Fine original Boris of Boston photograph of the violinist and composer examining a large musical score, inscribed in white ink to Jean Bedetti, the principal cellist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the time, "Souvenir amical à J Bedetti. C.M. Loeffler". Raised stamp of the photographer lower left; small nicks to upper edge with upper left corner perished, else fine. 7 x 9.5 inches (18 x 24 cm). Uncommon!
The German-born American violinist and composer emigrated to the United States in 1881, where he joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and became a U.S. citizen in 1887. His works were performed regularly by the Boston Symphony (and by other American orchestras) through his career. Isabella Stewart Gardner provided handsomely for his primary musical talent, giving him a Stradivarius violin she acquired in 1895 and his portrait was painted by, among his many artist friends, Frank W. Benson and John Singer Sargent.
Fine original Boris of Boston photograph of the violinist and composer examining a large musical score, inscribed in white ink to Jean Bedetti, the principal cellist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the time, "Souvenir amical à J Bedetti. C.M. Loeffler". Raised stamp of the photographer lower left; small nicks to upper edge with upper left corner perished, else fine. 7 x 9.5 inches (18 x 24 cm). Uncommon!
The German-born American violinist and composer emigrated to the United States in 1881, where he joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and became a U.S. citizen in 1887. His works were performed regularly by the Boston Symphony (and by other American orchestras) through his career. Isabella Stewart Gardner provided handsomely for his primary musical talent, giving him a Stradivarius violin she acquired in 1895 and his portrait was painted by, among his many artist friends, Frank W. Benson and John Singer Sargent.