FINDING AID AVAILABLE
Albert Stoessel papers
- Title
- Albert Stoessel papers, 1907-1943.
- Author
Collection information
Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 8 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 89-91 Box 8 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 7 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 89-91 Box 7 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 6 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 89-91 Box 6 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 5 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 89-91 Box 5 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 4 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 89-91 Box 4 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 3 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 89-91 Box 3 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 2 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 89-91 Box 2 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 1 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberJPB 89-91 Box 1 | Item locationOffsite |
Details
- Description
- 1.5 linear ft. (6 boxes)
- Summary
- The files in the collection contain personal and professional correspondence; drafts of articles, speeches, and musical programs; scores owned by Stoessel (often with his notes in the margins); miscellaneous scores composed by Stoessel; photographs; and memorials, professional biographies, and obituaries.
- Subject
- Call number
- JPB 89-91
- Biography (note)
- Albert Stoessel was an American composer, conductor, and teacher. $bHe was born in St. Louis, MO on October 11, 1894. He studied in the Berlin Hochschule under Emmanuel Wirth and Willy Hess. At age 19 he made his professional debut as a violinist. In 1921 he became assistant conductor of the Oratorio Society of New York under Walter Damrosch. Beginning in 1923, he taught at the music department of New York University, leaving in 1931 to become director of orchestra and opera departments at the Juilliard School of Music. He was also director of a number of local orchestras. His opera Garrick premiered in 1936. He was married to Julia Pickard in 1917. Stoessel died while conducting at the American Academy of Arts and Letters on May 12, 1943.
- Indexes/finding aids (note)
- Finding aid in repository.
- Processing action (note)
- Cataloged
- Author
- Stoessel, Albert, 1894-1943.
- Title
- Albert Stoessel papers, 1907-1943.
- Biography
- Albert Stoessel was an American composer, conductor, and teacher. $bHe was born in St. Louis, MO on October 11, 1894. He studied in the Berlin Hochschule under Emmanuel Wirth and Willy Hess. At age 19 he made his professional debut as a violinist. In 1921 he became assistant conductor of the Oratorio Society of New York under Walter Damrosch. Beginning in 1923, he taught at the music department of New York University, leaving in 1931 to become director of orchestra and opera departments at the Juilliard School of Music. He was also director of a number of local orchestras. His opera Garrick premiered in 1936. He was married to Julia Pickard in 1917. Stoessel died while conducting at the American Academy of Arts and Letters on May 12, 1943.
- Indexes
- Finding aid in repository.
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- Research call number
- JPB 89-91