Winternitz, Emanuel

A native of Vienna, Emanuel Winternitz (1898-1983), who had emigrated to the U.S. in 1938, was appointed to oversee the collection of musical instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art around 1942; when the musical instrument collection became an official department of the museum (in 1948 or 1949) he became the department's first curator.

From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1947, 1948. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864827