AtticTapestry: An American harpsichordist
'''Yella Pessl''' (originally '''Gabriella Elsa Pessl''';<ref name=codm/> January 5, 1906 – December 9, 1991<ref>[https://ift.tt/2TcedxF "Yella Pessl (Harpsichord)"] Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved February 27, 2019.</ref>) was an Austrian-born harpsichordist, pianist and organist, resident in the USA from 1931.
==Life==
She was born in Vienna in 1906; she studied there at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna|State Academy of Music]], and later performed in Europe.<ref name=nyt>"Yella Pessl, 85, Dies; Concert Keyboardist". ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 10, 1991.</ref>
In 1931 she moved to the USA, and was resident in New York.<ref name=codm>[[Percy A. Scholes]]. "Pessl, Yella" in ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music''. OUP, 1964.</ref>
She toured extensively, giving solo recitals and playing with orchestras. In 1938 she accompanied the [[Trapp Family Singers]], whom she had known in Vienna, at their debut in New York at [[The Town Hall (New York City)|the Town Hall]].<ref name=nyt/>
Yella Pessl was an editor of music for the harpsichord, and wrote about music for the instrument. From 1938 she was a member of staff at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=codm/> She founded the Bach Circle, a group specializing in lesser-known works of J. S. Bach and his contemporaries.<ref name=nyt/>
Her husband was Dr. Harry Sobotka, a biochemist; he died in 1970. Yella Pessl died in 1991, aged 85, at her home in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]].<ref name=nyt/>
==References==
[[Category:1906 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:American harpsichordists]]
[[Category:20th-century American pianists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Vienna]]
==Life==
She was born in Vienna in 1906; she studied there at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna|State Academy of Music]], and later performed in Europe.<ref name=nyt>"Yella Pessl, 85, Dies; Concert Keyboardist". ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 10, 1991.</ref>
In 1931 she moved to the USA, and was resident in New York.<ref name=codm>[[Percy A. Scholes]]. "Pessl, Yella" in ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music''. OUP, 1964.</ref>
She toured extensively, giving solo recitals and playing with orchestras. In 1938 she accompanied the [[Trapp Family Singers]], whom she had known in Vienna, at their debut in New York at [[The Town Hall (New York City)|the Town Hall]].<ref name=nyt/>
Yella Pessl was an editor of music for the harpsichord, and wrote about music for the instrument. From 1938 she was a member of staff at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=codm/> She founded the Bach Circle, a group specializing in lesser-known works of J. S. Bach and his contemporaries.<ref name=nyt/>
Her husband was Dr. Harry Sobotka, a biochemist; he died in 1970. Yella Pessl died in 1991, aged 85, at her home in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]].<ref name=nyt/>
==References==
[[Category:1906 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:American harpsichordists]]
[[Category:20th-century American pianists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Vienna]]
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