Hugo Benioff Recordings Collection

Collection

Call Number: MSS 150

Scope and Contents

Hugo Benioff had patents on several electric musical instruments, including violin, cello, and piano. The recordings in this collection are of concerts given at Benioff's home on these instruments by prominent musicians such as Jose Iturbi, Leon Knopoff and John Crown.

Dates

1955-1962

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research. Sound recordings from this collection are available to stream online via the Gilmore Music Library's AV access system, Aviary. Links to access these recordings are provided in this finding aid. Yale users can login to Aviary using their Yale University ID, to stream these recordings without restriction. Other users are able to request access to recordings directly through Aviary.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The recordings included in this collection were donated to Yale by Paul Benioff, son of Hugo Benioff. The date these recordings were acquired by Yale is unknown.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in one series: I. Open reel tapes

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0150

Additional Description

Summary

Recordings of concerts given at Hugo Benioff's home on electronic instruments he designed, by prominent musicians.

Biographical Sketch of Hugo Benioff

Victor Hugo Benioff was an American seismologist and a professor at the California Institute of Technology. Along with numerous accomplishments during his career, Benioff also created a number of electric musical instruments; in particular a piano, violin and cello. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1958.