Sarah E. Fischer Collection
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.6m
- Fonds No.
- 1017
- Date
- 1913-1975
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of recital programmes, correspondence, audio recordings, printing blocks and photographs. It is organized into two series. Series one contains Fischer's professional activities (containers 1-2, 5-7). Series two contains Fischer's personal activities (containers 3-4).
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.6m
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of recital programmes, correspondence, audio recordings, printing blocks and photographs. It is organized into two series. Series one contains Fischer's professional activities (containers 1-2, 5-7). Series two contains Fischer's personal activities (containers 3-4).
- Date
- 1913-1975
- Fonds No.
- 1017
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Sarah Fischer was born in Paris, France, moved as a young girl to England, where she attended grade school. At the age of 13 she and her parents (1909) came to Canada and they settled in Montreal. In Montreal, Fischer was employed as a long distance operator during the day and at night took free singing lessons at the Monument Nationale. In 1917, Fischer won the Strathcona Award which enabled her to go to London, England on a three-year scholarship at the Royal College of Music. She left Montreal in 1919 and with a few interruptions spent the next 21 years of her life abroad.
She sang in major opera houses in Europe, gave numerous radio recitals and concerts and achieved good reviews. She was considered a most lyrical soprano with a beautiful appearance and good acting ability.
In 1940 she returned to Montreal. For the next 35 years, until she died on May 3, 1975, Fischer spent most of her time orgnanizing the Sarah Fischer Concerts where young musicians got a chance to appear in public and show their talent. Many prominent Canadian musicians got their start with these concerts.
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Related photographs in the JPL Photograph Collection. Larger collection of Sarah Fischer housed at the Library and Archives of Canada.
- Accession No.
- 00-004
- Name Access
- Fischer, Sarah E., 1896-1975
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Places
- Montreal (Quebec)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail
Professional Activities
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.4m
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1
- Date
- 1913-1973
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of material documenting Fischer's professional activities including recital programmes, recordings, posters and sheet music.
Plaque with Sarah Fischer's profile
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 ceramic plaque ; 13cm
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00001
- Date
- 1921
Interviews with Sarah Fischer
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 2 audio-cassettes
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00002
- Date
- 1973
Solfege des solfeges
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00003
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00003
- Storage Location
- 4-5A
- Notes
- 3 duplicate copies with Fischer's signature.
- Subjects
- Music.
- Musicians
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail
Captions for Expo 1967 display of Sarah Fischer costumes
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00004
- Date
- 1967
Programmes, International Mozart Festival (Paris, France)
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00004
- Date
- 1928
Recital programmes
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00005
- Date
- 1913-1940
Publicity posters, Wigmore Hall
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00006
Publicity posters, General
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00007
Audio recordings
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00008
- Date
- 1918-1967
- Scope and Content
- Includes 19 recordings; 1 cassette, 1 vinyl record; 17 magnetic tapes. The cassette and (signed) vinyl recording feature operatic arias and Elizabethan love songs featuring Sarah Fischer.
Sheet music
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00009
Concert ephemera (tickets and accounting materials)
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00010
Sarah Fischer concerts, 30th anniversary gala and receptions
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00011
- Scope and Content
- Invitations
Programs, Sarah Fischer Concerts
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00012
Reports, Sarah Fischer Concerts
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00013
Scholarships, Concerts, Auditions, Sarah Fischer Concerts
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00014
Captions accompanying Expo '67 exhibition
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 1; 00015
- Scope and Content
- Captions accompanying exhibition of Sarah Fischer's costumes, which were dispayed in the hospitality pavilion at Expo '67, 1967.
Personal Life
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.2m
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 2
- Date
- 1917-1974
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of materials related to the personal life of Sarah Fischer including clippings kept by Fischer, books given to Fischer as presents, photographs and biographical information.
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.2m
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of materials related to the personal life of Sarah Fischer including clippings kept by Fischer, books given to Fischer as presents, photographs and biographical information.
- Date
- 1917-1974
- Fonds No.
- 1017
- Series No.
- 2
- Storage Location
- 4-5A
- Name Access
- Fischer, Sarah E., 1896-1975
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Operas
- Women - Jewish
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail
Bulletin du Cercle Juif
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1017; 2; 00016
- Date
- October 1955