Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987

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Revised 1937. First performance of revised version by the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, New York, April 7, 1938, John Barbirolli, conducting, the composer at the piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Piano concerto no. 2 : in F♯ minor / Abram Chasins. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42693718

American pianist, composer, writer, and educator.

From the description of Autograph letter signed and Typewritten letter signed, dated [Los Angeles, and n.p.], 20 and 31 December 1982 to Joan Peyser, 1982 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992212

From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 24, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861467

American pianist, composer, writer, and educator; author of a biography of Stokowski.

From the description of Interview conducted by Susan Stamberg, Dec. 6, 1979 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862238

Composer, music director.

From the description of Reminiscences of Abram Chasins : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481263

Composed 1925; first performance New York, April 8, 1931, Toscanini conducting the N.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Three Chinese pieces / A. Chasins. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51288522

American pianist, composer, writer, and educator; biographer of Stokowski.

From the description of Interview conducted by Robert Sherman, Dec. 2, 1979 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862237

American pianist, composer, teacher, author, and radio broadcaster.

Born in 1903 in New York City, Abram Chasins studied at the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute, and Columbia University. His major teachers included Ernest Hutcheson and Josef Hofmann. From 1926 to 1935 he taught at Curtis, and beginning in 1935 he performed and recorded as a soloist and recitalist and as a duo-pianist with Constance Keene. As a protege of Josef Hofmann, Chasins attained an international reputation in his early 20's as a pianist and composer. He retired from performing in 1946 on assuming musical directorship of radio station WQXR in New York City. Chasins and Constance Keene were married in 1949. Books by Chasins include Speaking of Pianists, 1957; The Van Cliburn Legend, 1959; The Appreciation of Music, 1966; Music at the Crossroads, 1972; and Leopold Stokowski: A Profile, 1979. He served as Musician-in-Residence at the University of Southern California, where he transformed USC's campus radio, KUSC, into a nationally prominent cultural station. Chasins died in 1987.

From the description of Papers, 1904-1987. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32378986

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Porter, Quincy, 1897-1966. The Quincy Porter papers, 1897-1975 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Aaron, Arthur,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, June 6, 1979 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Merrill, Evangeline Johnson,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Apr. 22, 1978 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987. Reminiscences of Abram Chasins : oral history, 1950. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn National Orchestral Association collection of rehearsal and concert recordings [sound recording], 1938-1968 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987. Autograph letter signed and Typewritten letter signed, dated [Los Angeles, and n.p.], 20 and 31 December 1982 to Joan Peyser, 1982 Dec. 20. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Porter, Quincy, 1897-1966. The Quincy Porter papers, 1897-1975 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Thorbecke, Sonya Stokowski,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 12, 1979 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987,. Interview conducted by Susan Stamberg, Dec. 6, 1979 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Quincy Porter Papers, 1897-1975 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn The Harold Rome Papers, 1873-1988 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
creatorOf Reisenberg, Nadia. Papers, 1913-1983. University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
referencedIn Rome, Harold, 1908-1993. The Harold Rome papers, 1873-1988 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 24, 1977 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981. Music manuscripts, ca. 1785-1950. Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries
referencedIn Bender, Natalie Myra,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 28, 1979 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Rome, Harold, 1908-1993. The Harold Rome papers, 1873-1988 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987. Papers, 1904-1987. University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
referencedIn Berger, Raoul. Raoul Berger Papers. 1921-2000. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987. [Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 1, F minor / Abram Chasins]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn The Moldenhauer Archives at Harvard University: Correspondence, literary manuscripts, sound recordings, and other material, 1873-2001. Houghton Library
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987. Piano concerto no. 2 : in F♯ minor / Abram Chasins. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987,. Interview conducted by Robert Sherman, Dec. 2, 1979 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn The Papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz., 1784-1991 Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn Music Manuscripts, 1785-1948 Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
referencedIn Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989. The papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, 1784-1991 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
creatorOf Kapell, William, 1922-1953. Papers, 1935-1989 bulk 1944-1953. University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
referencedIn Gross, Robert, 1914-1983,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Jan. 19, 1980 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Balch, Edwin Swift, 1856-1927,. Papers of the Balch family, 1760-1955. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Bender, Natalie Myra,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel and Donald J. Ott, Feb. 11, 1980 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987. When I weary / by Abram Chasins ; [words by] Elissa Landi. Curtis Institute of Music, John de Lancie Library
creatorOf Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987. Three Chinese pieces / A. Chasins. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
referencedIn John Alden Carpenter Collection, 1891-1961, (bulk 1900-1949) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn The Moldenhauer Archives at Harvard University: Correspondence, literary manuscripts, sound recordings, and other material, 1873-2001. Houghton Library
referencedIn Harkins, Elizabeth R. Steinway oral history, 1974-1981 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Bender, Natalie Myra,. Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Feb. 14, 1978 [sound recording]. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Chasins, Abram. Nocturne in c minor op. 15, no. 1 (manuscript). National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library
referencedIn New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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associatedWith Aaron, Arthur, person
associatedWith Bender, Natalie Myra, person
associatedWith Berger, Raoul, 1901- person
correspondedWith Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 person
associatedWith Curtis Institute of Music. corporateBody
associatedWith Daniel, Oliver, person
associatedWith Gross, Robert, 1914-1983, person
associatedWith Harold Rome person
associatedWith Hill, Frank Ernest, 1916-1970, person
associatedWith Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989. person
associatedWith Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini. person
associatedWith Kapell, William, 1922-1953. person
associatedWith Keene, Constance. person
associatedWith Landi, Elissa, 1904-1948 person
associatedWith Merrill, Evangeline Johnson, person
correspondedWith Moldenhauer, Hans, collector. person
associatedWith Myerson, Bess. person
associatedWith National Orchestral Association (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith New York Times Company corporateBody
associatedWith Peyser, Joan, person
associatedWith Porter, Quincy, 1897-1966. person
associatedWith Reisenberg, Nadia. person
associatedWith Rome, Harold, 1908-1993. person
associatedWith Sherman, Robert, 1931-, person
correspondedWith Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 person
associatedWith Stamberg, Susan, 1938-, person
associatedWith Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. person
associatedWith Thorbecke, Sonya Stokowski, person
associatedWith Washington State University Libraries corporateBody
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Concertos (Piano)
Music
Orchestral music
Pianists
Radio broadcasters
Radio producers and directors
Radio music
Songs (Medium voice) with piano
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Birth 1903-08-17

Death 1987-06-21

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