Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Polah, Andre, 1892-1949. |
| Title: | Andre Polah Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1915-1949 |
| Quantity: | 2.0 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American conductor, violinist. Born in The Hague, Holland. Correspondence (1918-1949); musical programs (1918-1949); clippings about Polah, some relating to his tenure as concertmaster and conductor of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra; and sheet music. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Andre Polah (1892-1949) was born in Holland and began studying music at age six, at The Hague in his home country. Later he studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music, then at Liege University and finally the Paris Conservatoire. At sixteen he began playing violin in concert. In 1917, at the end of World War I, Polah was released from a German prison camp and came with his Belgian teacher, Eugene Ysaye, to the United States. That year he began touring with John McCormack and later conducted and played in concert with symphony orchestras worldwide. He eventually secured a position as head of the violin department at Syracuse University in the late 1920s, conducting their orchestra as well. In 1935 he was invited to be concertmaster of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, a position he held for four years. His music was well received throughout his career.
The Andre Polah Papers consists of correspondence, musical programs, news clippings and sheet music.
Correspondence includes a few personal letters and one business letter. Following this are four folders of Musical programs and six of News clippings mentioning Polah . One oversized package of Sheet music completes the collection.
All material except sheet music is arranged chronologically.
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Andre Polah Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Created by: DMW
Date: Oct 1979
Revision history: 28 Mar 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC)
| News clippings | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1915-1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1947-1949 | ||||||||||
| Musical programs | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Andre Polah 1918-1949 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Personal and business 1918-1949 | ||||||||||
| Music | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Sheet music | ||||||||||
