dancer in the Zurich ballet in 1914. In 1920 she moved to Berlin, where two years later, encouraged by Georg Kaiser, she became involved in the spoken theater. Kaiser also introduced Lenya to Weill, whom she married in 1926. She sang in the 1927 performance of Mahagonny-Songspiel at the Baden-Baden festival, and in 1928 she appeared as Jenny in Die Dreigroschenoper in Berlin, a role that won her international acclaim. Lenya appeared in three more of Weill's works during his lifetime: Die Sieben Todsünden, The Eternal Road, and The Firebrand of Florence . Weill and Lenya divorced in 1933 and remarried in 1937.

After Weill's death, Lenya devoted much of her time and energy to promoting and performing his music. The Threepenny Opera (Marc Blitzstein's English adaptation of Die Dreigroschenoper ) was a resounding success on Broadway, and in 1956 Lenya won a Tony Award for her performance. Her activities were not limited to her husband's works, however, and she appeared in a number of other plays and films: Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Brecht on Brecht, the James Bond thriller From Russia with Love, the Broadway production of Cabaret, The Appointment, and Semi-Tough . She died in 1981.

From the guide to the Register to the Papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984, inclusive, (Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993,. An oral history interview with Maurice Abravanel / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by David Farneth and Lys Symonette, Tanglewood, 1984 August 7 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Neher, Caspar, 1897-1962. Papers of Caspar and Erika Neher relating to Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1947-1961. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Vera Zorina papers Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993,. An oral history interview with Maurice Abravanel / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Alan Rich, Kim Kowalke, and Lys Symonette, Tanglewood, 1982 August 26 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Kidd, Michael, 1915-2007,. An oral history interview with Michael Kidd / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Peggy Meyer Sherry, Los Angeles, 1991 October 1 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Papers, ca. 1915-1979 (bulk, 1935-1950). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Photograph collection, [ca. 1900]-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981. Library, 1950-1981. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981. Papers, 1923-1982 (bulk, 1950-1980). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981,. An oral history interview with Lotte Lenya / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, [196-] : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. Single issues of journals and periodicals in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1924-[ongoing] (bulk, 1950-1981). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Commercial 33-1/3 RPM recordings of Kurt Weill's music in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, [ca.1950]-[ca.1990]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. File no. 3553, pertaining to the Kurt Weill estate, 1950-1961. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Lewis, Robert, 1909-1997. An oral history interview with Robert ("Bobby") Lewis / conducted by Peggy Meyer Sherry for The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, New York City, 1991 May 29 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Prince, Harold,. An oral history interview with Harold Prince / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1985 November 19 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Antheil, George, 1900-1959. George Antheil papers, 1919-1959. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Simon, Eric. Papers relating to Kurt Weill, 1962-1963. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Marom-Bergman, Hannelore, 1926-. Papers relating to Kurt Weill, 1924-1987. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Young, Terence, 1915-1994. Bons baisers de Russie / Terence Young, réal. ; Ian Fleming, aut. adapté ; Johanna Harwood, adapt. ; Richard Maibaum, scénario ; John Barry, comp. ; Sean Connery, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw... [et al.], act. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. Posters and other reproductions in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, [1963?]-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Detwiler, Russell. Paintings and other original art works in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, [1928]-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Press clippings, 1923-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993,. An oral history interview with Helen Hayes / conducted by Peggy Meyer Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, Nyack, New York, 1991 July 25 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Donald Spoto Papers, ca. 1940-1988 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
creatorOf Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Weill-Lenya correspondence, 1925-1948. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Plaut, Frederick, 1907-1985. The Frederick and Rose Plaut papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
creatorOf Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1937-1963. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Sundgaard, Arnold, 1909-2006. Papers relating to Kurt Weill, 1949-1983. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981,. Commercial 33-1/3 RPM sound discs, [ca. 1950]-1981. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981,. Commercial 78 RPM sound discs, [ca. 1928]-[ca. 1950]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. Works for media and concert hall by Kurt Weill, or about Weill and/or Lenya ; Lenya performances ; other shows and broadcasts : texts, scripts, and related materials in the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1917-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Wennersten, Robert. Papers relating to Lotte Lenya, 1966-1982. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Reference library, 1920-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Gerstman, Felix G. Correspondence with Lotte Lenya and Lenya autographs, 1952-1960. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Detwiler, Russell. Papers, 1940-1972 (bulk, 1959-1970). