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Title	Postcard, photograph of the Zoellner Quartet
Description	Members of the Zoellner quartet, grouped together looking at a musical score. Two standing, two seated, with violin, cello, and partial view of viola. Gelatin silver print, monochromatic. Hand-written on verso: "Wishing you a Happy new year! From all the Zoellners, 1923".
Date	1923
Subject	Concerts--California--Los Angeles Photographs--Portraits Signatures (Writing) Publicity photographs Musicians Musicians--Autographs Music patronage--United States Music teachers Musical instruments Violinists Violoncellists--United States Zoellner String Quartet String quartets--United States Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century Women's clothing--History--20th century
Subject - Name	Frankel, Bessie Bartlett, 1884-1959 Zoellner, Joseph Sr., 1862-1950 Zoellner, Antoinette, 1885-1962 Zoellener, Amandus, 1892-1955 Zoellner, Joseph Jr.
Geographic Location	Los Angeles (United States)
Publisher - Digital	Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Notes	Joseph Zoellner Sr. was born in 1862 in Brooklyn, New York. He formed the Zoellner Quartet in 1903 in Brooklyn with his three children: Antoinette, Amandus, and Joseph, Jr. They lived in Stockton, Calif. from 1903-6, where Joseph had a music store, and from 1906-12 they toured and studied in Europe. Returning to the U.S. in 1919, they settled in Los Angeles where the four founded the Zoellner Conservatory of Music in 1922, while continuing to perform. Amandus Zoellner was Head of the Violin Dept., Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.), from 1918 to 1925. In 1950, Joseph Jr. formed a second Zoellner Quartet with non-family members. Under that name, it played for seven years until his death, when it disbanded. It's significant to note that Bessie Bartlett Frankel personally sponsored the first professional string quartet concerts in Los Angeles, featuring artists such as the Zoellner Quartet.
Language	eng
Source	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 9, Folder 48
Format - Original	Postcard: sepia tone photograph; 3.5 x 8.5 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	bbf00564.tif

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