Title: A Handsome Black & White Portrait of the Great American Composer & Conductor Leonard Bernstein, Conducting with His Hands
Description: (New York, Carnegie Hall), (1956). (1956). (New York, Carnegie Hall), (1956). (1956). Fine. - sc - A 14 inch high by 11 inch wide photograph by Emmerich Gara depicting Leonard Bernstein in profile from the from the waist up. Attired in a white cotton shirt, hands raised high as he delicately shapes the music, the young Lenny tilts his head back in response to the sound. Photographed by Cellist Emmerich Gara during a recording session at Carnegie Hall, with his name & address stamped on the verso of the photograph. Signed by Gara in pencil on the verso. Fine.
Emmerich Gara (b.1901, d.1963). Born in Vienna, Austria in 1901, Gara established lifelong careers as a portrait photographer and professional cellist. Before the outbreak of the Second World War he and his wife emigrated to the United States, where he was hired as cellist for the NBC Orchestra led by Arturo Toscanini. He performed with the orchestra (later called The Symphony of the Air) until his death.
From his seat in the front row of the orchestra Gara was in the unique position to photograph all the great conductors and soloists who appeared with the orchestra during this extraordinary period of musical activity. His subjects were captured in performance, rehearsal, and in candid moments during recordings and while socializing.
Gara's action portraits were used for record covers, for the Book of the Month Club and in articles in Time, Life and other major magazines around the world. Fine .
Keywords: MUSIC; ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER; AUTOGRAPH; EMMERICH GARA; LEONARD BERNSTEIN; AMERICAN; COMPOSER; CONDUCTOR; MUSICAL THEATRE; BROADWAY; WEST SIDE STORY; TEACHER; CLASSICAL MUSICIAN; PORTRAIT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOULFUL; GELATIN SILVER PRI
- Book number: 29338
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