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Welcome Friends: As the Vice President of Artistic Administration at the Colorado Symphony, I’m thrilled to share with you a summer of concerts that combine the best elements of the season. From classical to contemporary, the series offers something for every kind of taste, in venues that showcase our state’s natural beauty.

We’re doing many new things this summer, including the Colorado Symphony’s debut at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, two dynamic concerts at the newly renovated Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, six performances at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, three shows at the Arvada Center, and two programs at our own Boettcher Concert Hall.

I invite you to challenge yourself this summer and experience the orchestra in a new way. If you’ve not experienced the orchestra at Red Rocks, we’ll be performing with some of the most exhilarating artists on the touring circuit, including Mary Chapin Carpenter, the Indigo Girls, Amos Lee, and a symphonic tribute to Jerry Garcia featuring Warren Haynes. Also, join us for a unique evening with the Symphony that features Colorado homegrown talent DeVotchKa, Gregory Alan Isakov, and Elephant Revival. Finally, the orchestra is taking on the innovative and unique challenge of collaborating with the American electronic music artists Pretty Lights.

The Arvada Center has been one of the Colorado Symphony’s destinations for summer symphonic music for years, and we’re thrilled to be performing three times in the outdoor amphitheater this summer. Join us for a traditional patriotic program on July 3, and again on July 10 for our annual tribute to Arthur Fiedler. This summer’s Fiedler tribute program introduces Caroline McCaskey on the musical saw, and further features our own Principal Tuba, Stephen Dombrowski, in a solo appearance. It’s anything but routine. Finally, join us for Mozart Under Moonlight in a program that features four of the Colorado Symphony’s Principal players in Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante, K.279b for solo oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, as well as several of Mozart’s beloved opera arias performed

by CU Boulder Faculty member Jennifer Byrd, and conducted by CU’s Gary Lewis.

Thanks for making the Colorado Symphony part of your summer. Enjoy the music!

Anthony Pierce Vice President of Artistic Administration

Contents 6 Sponsor Spotlight 8 Colorado Symphony 9 Board of Trustees/Staff 10 Celebrate America with the

Colorado Symphony

Thursday, July 3 at 7:30 pm Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities 11 The Colorado Symphony Presents: A Tribute To Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops

Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 pm Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities 14

Classical Top 40 Saturday, July 12 at 7:30 pm Boettcher Concert Hall

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The Music of Harry Potter Saturday, July 19 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, July 20 at 1:00 pm Boettcher Concert Hall

18 Mozart Under Moonlight

Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 pm Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities 22

Biographies

For tickets: 303.623.7876 www.coloradosymphony.org Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, #15 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.292.5566 Fax: 303.293.2649 tickets@coloradosymphony.org

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SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT St. Anthony Hospital St. Anthony Hospital is excited to be the Colorado Symphony’s Summer Season Sponsor. “Our mission is to inspire healthy living—body, mind and spirit,” says Jeff Brockman, CEO of St. Anthony Hospital. “Sponsoring the Symphony in this way is a great way for us to further this commitment and nurture the health of people in our communities.”

Creating healthier communities has been the heart of St. Anthony Hospital’s caring for more than 120 years. Today, that strong sense of purpose is reflected in services reaching throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Achievements and awards of note include: • We are a Comprehensive Stroke Center. This Joint Commission certification confirms our ability to treat patients with the most complex strokes. Our Stroke Center is also one of few in the nation to earn The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association “Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award.”

• St. Anthony Breast Center holds National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers accreditation. Our leading-edge imaging technology includes automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) and 3D mammography systems—among the region’s first.

• We are a Level I Trauma Center, caring for the region’s most seriously injured patients, and headquarters for Flight For Life Colorado air and ground emergency transport services.

• Our Emergency Department is a Lantern Award recipient—one of only two Colorado and fewer than 40 in the U.S. so honored. Our recently expanded Emergency facility is designed and equipped for senior-specific care.

• Our full-spectrum heart and vascular care is a multi-year recipient of the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Gold Receiving Award—a high honor. We are also recognized as a Heart Attack Receiving Center and a certified Chest Pain Center.

With other providers in the Centura Health network, our physicians, associates and volunteers salute you, Colorado Symphony. Thank you for lifting spirits with your music. You can learn more about us at stanthonyhosp.org.