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Burden, Carter,. Statement in behalf of a poet : copy of a typed statement in support of Tennessee Williams's play Camino Real, [1957]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Capalbo, Carmen,. An oral history interview with Carmen Capalbo / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1986 March 7 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Marx, Henry,. An oral history interview with Henry Marx / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1986 January 29 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Duncan, Todd,. An oral history interview with Todd Duncan / conducted by Peggy Meyer Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, Washington, DC, 1991 May 2 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Harvey, Helen,. An oral history interview with Helen Harvey / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1985 November 5 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Heinsheimer, Hans,. An oral history interview with Hans Heinsheimer / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, 1986 March 12 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Ronald Sanders papers, 1951-1994 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Lenya library, [ca. 1950]-1981. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Marx, Henry,. An oral history interview with Henry Marx / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, New York City, 1988 April 27 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Jackson, Felix, 1902-1992. Papers relating to Kurt Weill, 1956-1974. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984. Papers: Series I-III, 1908-1985 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981, collector. Brecht collection : writings by the author, articles about him or Helene Weigel, documentation of productions of his stage works and of revues derived from them, and mementos, 1951-1973. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Ely, Richard,. An oral history interview with Richard Ely / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1986 September 24 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. Correspondence with Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, and Irene Stuart, [1947]-1953. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Diaries, 1961-1980. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Programs, 1915-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Declassified FBI files for Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1942-1967. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn George Hoyningen-Huene papers Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Anderson, Hesper,. An oral history interview with Hesper Anderson / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by A. Chaffee, New York, N.Y., 1988 December 15 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of video tapes presenting works by Kurt Weill, performances of Lotte Lenya, or documentation of their world, 1931-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Scripts, [ca. 1920]-1981. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Green, Paul, 1894-1981. Paul Green papers, 1880-1985. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Audio recordings, 1927-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Anderson, Quentin, 1912-,. An oral history interview with Quentin Anderson / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City(?), 1986 February 11 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn De Mille, Agnes,. An oral history interview with Agnes de Mille / conducted by Peggy Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1991 Aug. 9 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Feuchtwanger, Marta,. An oral history interview with Marta Feuchtwanger / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Alan Rich, Los Angeles, 1984 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Raksin, David, 1912-. David Raksin: an oral history interview with Peggy Mayer Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, Van Nuys, CA, 1991 Oct. 2. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981,. Non-commercial sound recordings, [ca. 1935]-1969 (bulk, 1940-1950). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Stefan Lorant collection, ca. 1869-1993, 1920-1992 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Spoto, Donald, 1941-. Papers, ca. 1940-1988. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf General correspondence, [ca. 1920]-1981. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Video tape collection, 1945-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Photographic prints, negatives, and slides in the collection of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, [ca.1900]-[ongoing]. The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc,
referencedIn Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Library, [191-]-1950. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981. Personal correspondence, 1922-1981 (bulk, 1950-1981). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn 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. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
creatorOf Weill-Lenya correspondence, 1925-1950. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Offprints of articles, 1920-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. The papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Lazar, Irving Paul. An oral history interview with Irving Paul ("Swifty") Lazar / conducted by David Farneth and Peggy Meyer Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1991 November 12 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. Small collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, [ca. 1898]-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1917-. Papers relating to Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, ca. 1945-1978. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Weill family. Correspondence, 1916-1958. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Register to the Papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984, inclusive Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. Audio cassette recordings of symposia in the collection of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1975-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Young, Terence, 1915-1994. Bons baisers de Russie / Terence Young, réal. ; Ian Fleming, aut. adapté ; Johanna Harwood, adapt. ; Richard Maibaum, scénario ; John Barry, comp. ; Sean Connery, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw... [et al.], act. