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.

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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.

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Kurt Weill's career is the focus of this interview. Abravanel recalls Weill as a young, struggling composer and teacher before his operatic successes. He also discusses Weill's reception in France and the U.S. Along the way he gives many insights into Weill's character, habits, and favorite composers. Most of Weill's compositions are at least mentioned, particulary the early performance history of Mahagonny. He closes the interview talking about Weill's relations with Lotte Lenya and Bertolt Brecht.

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

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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