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The Catgut Acoustical Society Library |
| File #: | A6480 |
| Name: | Applebaum, Samuel |
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| General Information: |
| A famous string instrument pedagog, known throughout the USA and abroad, who gave hundreds of |
| string clinics, many of them sponsored by the American String Teachers Association, largely for |
| teachers and high school students. With the help of his wife, Sada, Applebaum published manuals for |
| string teachers and orchestra directors "Building Better Strings and Orchestras", "Applebaum String |
| Method", "The Best of Sevcik", etc. For a biography, see included article "Teacher's Teacher", American |
| String Teacher 1969. He is best known to musicians for the series of books "With the Artists" by |
| Samuel and Sada Applebaum, John Markert, N.Y. (Also, "The Way They Play"). The Applebaums lived |
| in Maplewood, not far from Montclair. We saw quite a bit of them and they were always most |
| supportive and helpful in publicizing the CAS. Their son is Michael Tree of the Guarneri Quartet. |
| File Contents: |
| A6480 | -- | 101 |
| Correspondence: (1957-1976) with CMH. Some letters by his wife Sada. Miscellaneous: News |
| clipping, ASTA magazine article, & String Tones Tribute to Applebaum. |
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| A6480 | -- | 102 |
| Publications: Tutors in string playing (5) and assorted publishers' flyers to works by Applebaum (one |
| of the flyers is for joint publication with his wife, Sada). |
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