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SCOTT O’NEIL

DUAIN WOLFE

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RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

CHORUS DIRECTOR

VIOLIN Yumi Hwang-Williams Concertmaster The Mary Rossick Kern & Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair Claude Sim Associate Concertmaster Boram Kang Fixed 4th Chair Paul Primus Principal Second Allegra Wermuth Assistant Principal Second Jerry Chiu Larisa Fesmire Thomas Hanulik Wyn Hart John Hilton Anne-Marie Hoffman Myroslava Ivanchenko-Bartels Dorian Kincaid Karen Kinzie Mark Lamprey Ben Odhner Miroslaw Pastusiak Erik Peterson Felix Petit* Robert Stoyanov Stirling Trent Amy Tyson Bradley Watson Tena White VIOLA Basil Vendryes Principal Catherine Beeson Assistant Principal Mary Cowell Fixed 3rd Chair Charlyn Campbell Marsha Holmes Helen McDermott Kelly Shanafelt Phillip Stevens

CONDUCTOR LAUREATE

CELLO Silver Ainomäe Principal Matthew Switzer Assistant Principal Judith Galecki Fixed 3rd Chair Susan Rockey Bowles Danielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret Hoeppner David Mullikin Susan Yun BASS Karl Fenner Acting Principal Nicholas Recuber Assistant Principal John Arnesen Susan Cahill James Carroll Jeremy Kincaid Mary Reed* FLUTE Brook Ferguson Principal Catherine Peterson 2nd / Assistant Principal Julie Duncan Thornton PICCOLO Julie Duncan Thornton OBOE Peter Cooper Principal The Irene & David Abosch Principal Oboe Chair Monica Hanulik 2nd / Assistant Principal Jason Lichtenwalter

CLARINET Jason Shafer Principal Abby Raymond 2nd / Assistant Principal Andrew Stevens E-FLAT CLARINET Abby Raymond BASS CLARINET Andrew Stevens BASSOON Chad Cognata Principal Tristan Rennie 2nd / Assistant Principal Roger Soren CONTRA-BASSOON Roger Soren HORN Michael Thornton Principal Carolyn Kunicki Kolio Plachkov 3rd / Associate Principal David Brussel Cara Kizer* Assistant Horn TRUMPET Justin Bartels Principal Patrick Tillery Associate Principal Daniel Kuehn 2nd / Assistant Principal

ENGLISH HORN Jason Lichtenwalter

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TROMBONE Paul Naslund 2nd / Associate Principal Gregory Harper BASS TROMBONE Gregory Harper TUBA Stephen Dombrowski Principal HARP Courtney Hershey Bress Principal TIMPANI William Hill Principal Steve Hearn Assistant Principal PERCUSSION John Kinzie Principal Chair Endowed by a Friend of the Colorado Symphony Terry Smith+ Steve Hearn Lee Vinson* ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Joanne Goble

* One year replacement + On Leave

BOARD OF TRUSTEES/STAFF OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern , Co-Chair Mary Rossick Kern, Co-Chair Susan Bowles,* Secretary Dr. Christopher Ott, Treasurer TRUSTEES Margaret Anderson Justin Bartels* Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Susan Cahill* Char Campbell* Young Cho Jim Copenhaver Jason Crow Rebecca DeCook Walter F. DeHaven, Jr. BJ Dyer Sandy Elliott Brook Ferguson* Neda Ghaemi Donna Good Dr. Michael G. Gundzik John Hilton* Yumi Hwang-Williams* Richard Kylberg Peter Landgraff Paul Lopez Patrick C. McKinstry Mike Pappas Dr. W. Gerald Rainer Julie Rubsam Jim Shpall Barbara Springer Michael Thornton* Lynne Valencia Basil Vendryes* Wellington Webb * Colorado Symphony Musician Trustee EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Jack Finlaw Andrew Litton Colorado Symphony Music Director Sharon L. Reimer Colorado Symphony Guild Nicholas Recuber, Associate Board Ginger White City and County of Denver, Arts & Venues EMERITUS TRUSTEES William K. Coors John Low Lee Yeingst

