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title: Aldo Mancinelli, American Pianist (Arabic and English poster distributed in Beirut)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/aldo-mancinelli-american-pianist-arabic-lebanon-1957/
description: A bilingual Arabic and English concert poster. A photograph of a pianist looking down at a music score fills the right side.
section: Collection
---

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# Aldo Mancinelli, American Pianist (Arabic and English poster distributed in Beirut)

A bilingual Arabic and English concert poster. A photograph of a pianist looking down at a music score fills the right side, with a circular panel announcing that the Alumnae Association of the Tripoli Girls School presents Aldo Mancinelli, American pianist, in works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Fuleihan, Debussy and Chopin on Monday, May 27, with tickets at LL 3 and LL 1. The tell is transfer: the standing of the composers is attached to the American performer and the event.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Arabic and English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
جمعية خريجات مدرسة طرابلس للبنات
تقدم
الدو مانسينللي
عازف البيانو الاميركي
في مقطوعات موسيقية
لباخ ، بيتهوفن ، شومان
فليحان ، دبوسي ، شوبان
وذلك على مسرح مدرسة طرابلس للبنات
في الساعة السادسة والنصف من مساء يوم الاثنين في ٢٧ أيار ١٩٥٧
تباع التذاكر بمدرسة طرابلس للبنات بالأسعار التالية
٣ ليرات ـ وليرة لبنانية واحدة

THE
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
OF THE TRIPOLI GIRLS SCHOOL
presents
Aldo MANCINELLI
american pianist
Program will include works by
Bach, Beethoven, Schumann,
Fuleihan, Debussy, Chopin
Tripoli Girls School Auditorium
Monday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets, LL 3 and LL 1
On sale at Tripoli Girls School
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Tripoli Girls School Alumnae Association presents Aldo Mancinelli, American pianist, in musical pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Fuleihan, Debussy, Chopin, at the Tripoli Girls School theatre at half past six in the evening on Monday 27 May 1957. Tickets are sold at the Tripoli Girls School at the following prices: 3 pounds, and one Lebanese pound. (The English block repeats the same details.)
```

Arabic spelling of the pianist's name is read from the image and may vary slightly.

[← Iran News poster 52p, Shah and American students (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/iran-news-poster-52p-shah-american-students-camp-farsi-1956/) ["Denkt an Ungarn: Seid wachsam!" CDU poster, 1957 Bundestag election →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cdu-denkt-an-ungarn-1957/)

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