Welcome to this profile of Siegmund Forst, taken from the Fall Issue of Liner Notes. Launched in January 2022, Liner Notes is a classical music quarterly, an e-zine (pdf format) distributed to our subscribers. Our focus is on historical artists and recordings, generally speaking from the 78rpm era through the early days of stereo, with an emphasis on the golden age of the LP.
Though subscription based, we feel this article on the great Jewish-American artist, calligrapher, author and album cover designer Siegmund Forst (1904-2006) deserves the widest dissemination and are providing it free. I would like to thank author Cynthia Elyce Rubin for allowing us to publish her invaluable profile of him. Forst was a truly remarkable individual, one whose artistic impact continues to the present day. I hope you will enjoy it. Thank you.
Best wishes,
Joe Moore
Editor, Liner Notes