HONORARY TRUSTEES Governor John W. Hickenlooper Mayor Michael B. Hancock STAFF Jerome H. Kern Chief Executive Officer Evan Lasky Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Litton Music Director Anthony Pierce Vice President of Artistic Administration David Aeling Production and Stage Manager Obe Ariss Director of Development Maureen Bailey Administrative Intern Laura Bond Director of Community and Media Relations Larry Brezicka Orchestra Personnel Manager Lena Capra Senior Staff Accountant Aric Christensen Audio Engineer Christine Devereaux Office and Special Projects Manager Ashley Dillon, Development Intern Susan Ellis Executive Assistant & Board Liaison Molly Epstein Group Sales Associate Elizabeth Frels Corporate Development Manager Joanne Goble Orchestra Librarian Deborah Guess Properties Master Philip Hiester Master Electrician Sarah J. Hom Director of Sales and Patron Services Eric Israelson Chorus Manager Christopher Kirkland Master Carpenter Matt Korona Manager of Digital Media

Matt Krupa Applications Support Analyst Ian MacIntyre Manager of Patron Services Jessica Mays Artistic Coordinator Shari Myers Symphony Concierge Scott O’Neil Resident Conductor Parker Owens Marketing Manager Barbara Porter Assistant Chorus Manager Nora Robinson Director of Education Suzanne Sarver Development Associate Emily Scott Artistic Administrator Jackson Stevens Individual Giving Associate Norma Theisen Controller Catherine Vrba Staff Accountant Doug Yost Information Services Director Patron Services Associates Rob Halgren Dana Holliday Susan Kelly Steve Kilburn Amy Moore-Shipley Tim Murphy Shari Myers Amarie Söderlind, Lead Patron Services Associate Robert Steiger, Senior Patron Services Associate George Ward Robert Warner COLORADO SYMPHONY FOUNDATION John W. Low, President Mark Fulford, Vice President Suzanne Ryan, Secretary William W. (Peter) Grant Jerome H. Kern Gordon Parker Marcia D. Strickland

COLORADO SYMPHONY GUILD OFFICERS Sharon L. Reimer President Mary F. Neidig President-Elect Constance Bender Recording Secretary J. Rene Gash Corresponding Secretary Donna Connolly Treasurer Sara Moore Assistant Treasurer Barbara Service Vice-President of Fundraising Maureen Solomon Vice-President of Information Management Donna Gerich Vice-President of Membership Judith Inman Vice-President of Music Education Janet Weisheit Parliamentarian Linda Rickard Ackerman Immediate Past President Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, Box #15 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.292.5566 Fax: 303.293.2649 Email: admin@ coloradosymphony.org Sherri Colgan House Manager Park Wm. Showalter House Manager Mike Pappas New Media Center Tickets: 303.623.7876 coloradosymphony.org

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The 2014 Colorado Symphony Summer Season presented by St. Anthony Hospital

SUMMER • 2014 CELEBRATE AMERICA WITH THE COLORADO SYMPHONY COLORADO SYMPHONY SCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor GEORGE KOMSKY, vocals Thursday, July 3 at 7:30 pm Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

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Star-Spangled Banner George Komsky, vocals Liberty Fanfare Main Title from Star Wars “Luke & Leia Theme” from Star Wars “Imperial March” from Star Wars “Raiders March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark The Thunderer God Bless the USA George Komsky, vocals “Anthem” from Chess George Komsky, vocals — INTERMISSION —

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Adventures on Earth: Theme from E.T. God Bless America George Komsky, vocals America the Beautiful George Komsky, vocals Armed Forces Salute 1812, Overture solonelle Stars and Stripes Forever

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The 2014 Colorado Symphony Summer Season presented by St. Anthony Hospital

SUMMER • 2014 A TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR FIEDLER AND THE BOSTON POPS COLORADO SYMPHONY SCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor CAROLYN McCASKEY, musical saw STEPHEN DOMBROWSKI, tuba Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 pm Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

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Academic Festival Overture Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 I. Allegro Overture to William Tell —INTERMISSION 1—

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Tanguera “Habanera” from Carmen Caroline McCaskey, musical saw “Can-Can” from Orpheus in the Underworld Caroline McCaskey, musical saw Carnival of Venice Steve Dombrowski, tuba —INTERMISSION 2—

