![[Bach Aria Group (E. 1946)] Shumsky, Oscar. (1917–2000) & Greenhouse, Bernard. (1916–2011) Photograph Signed by Ten Members including Shumsky and Greenhouse](http://www.schubertiademusic.com/cdn/shop/files/Bach_Aria_Group_Signed_Photograph_20722.jpg?v=1722190149)
Signed photograph of the Bach Aria Group, with signatures from (clockwise from the upper left) violinist Oscar Shumsky, founder William H. Scheide, bass-baritone Norman Farrow, soprano Lois Marshall, contralto Maureen Forrester, tenor Richard Lewis, keyboardist Paul Ulanowsky, oboist Robert Bloom, cellist Bernard Greenhouse, and flutist Samuel Baron. Fine. 8 x 10 inches; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. Uncommon, the only photograph we've ever seen so fully signed by this extraordinary group of musicians.
Musicologist and Bach scholar William H. Scheide founded the Bach Aria Group in 1946, with the specific intention of bringing increased awareness to Bach's cantatas. Membership changed over the years, and in 1980 Scheide announced his intentions to disband the ensemble. Flutist Samuel Baron, who joined in 1965, asked if he could instead take over leadership, and Scheide agreed. The ensemble continued to perform through at least 2012.
From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.
Signed photograph of the Bach Aria Group, with signatures from (clockwise from the upper left) violinist Oscar Shumsky, founder William H. Scheide, bass-baritone Norman Farrow, soprano Lois Marshall, contralto Maureen Forrester, tenor Richard Lewis, keyboardist Paul Ulanowsky, oboist Robert Bloom, cellist Bernard Greenhouse, and flutist Samuel Baron. Fine. 8 x 10 inches; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. Uncommon, the only photograph we've ever seen so fully signed by this extraordinary group of musicians.
Musicologist and Bach scholar William H. Scheide founded the Bach Aria Group in 1946, with the specific intention of bringing increased awareness to Bach's cantatas. Membership changed over the years, and in 1980 Scheide announced his intentions to disband the ensemble. Flutist Samuel Baron, who joined in 1965, asked if he could instead take over leadership, and Scheide agreed. The ensemble continued to perform through at least 2012.
From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.