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. Documentation of exhibitions pertaining to Kurt Weill in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, [1976]-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981, collector. Brecht collection : writings by the author, articles about him or Helene Weigel, documentation of productions of his stage works and of revues derived from them, and mementos, 1951-1973. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981. Archival inventories, [195-]-1979. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Business correspondence and contracts, 1924-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Bertolt Brecht-Elisabeth Hauptmann papers relating to Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1930-1956. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Papers, 1929-1974 (bulk, 1935-1950). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Martin Poll Papers, 1967-1984 New York University. Archives
referencedIn Feuchtwanger, Marta,. An oral history interview with Marta Feuchtwanger / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by David Farenth, Los Angeles, 1984 April 3 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Anderson, Hesper,. An oral history interview with Hesper Anderson / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, Los Angeles, 1986 March 22 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Fabray, Nanette,. An oral history interview with Nanette Fabray / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Peggy Meyer Sherry, Pacific Palisades, CA, 1991 October 1 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. Oral history project of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1983-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Rare Book & Manuscript Library General Manuscript Collection, 1789-2013 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981. Writings and interviews, [195-]-1979. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981,. Commercial 45 RPM sound discs, [ca.1950]-1969. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte. Typewritten letter, dated : New York, 21 May 1980, to James J. Fuld, 1980 May 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Bolasni, Saul, 1923-. An oral history interview with Saul Bolasni / conducted by David Farneth and Peggy Meyer Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, New York City, 1991 April 18 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Carnovsky, Morris,. An oral history interview with Morris Carnovsky and Phoebe Brand Carnovsky / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by John Mucci, Pine Brook Lodge, Connecticut, 1987 September 14 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981,. An oral history interview with Lotte Lenya / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by George Sturm : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history documentation of shows about Kurt Weill and/or Lotte Lenya, using Weill's music, or from their world, [192-]-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981,. Reel-to-reel tapes, ca. 1950-1981 (bulk 1960-1980). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Moor, Paul, 1924-,. An oral history interview with Paul Moor / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, Los Angeles, 1986 August 19 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981,. An oral history interview with Lotte Lenya / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Alan Rich, New City, N.Y., 1981 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Oral history collection, 1983-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Dolbin, Benedikt F. Caricatures of performing artists, 1938-1965 and n.d. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Writings by Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1925-1950. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Lovemusik / music by Kurt Weill ; lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, Bertolt Brecht, Howard Dietz, Roger Fernay, Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Langston Hughes, Alan Jay Lerner, Maurice Magre, Ogden Nash, Elmer Rice, Kurt Weill ; book by Alfred Uhry ; suggested by Speak low (when you speak love) the letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya edited and translated by Lys Symonette and Kim H. Kowalke, 2007. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. The papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
creatorOf Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981. Letters to Eric Bentley and Irwin Silber, 1961-1968. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. Articles and offprints in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1923-[ongoing] (bulk, after 1950). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Papers, 1908-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Martin Poll Papers 1967-1984. New York University. Archives
referencedIn Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of documentation of Lotte Lenya's performances, [ca. 1913]-1978. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Lucille Lortel papers The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn The Frederick and Rose Plaut Papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn Correspondence of others relating to Kurt Weill and/or Lotte Lenya in the collection of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1928-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Sutton, Dolores. Papers relating to Lotte Lenya and Bertha Case, 1956-1982. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Guarneri, Victor Carl, 1920-. Correspondence with Lotte Lenya, George Davis, and Anna Krebs, and Lenya mementos, 1956-1981. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Plaut, Frederick, 1907-1985. The Frederick and Rose Plaut papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Kurt WEill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. Objects in the collections of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, [1943?]-[ongoing]. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Symonette, Lys. Audio cassette recordings of broadcast radio interviews and programs in the collection of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, 1947-[ongoing] (bulk 1980-1990). Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Cutler, Ben,. An oral history interview with Ben Cutler / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Dennis Jones, 1988 December 16 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Jackson, Felix,. An oral history interview with Felix Jackson / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by David Farneth, Los Angeles, 1985 April 5 : recording and transcript. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
