Research Catalog
Ira Arthur Hirschmann papers
- Title
- Ira Arthur Hirschmann papers, 1934-1956 (inclusive).
- Author
- Hirschmann, Ira Arthur, 1901-
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Text | Supervised use | JPB 86-10 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Text | Supervised use | JPB 86-10 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Text | Supervised use | JPB 86-10 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
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- Additional Authors
- Summary
- Letters from Lawrence Gilman, Otto Klemperer, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Artur Schnabel, and Rudolf Serkin ; programs of New Friends of Music concerts in New York and Ankara ; WAFB program magazines ; WJR scripts ; brochures, press releases, clippings, and other publicity material.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Letters.
- Programs.
- Brochures.
- Clippings.
- Scripts.
- Press releases.
- Biography (note)
- An American patron of the arts and department store executive, Ira Hirschmann founded the concert series New Friends of Music in 1936. Having been instrumental in the first symphonic radio broadcast in 1924, he later founded the short-lived FM station WABF. In 1944 as Special Attaché of the State Department stationed in Ankara, Turkey, he helped to rescue Jewish refugees from Roumania. During the 1930's and 1940's he also helped establish many musicians fleeing Nazi Europe. His friends included Arturo Toscanini, Artur Schnabel, and Fiorello LaGuardia to whom he suggested founding the High School of Music and Art.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Preliminary finding aid in the repository.
- Provenance (note)
- Gift of Ira Hirschmann, 1980.
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned
- Call Number
- JPB 86-10
- OCLC
- NYPW86-A43
- Author
- Hirschmann, Ira Arthur, 1901-
- Title
- Ira Arthur Hirschmann papers, 1934-1956 (inclusive).
- Description
- 3 boxes ; 39 x 27 x 8 cm.
- Biography
- An American patron of the arts and department store executive, Ira Hirschmann founded the concert series New Friends of Music in 1936. Having been instrumental in the first symphonic radio broadcast in 1924, he later founded the short-lived FM station WABF. In 1944 as Special Attaché of the State Department stationed in Ankara, Turkey, he helped to rescue Jewish refugees from Roumania. During the 1930's and 1940's he also helped establish many musicians fleeing Nazi Europe. His friends included Arturo Toscanini, Artur Schnabel, and Fiorello LaGuardia to whom he suggested founding the High School of Music and Art.
- Indexes
- Preliminary finding aid in the repository.
- Provenance
- Gift of Ira Hirschmann, 1980.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951.Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-1991.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 86-10