Index of material on this site about the interesting pianist
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
Please click on the year to read the material on-line.
Much of this material is quite hard to obtain elsewhere,
one reason why I am making it available here.
The best article to read first is probably the 1947 Taubman one.
Contributions of more material would be welcome.
1946a
Recital announcement.
[Her first New York recital.]
1946b
"Touchdown". Link to article in Time Magazine, 8 April 1946.
New 10 May 2007
1946c
Advertisement with Review.
[Review by Olin Downes in the New York Times.]
1946d
"She Shall Make Music", article in Newsweek.
[As if a much abbreviated version of the 1947 Taubman article.]
1946e
"Maryla Jonas, Pianist, In Debut Recording".
[Record Review, Hartford Times, 1946.]
New 27 April 2007
1946f
"Maryla Jonas, Pianist, Displays Artistry in Local Debut".
[Review from Philadelphia by Max de Schauensee.]
1947a
"The Basic Purpose of Music Teaching",
interview with The Etude magazine.
[Long editorial introduction;
fairly short remarks by Jonas on teaching.]
1947b
"Lady Who Has Lived: The extraordinary story of Maryla Jonas",
by Howard Taubman in Liberty magazine.
[An amazing story.]
1948
Advertisement in Musical America.
[Review excerpts.]
1949a
Advertisement in Musical America.
[Review excerpt.]
1949b
"Maryla Jonas", by Gdal Saleski.
[Similar to the 1947 Howard Taubman article,
but shorter.]
1950a
"Melody Recaptured" by Ann M. Lingg.
[Apparently derived, with considerable freedom,
from the 1947 Taubman article or the 1949 Saleski one.]
1950b
Recital Program, Carnegie Hall, 4 February 1950, autographed.
[A New York recital.]
1950c
"New Records".
[A review of a recording of Chopin mazurkas.]
1951a
Recital Program, Carnegie Hall, 27 January 1951.
[Recital in which Jonas fainted.]
1951b
"Miss Jonas Faints at Recital Here", by R.P.
[Review in a New York newspaper.]
1955
Excerpt on her recordings.
[Two sentences only.]
1956a
Recital Program, Carnegie Hall, 1 December 1956.
[Her last New York recital.]
1956b
"Recital offered by Maryla Jonas", by Edward Downes.
[Review in the New York Times.]
1956c
"Maryla Jonas Returns in Carnegie Hall Recital".
[Review in the New York Herald Tribune.]