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SUMMER • 2014 CLASSICAL TOP 40 COLORADO SYMPHONY SCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor Saturday, July 12 at 7:30 pm Boettcher Concert Hall

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“Wedding March” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61

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The 2014 Colorado Symphony Summer Season presented by St. Anthony Hospital

SUMMER • 2014 THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER COLORADO SYMPHONY SCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor Saturday, July 19 at 7:30 pm Sunday, July 20 at 1:00 pm Boettcher Concert Hall JOHN WILLIAMS

JOHN WILLIAMS

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Hedwig’s Theme The Sorcerer’s Stone Nimbus 2000 Harry’s Wondrous World Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets Dobby the House Elf Fawkes the Phoenix Gilderoy Lockhart The Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Aunt Margie’s Waltz Bridge to the Past Knight Bus Witches, Wands, and Wizards Concert Suite from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Concert Suite from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Concert Suite from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Selections from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 Suite from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

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The 2014 Colorado Symphony Summer Season presented by St. Anthony Hospital

SUMMER • 2014 MOZART UNDER MOONLIGHT COLORADO SYMPHONY GARY LEWIS, conductor JENNIFER BIRD, soprano PETER COOPER, oboe JASON SHAFER, clarinet MICHAEL THORNTON, horn CHAD COGNATA, bassoon Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 pm Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities MOZART

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Symphony No. 36, K.425, “Linz” IV. Presto

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SUMMER BIOGRAPHIES SCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor This is Scott O’Neil’s ninth season with the Colorado Symphony, and his fourth full season as resident conductor. O’Neil maintains a strong commitment to making music of the highest quality accessible to young audiences. He served as associate conductor for the Utah Symphony, which he joined in August 2000. O’Neil studied piano performance at the Oberlin College Conservatory, served as the assistant conductor of the Eastman School Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras at the Eastman School of Music, and earned a master’s degree in orchestral conducting at Rice University, where he was the director of the Campanile Orchestra, a community/university orchestra. In the spring of 2003, O’Neil was selected by the League of American Orchestras (LAO) to conduct an orchestra comprised of members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and advanced students from the University of Southern California in Synergy, a program created to promote young, contemporary composers.

O’Neil is prominently featured with the Colorado Symphony as conductor and creator of the Inside the Score series, in addition to appearances on each of the Masterworks, Family, Pops and Holiday Series.

GEORGE KOMSKY, vocals George Komsky is an American Pop Opera artist. He graduated from UCLA in 2003 before undertaking tours with Riverdance and the Twelve Irish Tenors as a soloist. He currently guest stars on jazz trumpeter Chris Botti’s worldwide tour with recent performances at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and the Colorado Symphony. This summer he will debut at the Hollywood Bowl. He is currently recording his first album.

STEPHEN DOMBROWSKI, tuba A native of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Stephen Dombrowski is Principal Tuba of the Colorado Symphony and Instructor of Tuba at Colorado State University.

He received his Bachelor of Music degree in tuba from Boston University, where his teachers were Gary Ofenloch and Toby Hanks. Dombrowski continued his studies with Daniel Perantoni at Indiana University. Dombrowski has served on the faculty of the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colorado Christian University, and the Music at Maple Mount Festival. Stephen has also been a clinician for the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University, the International Tuba-Euphonium Association, Lakewood High School (CO), and Denver School of the Arts. Mr. Dombrowski currently resides in Littleton, CO, with his wife, Angela, and two children. Aside from tuba, Stephen enjoys woodworking, Red Sox baseball, and spending time with his family. Please visit him at stephendombrowski.com.

CAROLINE McCASKEY, musical saw Caroline McCaskey received her first saw for her fifteenth birthday. She picked it up in person from the grandfather of the musical saw Charlie Blacklock himself, who gave Caroline her first and only formal musical saw lesson. She was shown how to hold the instrument, how to produce a pitch, then was told “Now you know everything you need to know, so go home and practice.” She has since received valuable advice from David Weiss and Morgan Cowin. Caroline won the International Musical Saw Competition in 2007, and in 2009 returned to 22 SOUNDINGS SUMMER 2014 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG

SUMMER BIOGRAPHIES judge the contest. She was also on the revival of the game show “I’ve Got a Secret,” saw in hand.

