Finding Aid for the Charles Appy Papers PASC-M.0108
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Title: Charles Appy papers
Creator:
Appy, Charles Ernest
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0108
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1824-1934
Abstract: This collection consists of correspondence and musical excerpts.
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Biography
Charles Ernest Appy was a musician, composer, teacher, and founder of two music schools. Born in 1834 of French parents in
The Hague, Netherlands, Appy moved with his family as a child to Amsterdam, where he studied piano with Richard Hol, cello
with Charles Montigny and Merlen, and composition with Jacques Franco-Mendes. In 1851 he became cellist in the concert orchestra
at Zaandam. In 1854 he performed as a solo cellist in Scotland. Two years later he became a member of the Amsterdam Park Orchestra
and of the orchestra of the Felix Meritis Society. In 1857 he assisted with the concerts at London's Crystal Palace. He returned
to Amsterdam to join the orchestra of the Caecilia Society in Amsterdam. He began playing in a string quartet in 1862. He
served as cello teacher at the Maatschappij tot Bevordering van Toonkunst from 1864-83. He opened schools of music in Amsterdam
and in Kansas City. His compositions for cello include Phantasies on themes from Der freischütz and Robert der Teufel, as
well as small salon pieces. He died in 1895.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence from Hans von Bülow, Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, Niels Gade, Stephen Heller, Carl Hill,
Salomon Jadassohn, Karl Hermann, Beethoven, and others, as well as musical excerpts from Hans von Bülow, Leander Schlegel,
B. Kwast, Woldemar Bargiel, Ernst S. Rabitzky, and others.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Composers -- Netherlands -- Correspondence.
Appy, Charles Ernest--Archives.
box 1, item 1
Letter from Hans von Bulow
November 8
box 1, item 2
Letter from Clara Schumann
1860
box 1, item 3
Letter from Franz Liszt
1876 May 5
box 1, item 4
Letter from Niels Gade
1873 October 2
box 1, item 5
Letter from Stephen Heller
1861 [?] May 26
box 1, item 6
Letter from Carl Hill
1872 [?] June 4
box 1, item 7
Letter from Salomon Jadassohn
1888 February 28
box 1, item 8
Letter [signature indecipherable]
1883 April 9
box 1, item 9
Letter from Karl Herrman
1876 September 20
box 1, item 10
Letter [signature indecipherable]
1888 [?] November 13
box 1, item 11
Musical excerpt by August Wilhelmj
1866 April 27
box 1, item 12
Musical excerpt and note from Hans von Bulow
1865 March 21
box 1, item 13
Musical excerpt from Julius Röntgen
1879 December 5
box 1, item 14
Musical excerpt and note from Leander Schlegel
1865 August [?] 15
box 1, item 15
Musical excerpt and note from B. Kwast
1879 January 17
box 1, item 16
Musical excerpt and note from Woldemar Bargiel
no date
box 1, item 17
Musical excerpt by G. Bartel
no date
box 1, item 18
Excerpt from Hungarian Dance, by Ernst S. Rabitzky
18[??] December 27
box 1, item 19
Quotation of Confucius, in Chinese and German, written by G. Schlegel [?]
1872 October 17
box 1, item 20
Lottery ticket, owned by G. A. Franck
1860 June 2
box 1, item 21
Pencil Sketch and greeting from E. Koster [?]
1877 October 25
box 1, item 22
Message on card, very faded, signature indecipherable
1860 December 9
box 1, item 23
Note signed by Beethoven
1824 May [?] 20
box 1, item 24
A New York Girl's Wonderful Autograph Manuscripts
no date
box 1, item 25
Letter from Carl Trill
1901 September 9
box 1, item 26
Excerpt in German from the book The Violoncello and Its History
1934 June 21
Scope and Content
Biographical information on Charles Ernest Appy.
box 1, item 27
English translation of the contents of Item 26
no date
box 1, item 28
Letter from Concert Direction of Daniel Mayer (London)
1894 August 28
box 1, item 29
Cartoon of instrumentalists
no date
box 1, item 30
Membership certificate from the Derthick Federation of Musical-Literary Clubs
1896 December 22
box 1, item 31
Certificate awarded Ernest Appy by the Prince of the Netherlands
April 11
box 1, item 32
Concerts given in England and Europe
1857-1864
