pierrotdoll

Why does violinist Fritz Kreisler have a pierrot doll in this picture? Could it be because, in early 1924, he arranged and recorded Tanzlied des Pierrot (Pierrot's Dance Song) from the opera "Die Tote Stadt" (The Dead City) by E.W. Korngold? To hear it: archive.org/details/78_pierrots-dance-song_fritz-kreisler... or www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW2AA6S5bpg According to www.korngold-society.org/ClassCDs.html the recording was on March 28, 1924. For the opera: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_tote_Stadt Aside: LoC has Kreisler's transcription of the song in its collections memory.loc.gov/service/music/eadxmlmusic/eadpdfmusic/uplo...

There are two other pierrot dolls in photos in this week's batch of Bain photos uploaded by LoC. See www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-taken-desc&safe_sear... "Famous Character Dolls" by Susan Brewer books.google.com/books?id=HQTMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT354&l... says, "During the boudoir doll craze of the 1920s and 1930s, dolls such as 'Pierrette the Lucky Mascot,' made by Dean's, appeared and Chad Valley produced them too." See also www.jazzageclub.com/the-boudoir-doll-craze/916/

swanq Thank you for the link to here from Galli Curci and for the info about the dolls.

Thanks swanq, for the information about the dolls. I saw the dolls in several photos but I had no idea why they were there.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Green_(singer) "Jane Green (born Martha Jane Greene, January 2, 1897 – August 28, 1931) was an American actress and singer who was popular in the 1920s." See also www.jazzage1920s.com/janegreen/janegreen.php

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Thanks swanq, we'll add her name to the catalog record.

Wikipedia had an interesting write up. Some of the other photos, showing more profile views, remind me of Barbara Streisand.

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swanq Thank you.