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Photos and memorabilia on display in the “Zimbalist Room”
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV AND NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SIGNED MARCH
27, 1905
The photo was signed following the student performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera
Katchey. The dedication in Russian reads: “in remembrance of ‘Katchey’.”
MAX BRUCH, SIGNED FEBRUARY 17, 1911
The dedication in German reads: “To Mr. Zimbalist, with friendly memories.” The
musical quote is from Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy. Zimbalist played the work for
Bruch while the composer was in bed with pneumonia at his home in Berlin.
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SIGNED OCTOBER 6, 1907
The Russian dedication reads: “For E.A. Zimbalist. With memories” and (below a
musical quote from his opera Sadko) “Sadko.”
JENÖ HUBAY, SIGNED MARCH 11, 1928
The German dedication reads: “To the great violinist Efrem Zimbalist in true admiration
and friendship.” Zimbalist first met the Hungarian violinist and composer in Budapest in
1909.
EUGÈNE YSAŸE, PHOTO OF HIS BUST, SIGNED (NOT DATED)
The dedication in French reads: “To Zimbalist, affectionately.” The Belgian violinist and
composer met Efrem Zimbalist when he attended Zimbalist’s recital in Brussels in 1908.
Ysaÿe invited Zimbalist to visit his home.
JASCHA HEIFETZ, FRITZ KREISLER, EFREM ZIMBALIST, CIRCA 1919
WALTER DAMROSCH, EFREM ZIMBALIST, AND FRITZ KREISLER ON TOUR, 1915
JASCHA HEIFETZ, EFREM ZIMBALIST, ALMA GLUCK, AND FRITZ KREISLER,
CIRCA 1919
MARCELLA SEMBRICH, SIGNED JANUARY 6, 1916
Before she taught at Curtis, the Polish-born soprano was acquainted with Efrem
Zimbalist and his first wife, soprano Alma Gluck. The dedication reads: “To my dear
friends Alma and Efrem with best wishes and every happiness in the new home.”
ALMA GLUCK, JEAN SIBELIUS, AND A. CRAMER, ACCOMPANIST, CIRCA 1914
ALMA GLUCK AT THE PIANO, CIRCA 1920
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF, CIRCA 1918
After settling in the United States in November 1918, Rachmaninoff joined the family’s
circle of friends.
ALMA GLUCK WITH EFREM ZIMBALIST JR., CIRCA 1923
Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist had two children: Maria and Efrem Jr., who later
became a famous actor.
JASCHA HEIFETZ, OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH, SERGEI RACHMANINOFF, JOSEF
HOFMANN, LEOPOLD AUER, AND EFREM ZIMBALIST AFTER AN 80th BIRTHDAY
BENEFIT CONCERT FOR AUER AT CARNEGIE HALL, 1925
DAME NELLIE MELBA, SIGNED JULY 24, 1927
The dedication reads: “to Alma and Efrem Zimbalist with love and rem(iniscences),
Coombe, July 24, 1927.” The world-famous soprano, already diagnosed with cancer,
performed with Zimbalist during his tour in Australia to attract a larger audience for him.
NELLIE MELBA, EFREM ZIMBALIST, AUSTRALIA, 1927
ARRIVAL IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, DURING ZIMBALIST’S SECOND ASIAN TOUR,
1930
On Zimbalist’s right is the famous blind koto master and composer Michio Miyagi. In the
back row, far left, is pianist Harry Kaufman, peering through the crowd.
ALBERT EINSTEIN, PRINTED PHOTO SIGNED 1945
The dedication reads: “To Efrem Zimbalist, A. Einstein.” While Alma Gluck was still
alive, Einstein sometimes joined in “quartet parties” at Zimbalist’s home, playing second
violin.
JOHN MCCORMACK, SIGNED JANUARY 12, 1926
The dedication reads: “To ‘Zimmie,’ the superb artist, the splendid man and true friend,
in genuine admiration and sincere friendship.” The Irish tenor McCormack and
Rachmaninoff made Zimbalist’s nickname “Zimmie” stick.
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, SEPTEMBER 1931
The dedication reads: “To Efrem with love from Edna.” Zimbalist set three of her poems
to music. The songs were published in 1940.
EFREM AND MARY LOUISE CURTIS BOK ZIMBALIST, CIRCA 1962 AT THE
SETTLEMENT SCHOOL, PHILADELPHIA.
Mary Louise Curtis Bok was a benefactor of the Settlement School before she founded
the Curtis Institute of Music.
ZIMBALIST WITH N. TCHAIKOVSKYAT THE TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETION IN
MOSCOW, 1962
Zimbalist was a judge for the first four Tchaikovsky competitions in Moscow in 1958,
1962, 1966, and 1970. In this photograph he is talking with a great-nephew of the
composer.
