Rosenfeld, Paul, 1890-1946
Dates
- Existence: 1890-05-04 - 1946-07-21
Biography
Paul Leopold Rosenfeld was born in New York City on May 4, 1890, the only son of German-Jewish parents. He attended Riverview Military Academy in Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated from Yale in 1912. He received a Litt. B. from the Columbia School of Journalism in 1913, worked as a reporter for six months, and traveled to Europe in the spring and summer of 1914. One of the foremost music, art, and literary critics of his day, he published his first essays in the New Republic and Seven Arts. He edited Seven Arts 1916-18, served as music critic for the Dial 1920-27, and was co-editor of The American Caravan 1927-36.
He wrote hundreds of articles for such journals as Vanity Fair, the Nation, and Modern Music. Among his seven published collections of essays were Musical Portraits (1920), Port of New York (1924), and Discoveries of a Music Critic (1936). He also wrote an autobiographical novel, The Boy in the Sun (1928).
Paul Rosenfeld never married and died of a heart attack in New York City on July 21, 1946.
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Chimera papers
The Chimera Papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, and business papers relating to the publishing history of Chimera: A Literary Journal (1942-1947), with manuscripts of writings by Barbara Howes, editor of Chimera from 1943 to 1947.
The Charles Ives Papers
Music, correspondence and other writings, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer and insurance executive Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The John Kirkpatrick Papers
Correspondence and other writings, music, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American pianist and scholar John Kirkpatrick (1905-1991)
Jerome Mellquist papers
Dorothy Norman papers
Phelps Putnam papers
Paul Rosenfeld papers
The papers consist primarily of drafts of unpublished novels, works on literary criticism, and articles and essays, plus letters to Yale classmate Philip Skinner Platt.
Florine and Ettie Stettheimer papers
The papers contain correspondence, diaries, writings, materials related to the production of Four Saints in Three Acts and the paintings of Florine Stettheimer, and miscellaneous papers.
Alfred Stieglitz / Georgia O'Keeffe archive
Edmund Wilson papers
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