Janice Brooks
From:
Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 19 May 2004 2:41 pm |
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Pd obits, NY Times
ABERBACH--Julian J., 95, of New York City, New York,
Southampton, New York, Palm Beach, Florida. Beloved husband
of 50 years of Anne Marie Aberbach, loving father of Belinda
Aberbach Stevenson Agar, loving grandfather of Vanessa
Stevenson, Elie Stevenson, Max Stevenson, Ezra Stevenson and
Chloe Agar, passed away of heart failure in New York City on
Monday, May 17, 2004. Julian J. Aberbach was one of the most
respected names in American music publishing as well as
music publishing around the world. Having emigrated to
America from Austria, he served in WWII in the U.S. Army
receiving his commission as Second Lieutenant and served as
a multilingual liaison with officers of the Free French. He
became interested in country music and developed a major
music publishing enterprise along with his brother Joachim
Jean Aberbach. Major names in Nashville music such as Red
Foley, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash, Eddie Arnold, Bill Monroe,
Left Frizzel and Hank Snow accounted for close to 75% of
Hill and Range Songs' country music hits. One of the most
significant publishing deals ever made by the Aberbachs was
the acquisition of the exclusive publishing rights to the
music of Elvis Presley in 1955. By the early 1970's the
Aberbach business had become a worldwide music force. Julian
Aberbach was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on
June 15, 2000. Julian and Jean Aberbach went on to develop
as major figures in the art world as owners of the Aberbach
Fine Art Gallery in New York City.
He lost his brother in 1992. Additionally, Mr. Aberbach
received the Legion of Honor in June 2003 in recognition of
his unique contribution to French culture. He was dearly
loved and he will be greatly missed. Services will be held
at the Riverside Chapel, 180 W. 76 St, NYC, at 10 A.M. on
Wednesday, May 19, 2004. Interment will follow at the
Independent Jewish Cemetery in Sag Harbor, NY.
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