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'Halle. A Magazine for the Music Lover', no. 5

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• June-July 1947

Part of Carl Fuchs Papers

Including articles on Adolph Brodsky and Thomas Pitfield.

Anonymous - unknown creator

'Letters from Tchaikovsky to Brodsky'

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• 1962

Part of Brodsky Papers

This article was originally broadcast on the Home Service and later published in The Listener pages 683 and 684, dated 19 April 1962. The Tchaikovsky letters were translated by Mrs. Alice Pitfield, wife of the author. Thomas Pitfield mentions how...

Pitfield, Thomas Baron (1903-1999), Composer, artist

70th birthday card

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• 1921

Part of Brodsky Papers

Greeting sheet with poem and signatures of a number of musicians including Fritz Kreisler and Leopold Auer.

Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962), Composer

A collection of miscellaneous papers with Brodsky connections

• GB GB1179 AB-AB/1077
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• 1920s

Part of Brodsky Papers

This miscellany of papers was with a collection of Brodsky programmes. This collection comprises various mainly musical items and is listed here: Hale Cinema House Programme for December 1929, an order form for violin music from Joseph Williams, ...

Brodsky, Adolph Davidovich (1851-1929), Violinist, Principal of the Royal Manchester College of Music

A letter written by a child [possibly niece or nephew of Adolph Brodsky] to Adolph

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Part of Brodsky Papers

This appears to have been written in a child’s best handwriting, and looks like a whimsical poem to amuse Uncle Adolph, entitled Aff oder Mensch.

Anonymous - unknown creator

Adolph Brodsky : pages 88-92 in The Strad

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• [1920s]

Part of Brodsky Papers

This article outlines Brodsky's biography and also mentions his violin, a fine Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu of 1735 and his bows, by Tourte, Hill and others. The article includes a list of Brodsky's most famous pupils. Much of the inform...

Anonymous - unknown creator

Annotated photograph of Hans Richter

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• 1900

Part of Brodsky Papers

This is a photograph of Hans Richter, which has been painted over. There is a German transcription written on the mount, below the photograph; the photograph is for Adolf Brodsky from Hans Richter. Richter was an Austro-Hungarian conductor, and ...

Richter, Hans Johann Baptist Isidor (1843-1916), Conductor

Article about Adolph Brodsky from The Keif’ian

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• 1880

Part of Brodsky Papers

Contains interesting biographical details about Adolph Brodsky. Alice Pitfield has translated the article from Russian into English. Her notes are written around the article, which has been stuck onto paper.

Pitfield, Alice Maud (1903-2000), Craftswoman

Article about Adolph Brodsky's Guarnerius violin from The Keif’ian

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• 1880

Part of Brodsky Papers

This article provides information about Brodsky’s violin. Alice Pitfield has translated the article from Russian into English. Her notes are written around the article, which has been stuck onto paper.

Brodsky, Adolph Davidovich (1851-1929), Violinist, Principal of the Royal Manchester College of Music

Article about Adolph Brodsky, from The Keif’ian

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• 1880

Part of Brodsky Papers

This article narrates an amusing anecdote about Adolph Brodsky in the winter of 1873-4. Alice Pitfield has translated the article from Russian into English. Her notes are written around the article, which has been stuck onto paper.

Pitfield, Alice Maud (1903-2000), Craftswoman