AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                               230 a-e

Miklós Rózsa

With Steven Wescott

Hollywood, CA

January 10, 1984

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a                                                                                      pp. 1-11

Family—playing in the orchestra in Budapest—winning a competiton, playing solo—first compositions—writing songs—growing up in Budapest—Kodály—going to university—forsaking chemistry for music—studying composition at the conservatory—piano sonatina, violin sonata, string trio etc.

Side b                                                                                      pp. 11-21

Interest in folk music—Three Scherzi—studying orchestration—Piano Quintet, Op. 2—singing in the choir—being accepted by Breitkopf & Härtel—String Trio—Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra—visiting Bayreuth—Marcel Dupré—Variations, Op. 9—Duo, Op. 7, Op. 8.

Side c                                                                                      pp.  21--31

Dupré, Honneger—Paris—meeting people—Violin Concerto—Variations—Serenade, Opus 10.

Side d                                                                                      pp. 31-            41

“Hungarian” style—symphony—Honnegger—writing fanfares—collaborating with Jean Solar—Grappe de femmes—difficulty getting paid—doing a ballet—learning English—Jacques Feyder.

Side e                                                                                      pp. 41-53

Writing for Marlene Dietrich—Knight without Armour—Four Feathers—Thief of Baghdad—Les Trois Valses—work for Ludwig Berger (replacing Oscar Straus)—Lady Hamilton—Three Hungarian Sketches—Red House—The Jungle Book—Rózsa chord—Piano Concerto.