[T1S1] mother's birth in Pittsburgh, PA; father's birth in Russia and immigration to the United States; his father's employment at a cigar factory in the Hill District of Pittsburgh; education, Fifth Avenue High School and Duquesne University; effects of the depression on his family; religious atmosphere in his parents' home; recollections of Pittsburgh during the depression; cultural influences; discipline in his parents' home; studying music as a child; his views about musical influences in Jewish life; recollections of the Hill District; influences of teachers in high school; discipline in school; story of stealing a herring during the depression; his Bar Mitzvah; recreation; playing for the Lando Theater and Kay Kaiser Orchestra.
