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Title: Autographed publicity portrait of a string quartet with Émile Férir
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920s
Publication Information: Empire
Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/.
Description: Formal portrait of a string quartet looking collectively at a musical score; they are wearing business attire and three are holding stringed instruments. On the far right is violist Émile Férir, a principal musician with the Boston Symphony Orchestra who toured as a soloist and with ensembles in Los Angeles. Gelatin silver print, monochromatic. Inscribed on the photograph are the autographed signatures of each musician. Printed in the upper right corner is the photographer's notation.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: bbf00578.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll2/id/1030
Language: English
Subject: Concerts--California--Los Angeles
Photographs--Portraits
Signatures (Writing)
Publicity photographs
Musicians
Musicians--Autographs
Conductors (Music)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music patronage--United States
Chamber music
String quartets--United States
Musical instruments
Musical scores
Violins
Violas
Violoncellos
Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century
Férir, Émile
Frankel, Bessie Bartlett, 1884-1959
Place: Los Angeles (United States)
Source: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music Box 10, Folder 3
Relation: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll2

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