- Creator
- Hempel, Frieda, 1885-1955
- Call number
- JOB 91-45
- Physical description
- .2 linear feet
- Language
- Chiefly in English ; some letters are in German, and 1 is in French
- Preferred Citation
- Frieda Hempel-William Kahn papers, Music Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Music Division
- Access to materials
- Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials
Frieda Hempel was a German soprano with the Metropolitan Opera. From 1918-1926, she was married to William B. Kahn, who continued as her business manager after their divorce. Correspondence between Frieda Hempel and William Kahn, chiefly from the year 1950, including letters, cables, and postcards ; correspondence between Frieda Hempel and others ; correspondence between William Kahn and Elizabeth Johnston, who cared for Frieda Hempel during her last illness, 1955 ; correspondence between William Kahn and others concerning the hanging of a portrait of Frieda Hempel in the Metropolitan Opera House, 1956-1957 ; correspondence between William Kahn and others including Sophie Tavarozzi and Joan Sutherland Bonynge ; Kahn's 1914 pamphlet, The Avoidance of War, and correspondence about it ; Kahn family correspondence from the 19th century and the 1920's ; clippings ; and miscellaneous items including a Kahn family tree.
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Music DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor