Maurice Abravanel photograph collection 1920s-1990s

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Maurice Abravanel photograph collection 1920s-1990s

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The Maurice Abravanel photograph collection contain photographs documenting Maurice Abravanel's life and career in music. Included are formal portrait photographs, family photographs, and images of Abravanel attending various social events. Also included are photographs of Maurice Abravanel working with various professional musicians and conducting several symphony orchestras. Many photographs document the Utah Symphony Orchestra, including tours and views of Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City.

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Photograph Archives

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Abravanel Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Utah symphony orchestra

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Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993.

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Conductor of the Utah Symphony. From the description of Interviews, 1981. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122415000 Conductor. Abravanel (1903-1993) was born in Greece and grew up in Switzerland. He became a music theory student of Kurt Weill in 1922 in Berlin, and studied with him for a year. He and Weill remained good friends. When Abravanel became a conductor, Weill preferred him as a conductor of his own works; Abravanel conducted the premiere of Die siebe...