Scrapbook: Philadelphia Violinist Frank Gasparro 1930s

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A Scrapbook for Philadelphia Violinist Frank C. C. Gasparro

With 23 Pages and Inserts, dated 1930 to 1937

Frank Gasparro: Lead Violinist for the Philadelphia Civic Symphony Orchestra

Including Items from his Studies at South Philadelphia Boys' High School, Curtis Institute, and Julliard

Scrapbook Presumedly Assembled by Frank Gasparro or one of his Relatives

Above:  Includes Numerous Items about Violinist Frank Gasparro Laid in Looseleaf

(And the Scrapbook Pages are all about Violinist Frank Gasparro)

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Above:  Includes this Portrait of Violinist Frank Gasparro

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Above:  Includes Frank Gasparro Correspondence

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Above:  Includes Many Newspaper Clippings about Violinist Frank Gasparro

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1. Portrait of Frank Gasparro, violin virtuoso of the South Philadelphia Boy's High School Symphony Orchestra, pupil of Maestro Alberto Meiff.  It's today's South Phildaelphia High School.

2. Newspaper clipping dated May 15, 1930 with information a concert by the South Philadelphia High School Orchestra, with Frank Gasparro as concertmaster and principal violin soloist, including a comparision to the Philadelphia Orchestra.  Article written by Samuel L. Laciar.  Includes a hand-written note about Frank Gasparro being admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music on May 25, 1931.

3. Newspaper clipping dated May 24, 1930, titled "Boy Violinist is High School Star", about 17-year-old Frank C. Gasparro  being the concertmaster of Sough Philadelphia High for Boys, and the star violinist of that school. With information about Frank's music studies, inder Russian violinist Albert Meiff.

4. Newspaper clipping dated May 26, 1930, about Frank Gasparro, the 17-year-old violin virtuoso, by Theresa F. Bucchieri.

5. Newspaper clipping about students at South Philadelphia High School elected to Honor Society, including Joseph Gasparro, etc.

6. A letter and envelope addressed to Frank Gasparro on January 27, 1931, from Frank C. Nieweg, principal of the South Philadelphia High School for Boys, congratulating Frank for being on the Honor Roll.

7. A hand-written letter addressed to Clementina (Clementina Gasparro?) to congratulate her on Frank's achievements.

8. Two newspaper clippings dated January 1931 about the graduation class of South Philadelphia High School for Boys.

9. An Italian-language newspaper article about the 1931 graduation ceremony for the South Philadelphia High School for Boys.

10. The January 1931 program for the graduation ceremonies of the South Philadelphia High School for Boys, with Frank Gasparo listed as an honor student.

11. The January 1931 program for the graduation ceremonies of the South Philadelphia High School for Girls, with Frank Gasparo playing violin for a concert by the boy's high school.

12. A program for the Curtis Insitute of Music in Philadelphia dated April 19, 1932, with Frank Gasparro listed as a student of Russian violinist Albert Meiff, and with Frank playing a concerto by Jules Conus.

13. Newspaper article dated January 14, 1936 about Frank Gasparro being concertmaster of the Philadelphia WPA Orchestra: the Civic Symphony Orchestra, a branch of the WPA Federal Music Project.

14. A clipping from the "Musical Advance" about Frank Gasparo being violin soloist of the WPA Orchestra of Philadelphia.

15. A program dated February 7, 1936, for a concert by the Philadelphia Civic Symphony Orchestra at the Southern High School for Boys, with Frank Gasparro being lead violin, conducted by Dr. Emil Folgmann.

16. A mailing envelope addressed to Frank Gasparro dated October 1933, from the Julliard School of Music in New York. (No letter included.)

17.  A program dated February 10, 1936 for a music program at Philadelphia's Keneseth Israel Men's Temple Club at Philadelphia, for a concert with Frank Gasparro playing violin with pianist Ruth Subel.

18. A Philadelphia newspaper page dated February 1, 1941, about musicians auditioning  at Drexel Institute for a youth orchestra that Leopold Stokowski will conduct on tour that summer, with Frank Gasparri being one of the musicians to audition.

19. Newspaper clipping dated Feburary 2, 1937, about an opera performance at Philadelphia's Academy of Music: Aida by Verdi, with soprano Julia Peters.

20. Program for the Civic Grand Opera Company of Philadelphia, dated February 2, 1937, for a performance of Aida, with Julia Peters, and Francesco Pelosi general manager.

21. Program for the Civic Grand Opera Company of Philadelphia, dated February 23, 1937, for a performance of Carmen, with Louisa Caselotti, and Francesco Pelosi general manager.

23 and 24. Two newspaper clippings about an opera performance by the Civic Grand Opera Company at Philadelphia's Academy of Music: Tristan and Isolde by Wagner, with soprano Dorothee Manski and tenor Arthur Gerry, conducted by Fritz Mahler.

Note:  I am not sure how this Frank Gasparro is related to the other Frank Gasparro (born 1909 – died, 2001), who is known in numismatics as the tenth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, who also was born in Philadelphia. He designed the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the Eisenhower Dollar, the Lincoln Memorial reverse of the cent (minted from 1959 to 2008), and the reverse of the Kennedy half dollar. The engraver's father was a professional violinist.

I purchased this scrapbook from an antiques dealer here in Pennsylvania.

Condition:    No library or institution markings.  Numerous pages are detached from the binding, but are present. The scrapbook's pages are chipped.  The paper and items are clean, with No dampstains or foxing. The looseleaf newspaper pages have some separations to the folds.

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