Sacramento County
Biographies
VITOLD
CHARLES FARRELL
VITOLD CHARLES FARRELL.--A native Californian who has conferred real distinction upon the Golden State, through his genius for music, is Vitold Charles Farrell, the violinist, of 1602 H Street, Sacramento, where he maintains an artistic studio and has the pleasure of entertaining visitors who are music-lovers, from far and near. He was born at Pomona, Los Angeles County, on September 4, 1900, the son of Francis and Eris (Lentezka) Farrell, his father having come to California as a late pioneer, and married in Los Angeles in 1889. The mother of our subject was a musician, and he thus had the great good fortune to inherit somewhat of her talent.
Vitold Farrell enjoyed the ordinary grammar-school and secondary-school courses, at Pomona, and he also pursued work for a short time at the Sacramento high school; and he was able to profit from the instruction of various teachers. His most advanced work, however, has been carried on under the painstaking direction of Professor Franz Dicks, well-known authority on the violin, with whom he is now associated in professional instruction in music; for he has been teaching since December, 1920, and his pupils are scattered all over the county, although principally at Folsom and Sacramento. Not only has Professor Farrell a thorough knowledge of his subject, but he has a pleasing personality, and the two factors combine to make him a sympathetic, successful teacher, inspiring confidence with the pupil, and getting results encouraging to student or relatives interested. He conducts private classes and does concert work; and is an active member of the Musicians’ Union. In addition to making music his absorbing thought and ambition, Mr. Farrell is fond of painting, and he is also an enthusiastic student of astronomy, and loves nature.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 984.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.