Tag Archives: The Great Waltz
September 2015
The Great Waltz Orchestra
Picture a recording session in Los Angeles in 1938 where many of those seated among the first violins had served as either concertmaster or assistant concertmaster at a number of prominent orchestras in the U.S. and Europe. Scanning the string …
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June 2015
Behind the photograph: The Great Waltz
Upon viewing the above photograph one might surmise it depicts a wardrobe fitter examining a period costume dress. Except that’s no wardrobe fitter or seamstress, it’s choreographer Albertina Rasch with Miliza Korjus. That would lead one to assume it’s a production photograph for The Great …
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