A well-tempered musician's unfinished journey through life
By: interview conducted by Eleanor K. Glaser and Caroline Crawford ; introduction by Robert Kirschner.
Contributors: Kirschner, Robert; Glaser, Eleanor.; Crawford, Caroline; Western Jewish History Center.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1990
Subjects: Hertz, Alfred, 1872-1942.; Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964.; Altman, Ludwig -- Biography.; Altman, Ludwig -- Interviews.; Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History.; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. -- History.; University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Music -- Faculty; Musicians -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.; Jewish musicians -- United States -- Biography.; Organists -- United States -- Biography.; Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.; Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945.
Other titles: A well tempered musician's unfinished journey through life; California Jewish community oral history series.; Ludwig Altman, a well-tempered musician's unfinished journey through life.
Description: Altman recalls life in Germany and the rise of Nazism, his training in Berlin at the Academy for Church and School Music, and his emigration to the United States in 1937. He discusses his 50 year career as organist at Temple Emanu-El, and his 33 years with the San Francisco Symphony. He also recalls many outstanding musicians and conductors, including Alfred Hertz and Pierre Monteux.