Piece of handwritten sheet music
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 9.560 inches (24.282 cm)
Archival History
The sheet music was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Loretta Cohen in memory of her mother Lucie Dattner.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Loretta Kopec Cohen This gift is made in memory of her mother Lucie Dattner Kopec.
Scope and Content
Handwritten sheet music by Lucie Dattner, a musician, while she was imprisoned in Cavallon, France, (near Avignon) in 1943-1944, while the French police were trying to force her to disclose the hiding place of her mother Marie Goldstein Dattner. The music is a transcription of a Beethoven sonata (Pathetique), Opus 13.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Three lines of music written on a sheet of lined paper, which has been taped to a piece of cardboard. The music is written in black ink.
Lower right corner: Lucie/Cavallon, hiver 1943/1944
Genre
- Object
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