Paul Affelder papers 1930-1975

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957

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Conductor. From the description of Arturo Toscanini souvenir card, 1952 summer. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 501180914 Italian conductor, considered one of the greatest of the early 20th century. Started his career in Italy and spent much of his later years in the United States. From the description of Autograph letter signed, from Toscanini to Mme Emmy Destinn, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872455 Italian conductor. From the descr...

Music Program (U.S.)

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Paumgartner, Bernhard, 1887-1971

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Gigue based on a theme by Lully; other movements based on themes by Rameau. Composed 1924. First performance Salzburg, 1924, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite G moll : für kleines Orchester nach Entwürfen altfranzösischer Meister / von Bernhard Paumgartner. [1939] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53149314 ...

Federal Music Project (U.S.)

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The prime objective of the Federal Music Project (1935-1939) and the subsequent WPA Music Program (1939-1943) was "...to give employment to professional musicians registered on the relief rolls." The project employed these musicians as instrumentalists, singers, concert performers and teachers of music. The general purpose of the Music Project was to establish high standards of musicianship, to rehabilitate musicians by assisting them to become self-supporting, to retrain musicians and to educat...

Affelder, Paul B., 1915-

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Paul B. Affelder (1915-1975) was a music critic and the founder of Program Note Service, which created and distributed program notes for music and ballet performances throughout North America. Affelder, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania studied the cello from an early age and spent summers at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. He attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology, receiving his undergraduate degree in 1937. Affelder spent the summer of 1...

Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg

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Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962

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Elsa Walter (née Wirthschaft, previous married name Korneck) was an opera singer and Bruno's wife; they were married from around 1900 until Elsa's death, which was apparently in 1945. Delia Reinhardt, an opera singer whom Walter had mentored, was a close friend of Walter. McLane was a friend of Alma Mahler who communicated with Alma upon Walter's death; she lived in Calif. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler, and Franz Werfel, 1911-1960. (Universit...

Kálmán, Imre, 1882-1953

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Weingartner, Felix, 1863-1942

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Austrian conductor, composer, and author. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Chemnitz, 28 January 1917, to Herr Dette, 1917 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874555 Austrian conductor, composer and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 14 February 1918, to an unidentified recipient, 1918 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679094 From the description of Partially printed document ...

American Music Collection

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Program Note Service.

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Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983

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Sir Adrian Cedric Boult (1889-1983) was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was not called up due to ill health, but served as an Orderly Officer training troops in Cheshire and North Wales before working as a translator for MI5 and as an assistant to Frederick Marquis, later Lord Woolton, at the War Office. He later became a musician and conductor. From the guide to the Sir Adrian Boult papers, 1977, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Epithet: CH, co...