Papers relating to Kurt Weill, 1962-1963.

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Papers relating to Kurt Weill, 1962-1963.

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The correspondence is with Alfred Schlee at Weill's Viennese publisher, Universal Edition (2 letters), David Drew (11 letters), George Sturm, at Associated Music Publishers (2 letters), and Lotte Lenya, Weill's widow (1 letter). It deals almost exclusively with Simon's preparations for conducting certain of Weill's compositions in a concert at Town Hall on 24 February 1963 in a series entitled "Friends of Live Music." The works of Weill performed were the Quodlibet and Frauentanz--though several others were considered in the course of the correspondence (in particular, the Pantomime I from the opera Der Protagonist. In addition to the correspondence, the collection contains: 1) a sheet containing data concerning instrumentation, rehearsals, and budget, and 2) a script of a parody entitled: Das Lehrspiel von Tristan und Isolde: Oper von Kurt Weill / Text von Richard Wagner, Bert Brecht, Caspar Neher, Eric Simon und Hans Weigel ; Musikalische Bearbeitung [von] Eric Simon" [no date].

Correspondence: 16 letters.Documents: 2 items.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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SNAC Resource ID: 6720817

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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Eric Simon

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Born in Vienna, Eric Simon (1907-1994) studied piano from the age of 8, and at the age of 14 he began studying the clarinet with Victor Polatschek, the principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic. Simon later studied with Polatschek's successor, Leopold Wlach. After spending one year in the Soviet Union, where he played in the Moscow Philharmonic, Simon subsequently held positions playing the clarinet in the Vienna State Opera orchestra and the Prades Festival Orchestra. In 193...

Weill, Kurt

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Drew, David, 1930-2009

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Epithet: writer on music British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0000e6 ...

Lenya, Lotte

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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: 12258368...

Schlee, Alfred

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Sturm, Georges

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