referencedIn Snider, Lee. Documents relating to Lotte Lenya and to the songbook Kurt Weill in America, 1975-1978. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Abravanel, Maurice, 1903- person
associatedWith Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993, person
associatedWith Ackermann, A. person
associatedWith Adorno, Theodor W. person
associatedWith Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 person
associatedWith American Museum of Vaudeville corporateBody
associatedWith Anderson, Hesper, person
associatedWith Anderson, Maxwell person
associatedWith Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. person
associatedWith Anderson, Quentin, 1912-, person
associatedWith Andriola, Alfred person
associatedWith Antheil, George, 1900-1959. person
associatedWith Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984 person
associatedWith Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. person
associatedWith Aufricht, Ernst Josef. person
correspondedWith Balanchine, George. person
associatedWith BARBARA DEMING, 1917-1984 person
associatedWith Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel), 1893-1973 person
associatedWith Bekker, Paul, 1882-1937. person
associatedWith Bentley, Eric, 1916- person
associatedWith Berger, Sidney L. person
associatedWith Bergman, Ingrid, 1918- person
associatedWith Berlin, Irving, 1888- person
associatedWith Bernstein, Leonard, 1918- person
associatedWith Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. person
associatedWith Blitzstein, Marc. person
associatedWith Blitzstein, Marc. person
associatedWith Blowitz, Bill? person
associatedWith Bolasni, Saul, 1923- person
associatedWith Bowles, Jane Auer person
associatedWith Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. person
associatedWith British Broadcasting Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Busch, Ernst, 1900-1980. person
associatedWith Busoni, Ferruccio person
associatedWith Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924 person
associatedWith Cacavas, John person
associatedWith Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988. person
associatedWith Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1917- person
associatedWith Capalbo, Carmen, person
associatedWith Carnovsky, Morris, person
associatedWith Case, Bertha. person
associatedWith Caylor, Rose person
associatedWith CBS Records (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich person
associatedWith Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 person
associatedWith Colpi, Henry person
associatedWith Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Copland, Aaron person
associatedWith Coward, Noel, 1899-1973 person
associatedWith Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 person
associatedWith Cullen, Frank, 1936- person
associatedWith Cutler, Ben, person
associatedWith Daniel, Mary, d. 1977. person
associatedWith Davis, George, 1906-1957, person
associatedWith De Mille, Agnes, person
associatedWith De Mille, Agnes. person
associatedWith Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984. person
associatedWith Dessau, Paul person
associatedWith Detwiler, Russell. person
associatedWith Detwiler, Russell, 1925-1969 person
associatedWith Deval, Jacques, 1894- person
associatedWith Dietrich, Marlene. person
associatedWith Dolbin, Benedikt F. person
associatedWith Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. person
associatedWith Drew, David, 1930-2009. person
associatedWith Dreyfus, Max. person
associatedWith Duncan, Todd, person
associatedWith Ebert, Carl, 1887-1980 person
associatedWith Eineim, Gottfried von person
associatedWith Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 person
associatedWith Eisler, Banns person
associatedWith Ely, Richard, person
associatedWith Ernst, Max, 1891-1976. person
associatedWith Eyen, Tom person
associatedWith Fabray, Nanette, person
associatedWith Feuchtwanger, Marta, person
associatedWith Fontanne, Lynn. person
associatedWith Foss, Lukas, 1922- person
associatedWith Frederick and Rose Plaut person
associatedWith Fuld, James J., 1916- person
associatedWith Gauty, Lys. person
associatedWith Gershwin, Ira, 1896- person
associatedWith Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. person
correspondedWith Gerstman, Felix G. person
associatedWith Gikow, Ruth, 1915-1982. person
associatedWith Gordon, Max, 1903- person
associatedWith Gray, Timothy person
associatedWith Green, Paul, 1894-1981. person
associatedWith Gregg Smith Singers. corporateBody
associatedWith Grosz, George, 1893-1959. person
associatedWith Guarneri, Victor Carl, 1920- person
associatedWith Guilbert, Yvette person
associatedWith Halle, Friedrich Ebert person
associatedWith Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961. person
associatedWith Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 person
associatedWith Harvey, Helen, person
associatedWith Hayes, Helen, 1900- person
associatedWith Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993, person
associatedWith Heinsheimer, Hans, person
associatedWith Helen Hayes. person
associatedWith Hellman, Lillian, 1906- person
associatedWith Henze, Hans Werner, 1926- person
associatedWith Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. person
associatedWith Honegger, Arthur person
associatedWith Horak, Alexander person
associatedWith Horne, William, 1913-1983. person
associatedWith Horowitz, Jack. person
associatedWith Hoyningen-Huene, George, 1900-1968 person
associatedWith Hubek, Maria, 1906-1991. person
associatedWith Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 person
associatedWith Huston, Walter, 1884-1950. person
associatedWith Jackson, Felix, person
associatedWith Jackson, Felix, 1902-1992. person
associatedWith Jacobi, Lotte, 1896- person
associatedWith Kaiser, Georg person
associatedWith Kaiser, Georg, 1878-1945 person
associatedWith Kander, John. person
associatedWith Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961 person
associatedWith Kidd, Michael, 1915-2007, person
associatedWith Klemperer, Otto, 1885-1973. person
