About Yella Pessl
Lived 1906 – 1991 (aged 85). Yella Pessl was an American pianist, organist, harpsichordist and musician.
Yella Pessl (originally Gabriella Elsa Pessl; ) was an American harpsichordist, pianist and organist.
Life She was born in Vienna in 1906; she studied there at the State Academy of Music, and later performed in Europe.
In 1931 she moved to the USA, and was resident in New York. 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.
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.
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Who was Yella Pessl?
American pianist
When was Yella Pessl born?
Yella Pessl was born on 5 January 1906 in Vienna.
When did Yella Pessl die?
Yella Pessl died on 9 December 1991 in Northampton.
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Yella Pessl was a pianist, organist, harpsichordist and musician.
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Yella Pessl was American.
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