Strasfogel, Ignace, 1909-1994

LC control no.	no 92018939
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML410.S875 Biography
Personal name heading	Strasfogel, Ignace, 1909-1994 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Strasfogel, Ignaz, 1909-1994 Strassfogel, Ignaz, 1909-1994 Strasfogel, Ignatz, 1909-1994 Strasfogel, I. (Ignace), 1909-1994
Associated place	Berlin (Germany)
Located	New York (N.Y.)
Birth date	1909-07-17
Death date	1994-02-06
Place of birth	Warsaw (Poland)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Music Opera
Affiliation	Curtis Institute of Music Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Opéra du Rhin
Profession or occupation	Pianists Composers Conductors (Music)
Found in	Offenbach, J. The Metropolitan Opera version of La Périchole, c1957: t.p. (Ignace Strasfogel) Schreker, F. Kammersymphonie in einem Satz, c1927: t.p. (Ignaz Strasfogel) Lyle, W. A dict. of pianists, 1985 (Strasfogel, Ignace; b. 1909, Warsaw, Poland; "for a time pianist with New York PO") Opera news, Apr. 2, 1994: p. 44 (Ignace Strasfogel; b. July 17, 1909; d. Feb. 6, 1994; pianist, composer, conductor; 16 seasons at Met. Opera; dir., opera dept., Curtis Inst.) Irish songs, 194-?: labels (I. Strasfogel) container (Ignace Strassfogel) Kompositionen der Gegenwart, 1998, via RILM Music Encyclopedias database, viewed Feb. 10, 2022: (Ignace Strasfogel; Ignace (bis 1933 Ignatz bzw. Ignaz) Strasfogel; b. July 17, 1909, Warsaw; came to Berlin in 1912; emigrated to USA in 1933; U.S. citizen, 1937; official pianist of the New York Philharmonic, 1935-45; in 1974, Strasfogel went to Strasbourg as the first conductor at the Opera du Rhein, where he lived until 1979; returned to New York at the end of 1979; headed the opera department at Curtis Institute; from 1951 Strasfogel worked at the Metropolitan Opera first as a répétiteur and from 1957 also as a conductor; died Feb. 6, 1994, New York)