An oral history interview with Maurice Abravanel / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by David Farneth and Lys Symonette, Tanglewood, 1984 August 8 : recording and transcript.

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An oral history interview with Maurice Abravanel / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by David Farneth and Lys Symonette, Tanglewood, 1984 August 8 : recording and transcript.

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Abravanel begins the discussion by recounting his memories of early performances of Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, and goes on to talk about Weill's opera Die Bürgschaft at some length. He tells stories about Weill's brief stay in Paris and the genesis of Die sieben Todsünden. Throughout the interview he reminisces about several of Weill's collaborators, most notably Bertolt Brecht and Maxwell Anderson. He also spends time discussing Weill's compositional methods and the state of American musical theater. A good part of the interview is devoted to identifying names unearthed from Weill and Lenya's correspondence and papers.

1 transcript (45 p.) ; 28 cm.2 sound cassettes (ca. 130 min.) : analog, 1 5/16 ips., stereo.

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