Index of Maryla Jonas material

Revised 1 February 2012

Index of material on this site about the interesting pianist
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)

Please click on the year to read the material on-line.
Much of this material is quite hard to obtain elsewhere, one reason why I am making it available here.
Items marked "[Barcik collection.]" were very kindly provided by Edward Barcik, who had access to part of the estate of Maryla Jonas's childless sister Berta Holin.
The best article to read first is probably the 1947 Taubman one.
Contributions of more material would be welcome.

1940-1943 Recital programs in Rio de Janiero [Lists of works played.] New 1 February 2011
1942a Several recital progams, Buenos Aires, 1942. [Details from local newspapers.] New 10 January 2012
1942b Recital program in Buenos Aires, 10 August 1942. [Scanned program.] New 1 February 2011
1946a Recital announcement. [Her first New York recital.]
1946b "Touchdown". Link to article in Time Magazine, 8 April 1946.
1946c Advertisement with Review. [Review by Olin Downes in the New York Times.]
1946d "She Shall Make Music", article in Newsweek. [As if a much abbreviated version of the 1947 Taubman article.]
1946e "Maryla Jonas, Pianist, In Debut Recording". [Record Review, Hartford Times, 1946.]
1946f "Maryla Jonas, Pianist, Displays Artistry in Local Debut". [Review from Philadelphia by Max de Schauensee.]
1947a "The Basic Purpose of Music Teaching", interview with The Etude magazine. [Long editorial introduction; fairly short remarks by Jonas on teaching.]
1947b "Lady Who Has Lived: The extraordinary story of Maryla Jonas", by Howard Taubman in Liberty magazine. [An amazing story.]
1948 Advertisement in Musical America. [Review excerpts.]
1948(?) Flyer. [6 pages of pictures and reviews.] [Barcik collection.] New 12 January 2012
1949a Advertisement in Musical America. [Review excerpt.]
1949b "Maryla Jonas", by Gdal Saleski. [Similar to the 1947 Howard Taubman article, but shorter.]
1950a "Melody Recaptured" by Ann M. Lingg. [Apparently derived, with considerable freedom, from the 1947 Taubman article or the 1949 Saleski one.]
1950b Recital Program, Carnegie Hall, 4 February 1950, autographed. [A New York recital.]
1950c Announcement and Recital Program, 17 February 1950. [An Ann Arbor recital.] New 8 September 2011
1950d "New Records". [A review of a recording of Chopin mazurkas.]
1950e Record Review. [New York World-Telegram, 22 April 1950.] [Barcik collection.] New 2 February 2012
1951a Recital Program, Carnegie Hall, 27 January 1951. [Recital in which Jonas fainted.]
1951b "Miss Jonas Faints at Recital Here", by R.P. [Review in a New York newspaper.]
1955 Excerpt on her recordings. [Two sentences only.]
1956a Recital Program, Carnegie Hall, 1 December 1956. [Her last New York recital.]
1956b "Recital offered by Maryla Jonas", by Edward Downes. [Review in the New York Times.]
1956c "Maryla Jonas Returns in Carnegie Hall Recital". [Review in the New York Herald Tribune.]
1958 Letter from Julio Aparicio to Maryla Jonas. [Letter.] [Barcik collection.] New 1 February 2012
1959a Correspondence with UNISOMI. [Letter and reply.] [Barcik collection.] New 12 January 2012
1959b Obituary from the New York Times.
1959c Obituary from the New York Herald Tribune.
Undated (1950's?) Photo of reception. [Unidentified companions.] [Barcik collection.] New 2 February 2012
Undated Autographed photo. [Undated autographed photo.] [Barcik collection.] New 12 January 2012
Undated Photo at reception. [Undated photo at reception.] [Barcik collection.] New 2 February 2012
Undated Photo in armchair, smoking. [Undated.] [Barcik collection.] New 1 February 2012
2001 A discography of Maryla Jonas, by Nigel Nettheim. Revised 27 April 2007
2007 Link to article on Maryla Jonas in Wikipedia.

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