An oral history interview with Richard Ely / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1986 September 24 : recording and transcript.

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An oral history interview with Richard Ely / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1986 September 24 : recording and transcript.

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Ely remembers Lotte Lenya in the 1970's. He discusses her personality, her relations with friends, and her tendency to withdraw towards the end of her life. He mentions briefly his portraits of her and how they came about.

1 transcript (9 p.) ; 28 cm.1 sound cassette (ca. 15 min.) : analog, 1 5/16 ips., stereo.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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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...

Ely, Richard.

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American illustrator and portrait artist (b. 1928). From the description of An oral history interview with Richard Ely / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Donald Spoto, New York City, 1986 September 24 : recording and transcript. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 152675494 ...

Spoto, Donald, 1941-....

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Spoto was born June 28, 1941 in New Rochelle, NY; BA, Iona College, 1963; MA (1966) and Ph. D. (1970), Fordham Univ.; taught at New School for Social Research, NYC, 1975-86; began teaching at Univ. of So. California in 1987; visiting lecturer, British Film Institute, National Film Theatre, London, 1980-86; published biographical studies of filmmakers Stanley Kramer, Alfred Hitchcock, Preston Sturges, playwright Tennessee Williams, and actors Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Lotte Lenya, Laurenc...