1. Interview of Paul Tanner Topic: Music Length: 4.65 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Trombonist and member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Inventor of the electro-theremin and UCLA lecturer of music.
2. Interview of Lilly Toch Topic: German Émigrés Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: German émigré. Wife of Ernst Toch, composer and film scorer.
3. Interview of David Frisina Topic: Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Studio musician and concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
4. Interview of Mary Bran Topic: Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Music manager and concert promoter.
5. Interview of Johana Harris Topic: Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Concert pianist and composer. UCLA professor of music.
6. Interview of Mel Powell Topic: Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Composer and jazz pianist. California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) provost and dean of the School of Music.
7. Interview of Edwin Lester Topic: Music Theater Length: 30 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Founder and general director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera.
8. Interview of Pia Gilbert Topic: Dance Music Length: 24.25 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: German émigré and UCLA professor of dance.
9. Interview of Roger Wagner Topic: Music Length: 7 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Choral director and educator. Founder of the Roger Wagner Chorale.
10. Interview of Dorothy Kirsten Topic: Music Length: 5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Singer with the Metropolitan Opera.
11. Interview of Leon Levitch Topic: Music Length: 10 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Immigrant from Belgrade and World War II concentration camp survivor. Composer and pianist.
12. Interview of Jan Popper Topic: Music Length: 6 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: UCLA professor of music and director of the UCLA Opera Theater. Founder of the UCLA Opera Workshop.
13. Interview of Feri Roth Topic: Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: UCLA professor of music and founder of the Roth String Quartet.
14. Interview of Frederick Moritz Topic: Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Bassoonist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
15. Interview of Alvin Mills Topic: Music Length: 6.3 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Violinist. Music director and conductor of the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra.
16. Interview of Nicolas Slonimsky Topic: Music Length: 13 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Immigrant from Russia. Conductor, author, pianist, and composer.
17. Interview of Sven Reher Topic: Music Length: 15 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Viola player, composer, and member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
18. Interview of Roy Harris Topic: UCLA and University of California History UCLA Faculty Music Length: 24 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Composer and educator.
19. Interview of John Vincent Topic: Music Length: 6 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Composer and UCLA professor of music.
20. Interview of Manuel Compinsky Topic: Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Violinist, film composer, and conductor of the Los Angeles Pops Orchestra.
21. Interview of Philip Kaghan Topic: Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Soloist and first chair violist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Film studio musician and orchestral manager.
22. Interview of Mehli Mehta Topic: UCLA and University of California History UCLA Faculty Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Immigrant from India, conductor, and violinist.
23. Interview of Louis Kaufman Topic: Music Length: 9.25 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Film score and concert violinist.
24. Interview of Dorothy Warenskjold Topic: Music Length: 10.5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Singer with the San Francisco Opera. UCLA adjunct professor in the School of Art.
25. Interview of Joanna Graudan Topic: Music Length: 6 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Concert pianist and University of Southern California professor of piano.
26. Interview of Lawrence Morton Topic: Music Length: 17 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Musician, orchestrator, and music critic. Director of the Monday Evening Concerts and artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival.
27. Interview of Peter Yates Topic: Music Length: 6.5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Creator of the chamber music series “Evenings on the Roof.” Music critic for Arts and Architecture.
28. Interview of Alice Ehlers Topic: Music Length: 13.5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: University of Southern California professor of harpsicord.
29. Interview of Dorothy Huttenback Topic: Music Length: 3 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Piano prodigy and director of the Los Angeles Music Guild.
30. Interview of Albert Goldberg Topic: Journalism Music Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Los Angeles Times music critic.
31. Interview of Charles Seeger Topic: Music Length: 17 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Musicologist, composer, and folklorist. Research professor at the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology and founding member of the American Society for Comparative Musicology.
32. Interview of Clara Castelnuovo-Tedesco Topic: Music Length: 3.5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Wife of composer and pianist Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
33. Interview of Gertrude S. Zeisl Topic: German Émigrés Music Length: 12 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: German emigre and wife of composer Erich Zeisl.