An oral history interview with Maurice Abravanel / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Armen Guzelimian and Alan Rich, Los Angeles, 1978 August 23 : recording and transcript.

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An oral history interview with Maurice Abravanel / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Armen Guzelimian and Alan Rich, Los Angeles, 1978 August 23 : recording and transcript.

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Abravanel gives a summary of his musical life to the time of the interview, discussing Kurt Weill as teacher and composer, and his own conducting career in Europe, on Broadway, and with the Utah Symphony beginning in 1947. Works discussed include Street scene and Honegger's Roi David.

1 transcript (21 p.) ; 28 cm.2 sound cassettes (ca. 120 min.) : analog, 1 5/16 ips., stereo.

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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