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Title	Autographed publicity portrait of Rudolpf Ganz
Description	Head shot of composer, conductor and pianist Ganz, 3/4 profile, wearing suit and tie. Gelatin silver print, monochromatic. Inscribed "To Mrs. Cecil Frankel with sincere adminration, most cordially yours Rudolph Ganz, December 1931." Also printed on the photo and the border of the photograph is the name, G. Maillard Kesslere B.P., a photographer and painter based in Syracuse, New York.
Date	1931-12
Subject	Concerts--California--Los Angeles Photographs--Portraits Signatures (Writing) Publicity photographs Musicians Musicians--Autographs Pianists Conductors (Music) Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century
Subject - Name	Frankel, Bessie Bartlett, 1884-1959 Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 Kesslere, G. Maillard, 1894-1979
Geographic Location	Los Angeles (United States)
Publisher - Original	G. Maillard Kesslere, B.P.
Publisher - Digital	Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Notes	Swiss-born Ganz became head of piano studies at the Chicago Musical College in 1901. In 1923 he received the Légion d'honneur of France for his introduction of the works of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel to American audiences, and in later years he performed and conducted pieces by Pierre Boulez, John Cage and Arthur Honegger. In 1931, he was guest conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
Language	eng
Source	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 9, Folder 14
Format - Original	Sepia tone photograph; 8 x 10 inches
Collection	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll2
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison.
Type	Image Text
Format - Digital	image/jp2
Object File Name	bbf00487.tif

Autographed publicity portrait of Rudolpf Ganz

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