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title: VITO-LORA Concert Poster, Zhongshan Hall (Chinese, distributed in Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vito-lora-concert-poster-chinese-1957/
description: A Chinese-language concert announcement for a flutist and a harpist, named in the NARA title as Vito and Lora.
section: Collection
---

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# VITO-LORA Concert Poster, Zhongshan Hall (Chinese, distributed in Saigon)

A Chinese-language concert announcement for a flutist and a harpist, named in the NARA title as Vito and Lora. Line drawings of a harp, a flute and a music stand with two portrait sketches sit on a violet field beside yellow headline characters. Sponsor lines name the American National Theatre and Academy, the State Department and a cultural exchange foundation. The concert is set for 7 December, 8 p.m., at Zhongshan Hall. The tell is transfer: the prestige of American concert music is attached to the sponsoring institutions.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
名笛手
亞瑟·洛拉
暨豎琴家
愛德華·維多

美國國家劇藝學院與國務院
文化交流基金聯合主辦
遠東旅行社協辦

十二月七日下午八時
中山堂
```

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

```
Famous flutist
Arthur Lora
and harpist
Edward Vito

Co-organised by the American National Theatre and Academy and the State Department,
and the Cultural Exchange Foundation
Assisted by the Far East Travel Service

7 December, 8 p.m.
Zhongshan Hall
```

Lines run right to left on the sheet; the personal names are read from the image and the romanisations are inferred from the NARA title.

[← Open Skies for Peace exhibition poster (Chinese, Taipei)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/open-skies-for-peace-exhibition-poster-chinese-taipei-1957/) [They'd better not be planning on a Saint-nik! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-theyd-better-not-be-planning-on-a-saint-nik-1957/)

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