Arthur Bell interviews Lotte Lenya, [1972?]
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Title
Arthur Bell interviews Lotte Lenya, [1972?]
Collection
Arthur Bell Collection of Recorded Interviews, 1970-1980
Names
Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving) (Donor)
Lenya, Lotte (Interviewee)
Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving) (Interviewer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1972 (Questionable)
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LDC 52801
Shelf locator: *LTC 4531
Subjects
Lenya, Lotte
Singers
Women singers
Motion picture actors and actresses
Genres
Notes
Biographical/Historical: Interview by Arthur Bell, most probably conducted for his popular column "Bell tells" in the Village Voice.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger from information on original cassette.
Venue: Recorded [1972?] New York, N.Y.
Additional Physical Form: Service compact disc (1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original, available in *LDC 52801.
Acquisition: Gift; Bell Estate; 1990 NN-RHA.
Content: Forms part of Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews, 1970-1980, *L (Special) 90-32.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 audio cassette (approximately 24 min.) : analog, stereo
Abstract
Tracks 1-3. Austrian singer and actress Lotte Lenya discusses her life and singing career in Europe as well as in the USA, and recalls her husband Kurt Weil, whose songs she successfully performed in both musicals, and concerts. She also speaks about her involvement in political cabaret activities in Berlin, Germany that were very popular in the 1930's before the Nazi party came to power in 1933 and started to repress this intellectual criticism, which finally lead to their closing. The actress shares her memories about the role of Fräulein Schneider that she played in the 1966 Broadway production of the musical Cabaret, and compares it to the 1972 film adaptation in which many numbers, played by Lenya, were discarded. Lenya also talks about her personal and professional recovery after Weill's death in 1950. Track 4. Excerpt from the recording of a gay and lesbian activists meeting. Tracks 5-11. Recordings of Bell's answering machine.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19977417
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c295f9f0-8a98-0131-8fc2-58d385a7bbd0
Rights
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Bell interviews Lotte Lenya, [1972?]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1972. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c295f9f0-8a98-0131-8fc2-58d385a7bbd0
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1972). Arthur Bell interviews Lotte Lenya, [1972?] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c295f9f0-8a98-0131-8fc2-58d385a7bbd0
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Bell interviews Lotte Lenya, [1972?]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c295f9f0-8a98-0131-8fc2-58d385a7bbd0
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