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61. 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.

62. 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.

63. Interview of Joanna Graudan

Topic:
Music
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Concert pianist and University of Southern California professor of piano.

64. Interview of Manuel Compinsky

Topic:
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Violinist, film composer, and conductor of the Los Angeles Pops Orchestra.

65. 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.

66. 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.

67. Interview of John Vincent

Topic:
Music
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and UCLA professor of music.

68. 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.

69. Interview of Louis Kaufman

Topic:
Music
Length:
9.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Film score and concert violinist.

70. 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.

71. 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.

72. Interview of Alice Ehlers

Topic:
Music
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
University of Southern California professor of harpsicord.

73. 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.

74. Interview of Richard Dedeaux

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
Biographical Note:
Founding member of the Watts Prophets, a music and spoken word performance group. Influential in development of hip hop and rap musical styles.

75. Interview of Margaret Douroux

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
Biographical Note:
Educator, school psychologist, composer, musician, conductor, church and community leader with a focus on gospel music. CEO of the Heritage Music Foundation and founder of the the Gospel House.

76. Interview of Albert McNeil

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
Biographical Note:
Director of Choral Activities, professor of Ethnomusicology, and head of Music Education at U.C. Davis. Choral director, composer, arranger, author, and editor.

77. Interview of Robert Hurwitz

Topic:
Music
Length:
8.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
President of Nonesuch Records.

78. Interview of Ernest Fleischmann (1999-2000)

Topic:
Music
Length:
26.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and general director of the Hollywood Bowl.

79. Interview of Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
African American History
Music
UCLA Faculty
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of ethnomusicology. Director of UCLA’s Ethnomusicology Archive.

80. Interview of Ernest Fleischmann (2009)

Topic:
Music
Length:
1.25 hrs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and general director of the Hollywood Bowl.