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Title: Einar Nilson, composer, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: July 28, 1934
1934-07-28
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
With his shadow stretching along the wall behind him, Einar Nilson raises his arms in conducting a symphony that is not captured by the camera's lens.
Composer-conductor Einar Nilson will arrange the full Shakespeare play with music composed by Mendelssohn with the number of performances depending on the place chosen for the performance.
Photograph appears with the article, "Spectacle Plans Laid," Los Angeles Times, 29 July 1934: 22.
Text from negative sleeve: NILSON, EINAR COMPOSER, 1934
Text from newspaper caption: Einar Nilson, composer and conductor of the Max Rheinhardt productions, begins preparations for arrival of Rheinhardt, who plans presentation of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" in Southern California.
Handwritten on negative: Einar Nilson
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6677
ark:/21198/zz002cwxv8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Conductors
Composers
Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Nilson, Einar, 1881-1964
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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