Metadata : Papers of Solomon Cutner
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- University of Southampton Special Collections
- Holding institution (official language):
- University of Southampton Special Collections
- Postal address:
- Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
- Phone number:
- 02380 592721
- Web address:
- https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives
- Email:
- archives@soton.ac.uk
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- University of Southampton Special Collections
- Holding institution (official language):
- University of Southampton Special Collections
- Postal address:
- Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
- Phone number:
- 02380 592721
- Web address:
- https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives
- Email:
- archives@soton.ac.uk
- Reference number:
- MS 430 A4254
- Title:
- Papers of Solomon Cutner
- Title (official language):
- Papers of Solomon Cutner
- Creator/accumulator:
- Genn, Ettie; Genn, Dorothy; Genn, Hazel
- Date(s):
- 1910/2013
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Extent:
- 0.58 linear metres: 5 boxes
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Photographic images
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Correspondence from Solomon to his sister Ettie, certificates, concert programmes, posters and publicity, music scores, photographs.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Solomon Cutner, or Solomon as he became known, made his professional debut at the age of eight playing Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto at Queen’s Hall, London. From then until his early teens he was to be considered one of the most celebrated child prodigies of his era. Solomon was born in the East End of London in 1902, the seventh child of Jewish parents of Polish and German extraction. Solomon’s parents were introduced to Mathilde Verne, who had set up a music school in London in 1909, by a member of the Jewish Aid Society. And it was a bursary from the Jewish Aid Society that supported Solomon’s lessons with Verne. Solomon left Verne when his contract expired and, on the advice of Henry Wood, retreated from performance and immersed himself in study. He returned to performance in early 1920s, first in London and Paris followed by a short tour of Germany. He made his New York debut in 1926 and performed at the World Fair there in 1939, premiering the Piano Concerto in B-flat by Arthur Bliss. During the Second World War Solomon performed for allied troops in Europe. In the post-war period he undertook extensive concert tours across the world. Solomon was awarded a CBE in 1946. He died in London in 1988 aged 85.
- Access points: locations:
- Germany
- London
- New York City
- Paris
- Access points: persons/families:
- Cutner, Solomon
- Subject terms:
- Correspondence
- Music
- Access, restrictions:
- Access to the archive requires a prior written appointment. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/about/access.page
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/cataloguedatabases/webguide1.page
- Reference number:
- MS 430 A4254
- Title:
- Papers of Solomon Cutner
- Title (official language):
- Papers of Solomon Cutner
- Creator/accumulator:
- Genn, Ettie; Genn, Dorothy; Genn, Hazel
- Date(s):
- 1910/2013
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Extent:
- 0.58 linear metres: 5 boxes
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Photographic images
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Correspondence from Solomon to his sister Ettie, certificates, concert programmes, posters and publicity, music scores, photographs.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Solomon Cutner, or Solomon as he became known, made his professional debut at the age of eight playing Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto at Queen’s Hall, London. From then until his early teens he was to be considered one of the most celebrated child prodigies of his era. Solomon was born in the East End of London in 1902, the seventh child of Jewish parents of Polish and German extraction. Solomon’s parents were introduced to Mathilde Verne, who had set up a music school in London in 1909, by a member of the Jewish Aid Society. And it was a bursary from the Jewish Aid Society that supported Solomon’s lessons with Verne. Solomon left Verne when his contract expired and, on the advice of Henry Wood, retreated from performance and immersed himself in study. He returned to performance in early 1920s, first in London and Paris followed by a short tour of Germany. He made his New York debut in 1926 and performed at the World Fair there in 1939, premiering the Piano Concerto in B-flat by Arthur Bliss. During the Second World War Solomon performed for allied troops in Europe. In the post-war period he undertook extensive concert tours across the world. Solomon was awarded a CBE in 1946. He died in London in 1988 aged 85.
- Access points: locations:
- Germany
- London
- New York City
- Paris
- Access points: persons/families:
- Cutner, Solomon
- Subject terms:
- Correspondence
- Music
- Access, restrictions:
- Access to the archive requires a prior written appointment. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/about/access.page
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/cataloguedatabases/webguide1.page
