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title: Ruggiero Ricci, Virtuoso Violinist (English poster distributed in Beirut)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ruggiero-ricci-virtuoso-violinist-beirut-1957/
description: A concert poster for American violinist Ruggiero Ricci, with a large portrait of him playing, two performances on 26 and 28 March at West Hall.
section: Collection
---

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# Ruggiero Ricci, Virtuoso Violinist (English poster distributed in Beirut)

A concert poster for American violinist Ruggiero Ricci, with a large portrait of him playing, two performances on 26 and 28 March at West Hall, American University of Beirut, under the auspices of the American National Theatre and Academy, with a programme of Vivaldi to Prokofieff, pianist Eugenio Bagnoli, and ticket prices in Lebanese pounds. The tell is testimonial: two quoted critics from the New York Times and Herald Tribune vouch for the performer, with transfer from the standing of the composers.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
RUGGIERO RICCI
VIRTUOSO VIOLINIST

Appears in two performances
at WEST HALL
American University of Beirut
Under the auspices of
AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATRE AND ACADEMY

MARCH 26
MARCH 28
9:00 P.M.

"... there are few today who can excel him."
—Olin Downes, New York Times

"... a remarkable variety of tonal hues and timbres ..."
—New York Herald Tribune

PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE WORKS BY
Vivaldi, Beethoven, Bach, Bartok, Schubert, Brahms and Prokofieff

EUGENIO BAGNOLI, Accompanist

Tickets on sale at West Hall and Librairie Antoine
Prices: LL. 8, 5, and 3
```

No U.S. government imprint is printed on the sheet.

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