Original Photograph at the "Roundtable on Ragtime" in Lenox, MA
Original large format exhibition photograph showing Bernstein, Blitzstein, and Blake watching an unidentified pianist (who bears a striking resemblance to composer Elliot Carter) at the keyboard, taken at the "Rountable on Ragtime"at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA in the summer of 1951. Board-mounted silver gelatin print with Kalischer's signature to mount and Stockbridge stamp and hand-numbering to verso of mount. [Lenox, 1951]. A few modest scuffs to the mount, else fine. Photograph 10.5 x 13.5 inches; Mount 20 x 16 inches.
Coverage of the conference and a reproduction of another image from the same setting can be seen in the September 7, 1951 issue of Down Beat magazine ( https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/DownBeat/IDX/50s/Down-Beat-1951-09-07-18-18-IDX-18.pdf).
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Unsigned PhotographClassical Music