Author: (Villa-Lobos, Heitor [1887-1959]). Gara, Emmerich.
Title: A Wonderful Original Photograph of the Great Brazilian Classical Composer Villa-Lobos, His Baton a Blur, As He Conducts from a Crude Podium Under a Tent.
Description: Summer, 1955. 1955. - A dynamic 11 inch high by 14 inch wide black & white matte finish photograph by Emmerich Gara depicting the great Brazilian classical composer Villa-Lobos standing at a podium under the walls of a white tent. Attired in white shirt and tie, Villa-Lobos' baton is a blur as fiercely looks left towards the unseen orchestra, his empty fist emphasizing the point. Photographed by Cellist Emmerich Gara, with his name & address stamped on the verso. The photograph is signed by Gara in pencil on the verso, and also dated and identified in pencil. 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; EMMERICH GARA; CELLIST; HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS; COMPOSER; BRAZILIAN; CONDUCTING; TENT SETTING; LEGENDARY; FAMOUS; CLASSICAL; PORTRAIT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTO; CLASSICAL MUSICIAN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; TENT; SUMMER CONCERT; S

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