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
- Date
- March 15, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 15, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948766, 306-PPB-17).
Text on the object
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.
