Solomon, Izler, 1910-1987
Musician
Size: Transcript: 22 pages.
Format: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformated in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 56 min.
Summary: An interview of Izler Solomon conducted 1964 June 24, by Richard Doud for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Izler Solomon (1910-1987) was an educator and musician with the Federal Music Project.
This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Izler Solomon, 1964 June 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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