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Adam Kessel, Jr. (April 1867 – 21 September 1946 Keeseville, New York), was an American film studio executive and pioneer in the motion picture industry who, in 1906, founded, with

  • Kessel's brothers ???
  1. William Kessel (1881–1914)[i]
  2. Fred Kessel (né John Frederick Kessel; 1869–1914)
  3. Joseph Kessel (1870–1935)
  4. Louis Kessel (1873–1937)
  5. Charles Kessel (1874–1953)[1]
  6. Nicholas Kessel (1884–1966)
founded the New York Motion Picture Company, which became the parent company of Reliance, Kay-Bee (Kessel and Bauman), Bison Life Motion Pictures Company (it), Bison-101, and Keystone Studios. Among other things, historians credit Kessel and Bauman for having produced Charlie Chaplin in his early career.[2] Although Kessel exited the film industry in 19?? to focus on real estate in Brooklyn, Journalist and historians have chronicled him as an important early influence that shaped the film industry.

Career[edit]

Charles O. Baumann
(circa 1912)

Before forming a film production company, Kessel, with his partner, Charles O. Baumann, had formed a series of film exchanges with 6 or 7 other film exchange owners. Baumann, Kessel's partner, was head of the International Film Exchange, a subexchange created by Kessel.[3][ii]

With Charles O. Bauman, Kessel founded the New York Motion Picture Company,[4] which became the parent company for:

Other companies[edit]

  • Triangle Film Corporation,[5] was incorporation July 20, 1915, under the laws of Virginia.[6]
Triangle, in 1917, owned a controlling interest in:
  1. New York Motion Picture Corporation
  2. Reliance Motion Picture Corporation
  3. Keystone Film Company
In 1917, Triangle absorbed Majestic Motion Picture Company

In 1917, the Kessel brothers sold their interest to Triangle Film Corporation.[5]

Willat Film Manufacturing Company[edit]

Poster

The Willat Film Manufacturing Company began putting together this lot in October of 1913, buying a little at a time. Eventually this large studio, at the corner of Main and Linwood, extended 444 feet up Main Street, and 648 feet paralleling Linwood, forming an "L" shape around the already existing Eclair Studio.

The studio was owned by Carl A. Willatowski (1878–1937), better know as "Doc" Willat, who, along with his his brother, Irvin V. Willat (1890–1976), would build a short-lived studio in Culver City. Note that a third Willat brother, Edwin W. (1882–1950), had been a cinematographer on several films. Carl Willat built two vaulted greenhouse stages and a large laboratory in 1914. He sold his interest to Ad Kessel and Charles Baumann (who already owned several large studios on both coasts). Beginning in 1915 William Fox rented the stages and Triangle Film Corporation (one of the production companies owned by Kessel and Bauman) moved some production to the studio.

Kay-Bee[edit]

After leaving Universal, Baumann and Kessel had to give-up using the name Bison and Bison 101; and, in 1912, they created Kay-Bee and Broncho to replace the names.

Universal Film Manufacturing Company[edit]

Universal Film Manufacturing Company was incorporated in New York on April 30, 1912, by:

Laemmle, who in July 1912 emerged as president, was the primary figure in the partnership. Eventually all would be bought out by Laemmle. The new Universal studio was a vertically integrated company, with movie production, distribution and exhibition venues all linked in the same corporate entity, the central element of the Studio system era.

Subsidiaries[edit]

  • Moving-Picture Negative and Positive Films (1914)

Ownership[edit]

  • The Kessel brothers, in 1917, sold their interest in Keystone Studios to the Triangle Film Corporation.
  • Moody's Manual of Investments: Part II – Public Utilities and Industrials (5th section)," Entry: "Triangle Film Corp.," Moody's Investors Service (1919). p. 1889; OCLC 183311928

External links[edit]

Family[edit]

Adam Kessel, Jr., was born to the marriage of Adam Kessel (1846–1911) and Christine Petermann (maiden; 1847–1897)[iv]


Jacques Singer[edit]

