Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Fried, Alexander
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 6 Boxes. 6.7 linear feet.
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Alexander Fried Collection. Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Alexander Fried Collection consists of news clippings of daily and weekly art and music reviews Fried wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner. These clippings illustrate almost the entire span of his career as a critic in San Francisco, dating from 1930-1977. They reveal the rich array of artistic and musical activities which took place in San Francisco during these forty-seven years. In addition, they provide insight into the growth of the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera, and the San Francisco Ballet, as well as into issues which affected support for the performing arts.
- Biographical / historical:
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Alexander Fried (1903-1988) was a pianist turned musical critic. At Columbia University, he studied with composer Daniel Gregory Mason and received a Mosenthal Fellowship and began writing musical criticism and analysis of performances while ushering at Carnegie Hall. He worked as a translator for “Musical Digest,” where he eventually became a managing editor. With help from San Francisco Opera director, Gaetano Merola, he became a music editor for the “San Francisco Chronicle” where he worked from 1926 to 1934 when he took a job as art and music editor at the “San Francisco Examiner” where he worked until 1977.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated to the Archives for the Performing Arts in May 1979 by Alexander Fried.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Entire Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Reproduction of these materials can occur only if the copying falls within the provisions of the doctrine of fair use. Copyright varies by item.
- Preferred citation:
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Alexander Fried Collection. Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
- Location of this collection:
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2200 Jerrold AvenueSuite TSan Francisco, CA 94124, US
- Contact:
- 4157413531