violinist's journey from Vienna's Kolisch Quartet to the San Francisco Symphony and Opera orchestras
By: Felix Khuner ; with an introduction by Tom Heimberg. Interviews conducted by Caroline Crawford in 1989-1990. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Heimberg, Tom.; Crawford, Caroline; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1996
Subjects: Berg, Alban, 1885-1935.; Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.; Wiener Staatsoper. Orchester.; Kolisch Quartett.; San Francisco Opera. Orchestra.; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.; California String Quartet.; Violinists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews.; Jewish musicians -- Interviews.
Description: Felix Khuner, a native of Vienna and member of the Vienna Opera Orchestra and Kolisch Quartet, remembers Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg; after diiscussing Nazism, he turns to settling in the San Francisco Bay Area, teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, and playing with the San Francisco Opera and Symphony orchestras, and the California String Quartet. His comment include conductors and performances.