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Kottick, Edward Leon was born on June 16, 1930 in Jersey City. Son of Hyman W. and Frieda M. (Stoller) Kottick.
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"Information for when you travel. By country and city, you are guided to the best instrument collections in Europe. For each site is provided a substantial discussion of the instruments, location, address, and hours of admission. There are abundant black and white (many full-page) photos, a glossary of terms associated with earlier instruments, and an index of makers." ―Piano & Keyboard Growing out of the authors’ visits to 47 collections in Europe, this lively guidebook offers intimate glimpses at a great variety of instruments. It focuses on the more important and unusual holdings in each museum, such as the Cristofori pianos in Rome and Leipzig and the earliest known English double-manual instrument―a 1700 harpsichord by Tisseran, now in Oxford. In addition, the authors provide travelers with essential information for each museum.
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music educator harpsichord maker
Kottick, Edward Leon was born on June 16, 1930 in Jersey City. Son of Hyman W. and Frieda M. (Stoller) Kottick.
AB, New York University, 1953. Master of Arts, Tulane University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1962.
Trombonist New Orleans Philharmonic, 1955-1957. Assistant professor music Alma College, Michigan, 1962-1965. Visiting professor music University Kansas, Lawrence, 1965-1966.
Associate professor music University Missouri-St. Louis, 1966-1968. Professor music University Iowa, Iowa City, 1968-1992, professor emeritus, 1992. With United States Army, 1953-1955.
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Member American Museum Instrument Society (board governors 1986-1990,Curt Sachs Lifetime Achievement in Musical Instruments award 2006), American Musicol. Society (chapter secretary 1961-1962, chapter program committee 1964-1966, chair committee 1972-1973, 96-97, member national committee Collegium Musicum 1973-1975), Fellowship Makers and Restorers of History Instruments, Galpin Society (grantee, 1976), Guild American Luthiers, Midwestern History Keyboard Society (board director 1980-1990, 94-97).
Married Gloria Astor, May 10, 1953. Children: Judith, Janet.