Elisabeth Katzenellenbogen Collection
Collection
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The Elisabeth Katzenellebogen Collection consists of concert programs, photographs, and a large number of recordings of concert and studio performances of works by C.P.E. Bach, W.F. Bach, Mozart, Haydn, and 20th century composers such as Bartók, Fortner, Berg and Krenek. Katzenellenbogen was a student of Robert Casadesus with a promising concert career that was interrupted by World War II. She held several teaching positions in the United States, mainly at Vassar College, Goucher College, and the Peabody Conservatory. She was known predominantly for her advocacy of CPE Bach. Expand the menus below for additional information.
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Elisabeth Katzenellenbogen was born in Zurich, Switzerland, where she studied at the Zurich Conservatory. Her post-graduate studies were with Robert Casadesus in Paris and Robert Teichmüller in Leipzig. A successful European concert career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. She emigrated to the United States in 1941 and would go on to hold teaching positions at Vassar College, Goucher College, and the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Katzenellenbogen was a lifetime advocate of the music of C.P.E. Bach. She regularly programmed entire recitals of C.P.E. Bach’s music and recorded The Six Essay Sonatas for Lyrichord records.
The collection is arranged in four series:
Series I- Performance Files
Series II- Photographs
Series III- Recordings
Series IV- Miscellaneous
Please see the detailed finding aid under inventories/additional information for an item-level overview of the collection.
Part of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library