Sternfeld, Frederick W., 1980 - 1984, Academic years: 1980 - 1981; 1981 - 1982; 1982 - 1983; 1983 - 1984

File

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Documents from this file include: invitation letter by K. M. Stedman (Secretary of FAHL) to join the Faculty for a four-year spell; letter of acceptance by Stedman; correspondence with Secretary of FAHL, concerning meetings, candidates to scholarships.

Reference number

AR-02.03.02/73

Dates

Record Keeping: 1980 - 1984
Academic years: 1980 - 1981; 1981 - 1982; 1982 - 1983; 1983 - 1984

Conditions Governing Access

Materials in this sub-fonds are restricted until 40 years after creation.

Biographical / Historical

Frederick W. Sternfeld was born in Wien in September 1914. He fled to England following the Anschluß and emigrated to New York/USA in the autumn of 1938. He was a highly gifted musician and academic and he completed the doctorate he had already begun in Vienna at Yale University in 1953. After teaching at Weslayan University (Connecticut) he returned to England. He worked at Dartmouth College before moving on to Oxford University in 1956 where he carved out an illustrious career as a musicologist and author. He died in Oxford in January 1994. Nationality: American