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- Creator
- Sohn, Joseph, 1862-1935
- Call number
- JPB 86-9
- Physical description
- .3 linear feet
- Preferred Citation
- Joseph Sohn 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
American pianist, teacher, and music critic; grandson of Helen Bernays, member of a family distinguished in several countries. Biographical articles; published writings in periodicals including articles on Schumann, Wagner, and Rubinstein; typescripts of stories, poems, and photoplays; personal papers including passport and will; letters and photographs relating to the Bernays family; letters from Rudolf Eucken; letters from Joseph Sohn to Helen J. Kimball; other correspondence; portraits of Joseph and his father Louis Sohn; and a portrait of Cosima Wagner with a grandchild, signed by Siegfried Wagner.
Administrative information
Custodial history
Gift of Helen Joy Weinberg, Jan. 9, 1978.
Source of acquisition
Gift, Weinberg, Helen Joy, 1978Key terms
Names
- Sohn, Joseph, 1862-1935
- Eucken, Rudolf, 1846-1926
- Wagner, Cosima, 1837-1930
- Wagner, Siegfried, 1869-1930
- Weinberg, Helen Joy
- Bernays family
- American Music Collection
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Location
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