Final concert, Feb 15, 1980, fell ill in NYC, postponing an NIU Phil concert April 1, 1980, concert. David Gilbert stepped-in to conduct NIU's
"One of the most gifted musicians I have known" – Isaac Stern ("NIU Conductor Singer Dies," Daily Chronicle (DeKalb) August 12, 1980, p. 7 www.newspapers.com/image/126781413)
Notable conductors that followed Singer at NIU include:
  • Downbeat poll: 1980 "Best College Symphony Orchestra"

American Symphony Orchestra[edit]

"Ricci To Open Series of Four Concerts Nov. 17"
Beginning Nov. 17, violinist Ruggiero Ricci will present a series of four concerts at Philharmonic Hall during which he will play 12 concerti. He will be assisted by members of the American Symphony Orchestra led by four different conductors, each making his first appearance at Lincoln Center: Gerhard Samuel (1925–2008), Ezra Rachlin. Jacques Singer, and Igor Buketoff. The programs will include works by Bach, Bartok, Beethoven. Hindemith, Prokofieff, and Stravinsky. Remaining dates are Dec. 1, 8, 16.[7]

Singer-Juilliard article[edit]

  • article
  • "Albert Stoessel to Head Juilliard Orchestra," Scarsdale Inquirer, No. 4, December 14, 1928
Albert Stoessel, the conductor of the Juilliard Graduate School String Orchestra, is also the conductor of the New York Symphony at Chautauqua during the summer, and the conductor of the New York Oratorio Society. On Saturday evening, December 15th, at 8:30 the Juilliard Musical Foundation will present the Graduate School String Orchestra in a concert under Mr. Stoessel's baton. The program is in four parts.
In the first part Handel's Concerto Grosse in B minor, No. 11 will be played by Thomas Mancini, violino concertante, Harry Fagin, violino concertante, John Frazer, violoncello concertante.
The second number is the Concerto for two violins and strings by Bach to be played by Hine Brown and Jacques Singer.
The third number is composed of the Two Elegiac Melodies, Opus 34 of Grieg.
The serenade, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart concludes the program. This concert, which is the second of the season 1928-1929 scries, will be given in the Engineering Auditorium, 25 West 39th street.

Immigration history[edit]

  • Meyer (43), Rosa (39) (husband and wife), Sina (18), Jakob (10), Basia (16) sailed from Bremen October 21, 1920, aboard the USS Susquehanna, arriving in New York City November 4, 1920.[8] According to the ship's manifest, their nearest relative, Elias Singer – Jakob's grandfather – was residing in Jersey City. The manifest listed Meyer Singer's occupation as "chanter."[9]

Naumburg Concerts[edit]

Naumburg Concerts, Naumburg Orchestra, Jacques Singer, conductor, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park
  1. August 3, 1975, 5 to 7:30 p.m.
    Leslie N. Parnas (born 1931), cello soloist
  2. August 1, 1976, 5 to 7:30 p.m., broadcast on WNYC-FM
    Yong Uck Kim (born 1947) violin soloist
    Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor
    Ben Franklin, Ben Franklin Suite, arranged by Alan Shulman
    Mozart, Symphony No. 41, the Jupiter Symphony
  3. July 31, 1977, 5 to 7:30 p.m., broadcast on WNYC-FM
    Hamao Fujiwara (born 1947), violin soloist
    Rossini, "Overture": La gazza ladra
    Gid Waldrop, "Rancher's whistling Song," From the Southwest (suite)
    Glazounov, Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82
    Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
    Dvorák, Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
    (Gideon William Waldrop, Jr.; 1917–2000, was, among other things, Dean of the Juilliard School from 1963 to 1986 and President of the Manhattan School of Music from 1986 to 1989)
  4. July 30, 1978, 5 to 7:30 p.m.
    Leslie N. Parnas (born 1931), cello soloist
    Bernstein, Overture, from Candide
    Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major
    Haydn, Cello Concerto in D Major
    Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  5. August 2, 1979, 8:00 p.m., broadcast on WNYC-FM
    Joseph Fuchs, violin soloist
    Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
    Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto
    Shostakovich, Festival Overture
    The concert marked the the 25th anniversary the first meeting between Fuchs and Singer, which took place in Vancouver, when Singer was conductor of the Vancouver Symphony and Mr. Fuchs was the soloist.[10] But, actually, Fuchs first performed in Vancouver with Singer conducting on January 22, 1950.[11]

