Length: 17:23

Genre: Oral History

Credit: Milken Family Foundation

Notes:
The second of four excerpts from Herman Berlinski's oral history sessions focuses on his circuitous journey to France, his study at the École Normale de Musique de Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Alfred Cortot, working in a dramatic Yiddish theater, his service in the French Foreign Legion, and his fortuitous escape to America. Interview by Neil W. Levin and Barry Serota. Note: This recording has been lightly edited to enhance public access.