MARY LOUISE CURTIS BOK ZIMBALIST, EMIL GILELS, MRS. FARISET GILELS,
EUGENE ORMANDY, EFREM ZIMBALIST, MARGARET “GRETEL” HITSCH (MRS.
ORMANDY), CIRCA 1955
VLADIMIR SOKOLOFF, MARY LOUISE CURTIS BOK ZIMBALIST, EFREM
ZIMBALIST, AND ELEANOR SOKOLOFF IN ROCKPORT, MAINE, 1940
EMANUEL FEUERMANN AND EFREM ZIMBALIST IN RITTENHOUSE SQUARE,
1942
GREGOR PIATIGORSKY, ALEXANDER HILSBERG, AND EFREM ZIMBALIST AT A
REHEARSAL OF THE BRAHMS DOUBLE CONCERTO FOR THE 25th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE CURTIS INSTITUTE, 1949
DAVID OISTRAKH AND EFREM ZIMBALIST AFTER OISTRAKH’S UNITED STATES
DEBUT, 1955
EUGENE ORMANDY, EFREM ZIMBALIST, LEONID KOGAN, AND EMIL GILELS,
CIRCA 1955
IGOR OISTRAKH, SIGNED NOVEMBER 6, 1963
The dedication in Russian reads: “Dear Efrem Aleksandrovich, with my deepest
respect.” Violinist Igor Oistrakh was the son of David Oistrakh.
DAVID OISTRAKH WITH EFREM ZIMBALIST, CIRCA 1962
EFREM ZIMBALIST, DAVID OISTRAKH, AND LEONID KOGAN, CIRCA 1966
ELEANOR SOKOLOFF, EFREM ZIMBALIST, AND VLADIMIR SOKOLOFF AT
ZIMBALIST’S SUMMER HOME ‘THE RAFTERS,’ CONNECTICUT, 1980
CITATION AND AWARD HONORING EFREM ZIMBALIST IN THE PHILADELPHIA
MUSIC FOUNDATION HALL OF FAME, 1990
CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAM AND LETTER FROM PRESIDENT RONALD
REAGAN, MARCH 9, 1982
The telegram was read during the Zimbalist tribute concert by the Reno Philharmonic,
during which Zimbalist’s orchestration of his Coq d’Or Fantasy premiered.
HONORARY DEGREE AS DOCTOR IN MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
PENSYLVANIA, JUNE 27, 1946
GREETINGS TO ZIMBALIST FROM HIS STUDENTS AT THE CURTIS ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION WEST, ON THE OCCASION OF THE TRIBUTE CONCERT BY THE
RENO PHILHARMONIC, MARCH 9, 1982
HONORARY DEGREE AS DOCTOR OF MUSIC BY THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF
MUSIC, MAY 10, 1975
AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, FEBRUARY
16, 1985
LOUIS BAILLY, ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG, WILHELM VON WYNNETAL JR., JOZEF
HOFMANN, AND FRITZ REINER DURING A LUNCH AT THE MANSION OF MARY
LOUISE CURTIS BOK, APRIL 23, 1934
Mr. and Mrs. Schonberg were guests of Mary Louise Curtis Bok after the performance
of Schonberg’s Verklärte Nacht.
IVAN GALAMIAN IN HIS STUDIO, CIRCA 1977
The violinist Galamian (1903-1981) taught at Curtis from 1944 to the end of his life,
which he combined with a position as head of the violin department at the Juilliard
School. He taught mostly in his private studio in New York.
LEOPOLD AUER, SIGNED MAY 11, 1925
The famous Hungarian violinist Leopold Auer (1845-1930), one of the most important
violin pedagogues of his time, taught Efrem Zimbalist, Fritz Kreisler and Jascha Heifetz
at the St. Petersburg conservatory in Russia, In 1918, after the Russian Revolution, he
moved to the United States The photograph is signed after the benefit concerto that
Zimbalist and his wife organized for Auer in Carnegie Hall on April 28, 1925. The
dedication reads “To my dear friend Efrem Zimbalist.”
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI, 1913
The dedication reads: “To Efrem Zimbalist with warmest friendship and greatest
admiration.”
ORIGINAL PROGRAM FOR ZIMBALIST’S LEIPZIG DEBUT, WITH ARTHUR
NIKISCH CONDUCTING THE LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA, JANUARY 1,
1910
Zimbalist, at age 20, was the first solo violinist invited there to play after the death of the
famous Joseph Joachim.
FRITZ KREISLER, JASCHA HEIFETZ, AND EFREM ZIMBALIST AT THE BEACH AT
FISCHER’S ISLAND, 1919
EFREM ZIMBALIST AND MARY LOUISE CURTIS BOK ZIMBALIST IN FRONT OF
THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, CIRCA 1944