Elise S. Haas papers, 1927-1990.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Elise S. Haas papers, 1927-1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85035363

Personal papers of Elise Stern Haas. Includes letters from composer Ernest Bloch, the Bloch family, and correspondence relating to the establishment of the Ernest Bloch Professorship at the University of California. Performance materials include programs, reviews, and articles about Ernest Bloch. It also includes pictures of the premiere performance of Bloch's Sacred Service at the Temple Emanu'el. There is an autograph manuscript of Darius Milhaud's Adam.

1 carton (0.8 linear ft.)

fre,

eng,

ita,

California Digital Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8331878

California Digital Library

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd3sd6 (person)

Milhaud was born in Aix-en-Provence on September 4, 1892. As a child he improvised melodies at the piano and soon took up the violin. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1909, studying the violin with Berthelier, ensemble with Lefèvre, harmony with Leroux, counterpoint with André Gédalge, composition and fugue with Charles-Marie Widor, and conducting with Vincent d'Indy. He received first "accessit" in violin and counterpoint, and second in fugue, winning the Prix Lepaulle for composition. Mil...

Haas, Elise S., 1893-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gm8h5v (person)

Elise Stern Haas was born in San Francisco on Oct. 29, 1893, the only child of Rosalie Meyer and Sigmund Stern. Her father was president of Levi Strauss and Co., and nephew of Levi Strauss, who founded the firm in 1850. In 1914, she married Walter A. Haas, president of Levi Strauss and Co. from 1928 to 1955. They had three children: Walter A., Jr., Peter, and Rhoda. She died on Oct. 20, 1990. From the description of Elise Stern Haas papers, 1914-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Online Archive of California

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg0dnv (corporateBody)

Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb44mn (person)

Composer, violinist, conductor, and photographer Ernest Bloch was born on July 24, 1880, in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1894 he began the study of music theory and composition with Emile Jacques-Dalcroze at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, who advised him to continue violin instruction under Louis Etienne-Reyer at the same institution. He studied violin under Franz Schörg of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Belgium, in 1896, and composition in Frankfurt under Ivan Knorr from 1899 to 1901, whereupo...

University of California, Berkeley. Ernest Bloch Professorship.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fc338m (corporateBody)