Research Catalog

Title

Arthur M. Abell papers, 1829-1976 (inclusive), 1905-1958 (bulk).

Author

Abell, Arthur M., 1868-1958

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Details

Additional Authors

• Auer, Leopold, 1845-1930
• Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927
• Bruch, Max, 1838-1920
• Burmester, Willy, 1869-1933
• Flesch, Carl, 1873-1944
• Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1878-1936
• Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972
• Gardini, Etelka, 1855-1920
• Hartmann, Arthur, 1881-1956
• Heerman, Hugo, 1844-1935
• Hutcheson, Ernest, 1871-1951
• Kaun, Hugo, 1863-1932
• Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951
• Manén, Juan, 1883-1971
• Philipp, Isidore, 1863-1958
• Scharwenka, Xaver, 1850-1924
• Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964
• Schwab, Arnold T.
• Sinding, Christian, 1856-1941
• Spiering, Theodore, 1871-1925
• Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
• Hoya, Amadeo von der, 1874-1922
• Witek, Anton, 1872-1933

Description

6 cubic ft.

Summary

Correspondence (chiefly 1905-1958) including ca. 1000 autograph letters collected by Mr. Abell; mss. of articles and book chapters; concert programs; newspaper and magazine clippings; calling cards; photographs and other pictures including more than 150 portraits of musicians, many of them autographed; and other material.

Subjects

• Programs
• Correspondence
• Violinists
• Music critics
• Clippings
• Photoprints
• Calling cards
• Musicians
• Autographs
• Portraits
• Abell, Arthur M

Genre/Form

• Autographs.
• Calling cards.
• Clippings.
• Correspondence.
• Photoprints.
• Portraits.
• Programs.

Source (note)

• Abell, Louise (Miller)

Biography (note)

• American music critic Arthur M. Abell, 1868-1958, was Berlin correspondent for the Musical Courier from 1893 to 1918 and later published Talks with Great Composers, his reminiscences of conversations with Brahms, Strauss, Puccini, Humperdinck, Bruch, and Grieg. He knew many musicians both obscure and famous, and as a former violinist himself, especially befriended other violinists.

Language (note)

• Chiefly in German and English; some letters in French and Russian.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid in the repository.

Provenance (note)

• Bequest of Louise (Miller) Abell, 1980.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

JOB 88-4

OCLC

NYPW88-A50

Author

Abell, Arthur M., 1868-1958.

Title

Arthur M. Abell papers, 1829-1976 (inclusive), 1905-1958 (bulk).

Biography

American music critic Arthur M. Abell, 1868-1958, was Berlin correspondent for the Musical Courier from 1893 to 1918 and later published Talks with Great Composers, his reminiscences of conversations with Brahms, Strauss, Puccini, Humperdinck, Bruch, and Grieg. He knew many musicians both obscure and famous, and as a former violinist himself, especially befriended other violinists.

Language

Chiefly in German and English; some letters in French and Russian.

Indexes

Finding aid in the repository.

Provenance

Bequest of Louise (Miller) Abell, 1980.

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Finding Aid

Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material

Occupation

Music critics.

Musicians.

Violinists.

Added Author

Auer, Leopold, 1845-1930.

Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927.

Bruch, Max, 1838-1920.

Burmester, Willy, 1869-1933.

Flesch, Carl, 1873-1944.

Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1878-1936.

Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972.

Gardini, Etelka, 1855-1920.

Hartmann, Arthur, 1881-1956.

Heerman, Hugo, 1844-1935.

Hutcheson, Ernest, 1871-1951.

Kaun, Hugo, 1863-1932.

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951.

Manén, Juan, 1883-1971.

Philipp, Isidore, 1863-1958.

Scharwenka, Xaver, 1850-1924.

Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964.

Schwab, Arnold T.

Sinding, Christian, 1856-1941.

Spiering, Theodore, 1871-1925.

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Hoya, Amadeo von der, 1874-1922.

Witek, Anton, 1872-1933.

Abell, Arthur M., 1868-1958.

Research Call Number

JOB 88-4