Photographs

Photographs (black-and-white and color) that depict the lives of Herbert and Trudl Zipper and the various locations they lived and worked in. This includes Austria, Manila, Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, Asia, and some from their personal lives. These materials are dated from the 1920s to 1990s.

See below for curated photograph albums: Pre-War Life, Manila, Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, Trips to China, and Friends and Colleagues.

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Trudl Dubsky Zipper

Manila

Wedding of Herbert Zipper and Trudl Dubsky (October 1, 1939)
Trudl Dubsky Zipper reading at home (1939)
Dr. Zipper working at home (1939)
Santa Cruz Cathedral Concert (May 1945)
Dr. Zipper in his green room at the Rex Theatre (1945)
Dr. Zipper conducting the Manila Symphony Orchestra at the Rex Theatre (1945)
Dr. Zipper with two American soldiers (Circa 1945)
Dr. Zipper leads a Manila Symphony Chorus rehearsal (December 1945)
Members of the Young People’s Concert Series meet (July 1954)
Dr. Zipper demonstrating how to play cello to children at Emilio Jacinto Elementary School (December 1954)
Dr. Zipper and a string quartet of the Manila Symphony Orchestra musicians (1956)
Dr. Zipper being awarded the Philippines Presidential Award Medal from President Carlos P. Garcia (July 3, 1959)
Herbert and Trudl Zipper admire Trudl’s watercolors (1950s)
Dr. Zipper leading the Manila Symphony Orchestra accompanied by soloist Oscar Yatco (August 1963)
Dr. Zipper prepares young musicians for a Young People’s Concert (July 1964)
Herbert and Trudl Zipper celebrating their 25th anniversary with members of the Manila Symphony Orchestra (October 1, 1964)
Dr. Zipper being awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and the Arts (June 23, 1967)
Dr. Zipper conducting the Manila Symphony Orchestra (July 1969)
Herbert and Trudl Zipper with friend and former Manila Symphony Society President, Ben F. Legarda (1960s)
Dr. Zipper conducting the Manila Symphony Orchestra at the opening of the Philippines Cultural Center (September 1969)
 

Brooklyn

Dr. Zipper with Regina Resnik and Henry Bohack discussing plans for the new Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (Early 1949)
Dr. Zipper and Robert Merrill (left of Zipper) at a fundraiser for the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (Early 1949)
Dr. Zipper with Giovanni Martinelli and Brenda Lewis (Early 1949)
Dr. Zipper with musicians of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (Early 1949)
Dr. Zipper providing instruction to members of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (Early 1949)
Dr. Zipper and musicians of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (Early 1949)
Dr. Zipper during a rehearsal of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (May 1949)
Dr. Zipper provides instruction during a rehearsal of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (November 1949)
Herbert and Trudl Zipper with Eric Simon (3rd from right) and friends (Circa 1950)
Trudl Dubsky Zipper reading from their apartment in Brooklyn (1951)
 

Chicago

Students help carry instruments in for Dr. Zipper’s first school concert in the Chicago Area (May 1954)
Dr. Zipper leads a rehearsal of the Music Center’s Orchestra (1954)
Trudl Dubsky Zipper in front of the Music Center with their dachshund, Niddy (1954)
Dr. Zipper conducts a school concert in Winnetka, Illinois (January 1955)
Dr. Zipper and the Chicago Businessmen’s Orchestra at Orchestra Hall (1955)
Dr. Zipper at the opening of the new home of the Community Music Center of the North Shore (1956)
Dr. Zipper conducting a rehearsal of the Chicago Businessmen’s Orchestra (1956)
Dr. Zipper monitors a class at the Music Center of the North Shore (Late 1950s)
Dr. Zipper conducting a school concert in Glencoe, Illinois (circa 1964)
Dr. Zipper at the annual National Guild of Community Music Schools conference (1965)
Herbert and Trudl Zipper in front of their home with a friend (late 1960s)
Dr. Zipper enjoying his retirement party as Director of the Music Center (1967)
 

Los Angeles

Herbert and Trudl Zipper in Santa Monica, California (1968)
Dr. Zipper conducting “Pierrot Lunaire” at USC’s Schoenberg Centennial (September, 1974)
Dr. Zipper’s office at the University of Southern California (Late 1970s)
Herbert Zipper and sister, Hedy Holt, at Trudl Dubsky Zipper’s memorial tree at USC (1978)
Dr. Zipper conducting a concert at 32nd Street Magnet School (1979)
Dr. Zipper with children at Castelar School (1980s)
Dr. Zipper and MaryAnn Cummins teach a music class at Crossroads School (Late 1980s)
Dr. Zipper at his home with items he acquired in China (1988)
Garden view from the Zipper’s home (circa 1990s)
Dr. Zipper walking in Santa Monica, California (1993)
Dr. Zipper being filmed for a documentary about his life, “Never Give Up: the 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper” (1993)
Groundbreaking of the Colburn School in Los Angeles (1996)
 

Trips to China

Dr. Zipper during his first trip to China (1981)
Dr. Zipper with performers (1981)
Dr. Zipper admires a young artist’s work (1981)
Dr. Zipper teaching conductorship to a student (1981)
Dr. Zipper conducting at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (1980s)
Dr. Zipper poses with a teacher and quartet (1982)
Dr. Zipper gifts a necklace to a young performer (October 1982)
Dr. Zipper conducting (1980s)
Dr. Zipper accepts a bouquet after a performance (October 1984)
Dr. Zipper with friends atop the Great Wall of China (late 1980s)
Dr. Zipper arrives for a visit (1989)
Dr. Zipper shares a toast (Circa Early 1990s)
 

Friends and Colleagues

Richard D. Colburn, founder of the Colburn School, with Dr. Zipper (1991)
Dr. Zipper shakes hands with Jean MacArthur, wife of General Douglas MacArthur (1939)
Oscar Yatco (left) and Basilio Manalo (right), violinists of the Manila Symphony Orchestra (1953)
Ron Colton and Trudl Dubsky Zipper (Circa 1950s)
Ben and Trinidad Legarda, both presidents of the Manila Symphony Society (Circa 1950s)
Composer Ernst Toch and Dr. Zipper (1962)
Arts advocate Jeannette Edris Rockefeller and Dr. Zipper (1969)
Arthur Fielder and Dr. Zipper (Circa 1960s)
Edgar Schenkman, worked with Dr. Zipper to bring classical music education to various countries in Asia (1971)
Jascha Heifetz and Hedy Holt playing table tennis (Circa 1975)
Eric Dubsky, Trudl’s brother (Circa 1930s)
Dr. Paul Cummins, headmaster of Crossroads School and Dr. Zipper’s biographer (Late 1980s)
Composer and clarinetist, Eric Simon, a close friend of Dr. Zipper (Circa 1980s)
Julian Spear, organizer of Dr. Zipper’s school concerts in Los Angeles (Circa 1980s)
Artist Oswald Petersen and Dr. Zipper (1990)
Psychologist Bruno Bettelheim and Dr. Zipper (1990)
Terry Sanders, director/producer of the documentary about Dr. Zipper (1995)