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Photos and memorabilia on display in the “Zimbalist Room” Curtis Institute of Music Curtis Institute of Music Archives 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