American Symphony Orchestra[edit]

  1. December 8, 1964, Phil­harmonic Hall, Lincoln Center
    Ruggiero Ricci, violinist
    American Symphony Orchestra
    Jacques Singer, conductor

American Symphony Orchestra music directors[edit]

1962–1973: Leopold Stokowski (founder)
1972–1973: Season suspended, for lack of funds; the 1970–1972 season, the Symphony performed 32 concerts at Philharmonic Hall and Carnegie Hall
1973–1978: Kazuyoshi Akiyama
1993–present: Leon Botstein

Premiere[edit]

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Singer, conductor
March 18, 1963
Benno and Sylvia Rabinof, soloists

Notes and references[edit]

Notes about sources[edit]

Books, magazines, journals, dissertations, and websites[edit]

  1. ^ a b Directory of Directors in the City of New York (1917), Entries:
    "Aitken, Harry E.," p. 7
    "Baumann, Charles O.," p. 40
    "Kessel, Adam, Jr.," p. 388
    "Kessel, Charles," p. 388
    "Kessel, Henry A.," p. 388
  2. ^ Dictionary of Film Makers (translated from French), by Georges Sadoul; University of California Press (1978); OCLC 615510828
  3. ^ a b The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry, by Anthony Slide, Taylor and Francis (2014); OCLC 937904156
  4. ^ Poor's Manual of Industrials (8th ann. ed.) Entry: "New York Motion Picture Corporation," Poor's Railroad Manual Company (1917), p. 1786; OCLC 1776201
  5. ^ a b c Motion Picture News, Vol. 12, No. 4, July 31, 1915
  6. ^ Moody's Analyses of Investments, Part II – Public Utilities and Industrials, Entry: "Triangle Film Corp.," Moody's Investors ServiceOCLC 183311928 (1913–1919)
  7. ^ "Ricci To Open Series of Four Concerts Nov. 17," New York Post, December 6, 1964, p. 68 (accessible via fultonhistory.com)
  8. ^ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892–1924" (database), FamilySearch, December 6, 2014
    Entry: "Jakob Singer," Arrival: November 3, 1920; Departure port: Bremen; Arrival port: Port of New York; Ship name: USS Susquehanna, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.)
  9. ^ "Student World – Columbia," J.H. Sun (ed.), The Chinese Students' Monthly, Vol. 19, No. 6, April 1924, p. 66; OCLC 295004885, 606321422, 976836126
  10. ^ "Architecture: Show Of Rudolph's Work," by Paul Goldberger, New York Times, July 5, 1979
  11. ^ "1930 US Census" (database with images), April 8, 1930
    "Solomon Singer" in "Jersey City," ED 42, Sheet 12B, Household No. 220, Line 55; Street address: 283 York Street, Jersey City
    National Archives and Records Administration, Publication No. T626, Film No. 1351
    Accessed via FamilySearch December 18, 2017, FHL microfilm (GS No.) 2341086, Digital Folder No. 004951939, Image No. 00159
    (GS = Genealogical Society of Utah) (registration/login for FamilySearch is required, but free)

Newspapers[edit]

  1. ^ "Wm. Kessel Dies Suddenly," New York Clipper, Vol. 62, No. 39, November 7, 1914, p. 17 (accessible via fultonhistory.com)
  2. ^ a b "Independent Plans: New Sales Company of Considerable Importance," New York Dramatic Mirror, Vol. 63, No. 1633, April 9, 1910, p. 17 (accessible via fultonhistory.com)
  3. ^ "Bison Gets 101 Ranch," New York Dramatic Mirror, Vol. 66, No. 1720, December 26, 1911, p. 29 (accessible via fultonhistory.com)
  4. ^ "Adam Kessel," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Vol. 72, No. 15, January 16, 1911, p. 3, col. 3 (accessible via fultonhistory.com)



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