associatedWith Knippera, L. person
associatedWith Koegler, Horst person
associatedWith Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956 person
associatedWith Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951 person
associatedWith Krebs, Anna. person
associatedWith Krenek, Ernst, 1900-1991. person
associatedWith Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. corporateBody
associatedWith Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. corporateBody
associatedWith Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Weill-Lenya Research Center. corporateBody
associatedWith Langner, Ilse person
associatedWith Lawrence, Gertrude. person
associatedWith Lazar, Irving Paul. person
associatedWith Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 person
associatedWith Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967. person
associatedWith Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981, collector. person
associatedWith Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918- person
associatedWith Levine, James, 1943- person
associatedWith Levine, Maurice. person
associatedWith Lewis, Elmer B. person
associatedWith Lewis, Robert, 1909-1997. person
associatedWith Lieberson, Goddard person
associatedWith Lieberson, Goddard, 1911- person
associatedWith Logan, Joshua. person
associatedWith Lorant, Stefan, 1901- person
associatedWith Lortel, Lucille person
associatedWith Lunt, Alfred. person
associatedWith MacLeish, Archibald, 1892- person
associatedWith Mamoulian, Rouben. person
associatedWith Marly, Anna person
associatedWith Marom-Bergman, Hannelore, 1926- person
associatedWith Martin Poll Productions. corporateBody
associatedWith Marx, Henry, person
associatedWith Masteroff, Joe person
associatedWith Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960 person
associatedWith Mayer, Goetz person
associatedWith Mc Arthur, Charles, 1920- person
associatedWith McNeilly, Donald, 1945- person
associatedWith Mehring, Walter person
associatedWith Meredith, Burgess, 1908- person
associatedWith Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 person
associatedWith Mitchell, Ted. person
associatedWith Mitropoulos, Dmitri, 1896-1960 person
associatedWith Moor, Paul, 1924-, person
associatedWith Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971 person
associatedWith n. d. person
associatedWith Neher, Caspar. person
associatedWith Neher, Caspar, 1897-1962. person
associatedWith Paton, Alan. person
associatedWith Pauli, Hansjörg person
associatedWith Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. corporateBody
associatedWith Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979 person
associatedWith Piscator, Erwin, 1893-1966 person
associatedWith Plaut, Frederick, 1907-1985. person
associatedWith Poe, Edgar Allen person
associatedWith Poll, Martin person
associatedWith Prince, Harold, person
associatedWith Raksin, David, 1912- person
associatedWith Reed, Rex. person
associatedWith Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943. person
associatedWith Renard, Antoine person
associatedWith Revy, Richard person
associatedWith Reynolds, Burt person
associatedWith Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967 person
associatedWith Rich, Alan. person
associatedWith Rodgers, Richard, 1902- person
associatedWith Rose, Billy, 1899-1966 person
associatedWith Saddler, Donald person
associatedWith Sanders, Ronald, d. 1991. person
associatedWith Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 person
associatedWith Schebera, Jurgen person
associatedWith Schoenfeld, Bernard C. person
associatedWith Scholtz, ? person
associatedWith Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. person
associatedWith Siemanowski, Richard. person
associatedWith Siemanowski, Richard F. person
associatedWith Silber, Irwin person
associatedWith Sills, Beverly. person
associatedWith Sills, Beverly. person
correspondedWith Simon, Eric. person
associatedWith Sirmay, Albert. person
associatedWith Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 person
associatedWith Smith, John Stafford person
correspondedWith Snider, Lee. person
associatedWith Spoto, Donald, 1941- person
associatedWith Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 person
associatedWith Stratas, Teresa. person
associatedWith Streisand, Barbra. person
associatedWith Stuckenschmidt, H. H person
associatedWith Sturm, George. person
associatedWith Sundgaard, Arnold. person
correspondedWith Sundgaard, Arnold, 1909-2006 person
correspondedWith Sutton, Dolores. person
associatedWith Symonette, Lys. person
associatedWith Tabori, George, 1914- person
associatedWith Thomson, Virgil, 1896- person
associatedWith Thurber, James, 1894-1961 person
associatedWith United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. corporateBody
associatedWith Van Grove, Isaac. person
associatedWith Van Loon, Gerard. person
associatedWith Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944. person
associatedWith Wagner, Gottfried person
associatedWith Wagner, Gottfried, 1947- person
associatedWith Wagner, Gottfried H. person
associatedWith Watt, Douglas, 1914- person
associatedWith Weigel, Helene, 1900-1971 person
associatedWith Weill, Albert person
associatedWith Weill family. family
associatedWith Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. person
associatedWith Weill, Nathan person
associatedWith Weisgal, Mayer Wolfe, 1894- person
associatedWith Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 person
associatedWith Wennersten, Robert. person
associatedWith Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945 person
associatedWith Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 person
associatedWith Wirl, Erik. person
associatedWith Work, Henry C. person
associatedWith Wouk, Herman, 1915- person
correspondedWith Zorina, Vera. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Germany
United States
New York (State)--New York
Germany
United States
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)--New York
Germany
United States
Subject
Theater
Theater
Theater
Singers
Actresses
Actresses
Composers
Motion pictures
Music
Music
Music
Music
Musicals
Music in the theater
Opera
Performing arts
Sound recordings
Television and the performing arts
Women
Occupation
Actors
Collector
Composers
Women singers
Activity

Person

Birth 1898-10-18

Death 1981-11-27

Americans

German,

Italian,

English,

French

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68g8mvt

Ark ID: w68g8mvt

SNAC ID: 2792896