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Collection Overview

Title: Gabriel Magyar Papers, 1953-2010Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

ID: 12/5/23

Primary Creator: Magyar, Gabriel (1914-2011)

Extent: 1.1 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical

Date Acquired: 05/20/2011. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Faculty Papers, Instrumental music, Stringed Instruments

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Gabriel Magyar (1914-2011), professor of music (1972-1980), contains correspondence, publications, biographical sketches, awards, photographs, and negatives relating to the Hungarian String Quartet, international performances, and cello techniques.

See also record series 35/3/68 and 35/3/81.

Biographical Note

Gabriel Magyar (December 5, 1914- June 8, 2011) was a world renowned cellist and Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1972-1980. Born in Budapest, Magyar studied at the Franz Liszt Royal School of Music, until his early career was interrupted when he was detained at a concentration camp during WWII. After the war, Magyar came to the United States, where he accepted a position at the State University of Oklahoma from 1951-1956. In 1956, Magyar became a member of the world famous Hungarian String Quartet, internationally performing and recording music, especially that of Bela Bartok, for 16 years. After the Quartet disbanded, Magyar joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he inspired his colleagues and students well after his retirement.

Gabriel Magyar was also a talented artist, and his drawings were exhibited in the Urbana-Champaign area during the last ten years of his life. Magyar was a highly regarded musician, and he received numerous awards for his work as a cellist during his lifetime, including the Bartok Bela-Pasztory Ditta Award and the Grand Pris du Disque in Paris.

Subject/Index Terms

Faculty Papers
Instrumental music
Stringed Instruments

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: Two paintings by Gabriel Magyar donated on Sept. 20, 2018 by Patricia Knowles.

Acquisition Source: Barbara S. Hedlund

Acquisition Method: Gift

Other Note: This record series includes electronic records in the electronic records repository.


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Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Bartok Bela-Pasztori Ditta Prize, March 25, 1987Add to your cart.
Folder 2: CD1 Magyar FilesAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: "Chevalier du Violoncelle" Honor, October 1, 2000Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Copy of Music Corrections Sent to the Hungarian String Quartet by Bartok, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Correspondence with Dr. Yu Wang, 2001-03Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Mass Program and Music for Magyar's Funeral, June 15, 2011Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Obiturary and Memorial Tribute for Magyar, June, 2011Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Personal Remembrance of Magyar and Obituary, 2010-11Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Photographs-Album, ca. 1960-70Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Photographs of Magyar with his Artwork, ca. 2003Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Photographs and Negatives, ca. 2003Add to your cart.
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Folder 1: Plaque for Gabriel Magyar as the Cellist of the Hungarian String Quartet, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Publications, 1953,1956, 1973, 1980Add to your cart.
Item 1: "Attention, Cellists! What's Your Angle?" American String Teacher, ca. May, 1953Add to your cart.
Item 2: "Cello Vibrato," Music Educator's Journal, ca. March 1956Add to your cart.
Item 3: "Some Problems in String Playing," The Instrumentalist, May 1973Add to your cart.
Item 4: Who's Who In America 41st Edition, 1980-81Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Traveling with Gabriel and Julie Magyar and the Hungarian String Quartet, 2011Add to your cart.
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Item 1: Painting by Gabriel Magyar, 1928Add to your cart.
Done at age 14.
Item 2: Drawing by Gabriel Magyar, undatedAdd to your cart.
Pencil and charcoal.

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