Caroline now teaches musical saw workshops and ensembles at Swallow Hill music school in Denver, CO. She has appeared as a soloist with numerous ensembles, most recently with the San Francisco Symphony. Caroline holds the M.M. in viola performance and Certificate in Suzuki violin pedagogy from University of Denver. Her upcoming saw album, Great Soprano Arias, is expected to be released this fall.

GARY LEWIS, conductor Gary Lewis is Director of Orchestral Studies and Professor of Music in the College of Music at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also the Music Director and Conductor of the Midland-Odessa (TX) Symphony Orchestra. At Colorado Mr. Lewis conducts the University Symphony Orchestra and oversees the entire orchestra program. He also leads the graduate program in orchestral conducting including both the masters and doctoral level. His graduate conducting students have enjoyed great success as conductors of university orchestra programs, youth orchestras, and professional orchestras alike.

Lewis received the Master of Music degree in conducting from Texas Tech University and the Bachelor of Music Education degree from The University of Oklahoma. His post-graduate work includes participation in the Pierre Monteux School for Orchestral Conductors and the Tanglewood Conducting Seminar. He has served on the faculties of Texas Tech University, The Ohio State University, The University of Michigan, and Abilene Christian University.

Mr. Lewis is a strong proponent of new music. He has been instrumental in the development and production of contemporary music festivals and his interest in new music has led him to collaborations with composers such as George Crumb, William Bolcom, John Harbison, Chen Yi, Michael Daugherty, Stephen Paulus, and others.

JENNIFER BIRD-ARVIDSSON, soprano American soprano Jennifer Bird enjoys a busy and varied singing career in the U.S. and Europe, having built a reputation as a charismatic, intelligent and versatile performer of more than 50 roles in opera, operetta and musical theater, as well as much of the standard oratorio and concert literature. As the recipient of a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, Jennifer studied in Germany in the Opernklasse of the Hamburg Musikhochschule, where she joined the vocal studio of renowned soprano Judith Beckmann.

Soon thereafter she began singing at the Landestheater Coburg and then at the Bremer Theater where she became a pillar of the soloist ensemble, singing major roles in the lyric and lyriccoloratura soprano repertory and, in Coburg, twice earning the Audience Favorite Prize. Jennifer has worked with noted artists such as Lawrence Renes, Martin Katz, Barrie Kosky, Helmut Baumann, Florian Ludwig, Stefan Klingele, Phillip Himmelmann, Joshua Major, Gustav Meier, Andrej Woron, JJ Penna, Antoine Palloc, Bruno Berger-Gorski, Andrej Woron, Rosamund Gilmore, Ronald Land, Detlef Altenbeck and Alois Seidlmeier. Jennifer is a member of the Voice faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Save the date this fall!

Saturday, September 20 Sloan’s Lake Park

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Leave your headphones at home and help the Colorado Symphony kick off its 2014/2015 concert season by participating in the Colorado Symphony 5K Run/Walk. Put a team together, bring your family and friends, and join us for a fun-filled event that will allow you to experience live music along the course. Majestic music will lead you on a beautiful run/walk around the Sloan’s Lake neighborhood.

Become one of the over 800+ runners, 60+ musicians and 175+ volunteers that made this event a success in 2013! The Colorado Symphony 5K is a fundraiser for the Colorado Symphony aimed at getting the community involved, active and introduced to its orchestra.

Post-race activities include an awards ceremony for top finishers and most successful fundraisers, as well as exciting prize giveaways, a performance featuring musicians of the Colorado Symphony, and vendors galore!

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There are also volunteer opportunities available for the 5K! Roles include: Pre-Event Setup, Registration, Directional Staff, Cheerleaders, Water Stations, Music Stations, Post-Event Take Down and more. For this event and more volunteer opportunities please contact or email Marge Collins at mcollins@coloradosymphony.org.

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Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1880-1910

June 7 - August 17, 2014 Celebrate Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and 94 avant-garde artists in the Parisian artistic and cultural scene. Discover works of art that will delight you including paintings, watercolors, drawings, rare zinc shadow puppet silhouettes, and famous Chat Noir cabaret illustrations.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), Jane Avril (detail), 1893, color lithograph, 48 ¾ x 36 inches, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels.

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