Word: conductors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John Adams '66, the conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, has been named the now conductor of both the Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society...
What was on Beethoven's mind during those mundane moments when he was not working on the Ninth Symphony or the C Sharp Minor Quartet? Women, for one thing. The wife of a certain conductor, Beethoven once confided to a friend, had "a magnificent fanny from the side." Another concern in Beethoven's bachelor household was how to obtain writing paper, domestic help and food-fish, oysters and Hungarian wines were his special favorites-as cheaply as possible. That was important, since Beethoven was one of the greatest penny pinchers who ever lived. He was delighted to receive...
Conflict broke out the year before Leinsdorf left, when, for the first time in the history of the orchestra, the orchestra members refused to give the traditional Christmas gift to the conductor. The animosity between maestro and players became more apparent when trumpeter Roger Voisin "stepped down" from his position in the first chair after an incident in a public performance during which he allegedly misplayed a passage deliberately to cause Leinsdorf embarrassment. With the orchestra's prestige falling apart, it was obvious that new blood was needed, and Leinsdorf's resignation was not too surprising. His successor, William Steinberg...
...people will restore the "Boston sound" which existed under Koussevitsky and even came through in the sometimes sloppy conducting of Munch. Then, for the first time in almost a decade, Boston won't have to lay claim to the dubious distinction of having Arthur Fiedler as its greatest resident conductor...
Since their arrest last April, ten of the Panthers have been jailed in lieu of bail so high ($100,000 apiece) that many black New Yorkers now see the defendants as victims of white racism. Some Liberal whites agree. Conductor Leonard Bernstein has dunned his rich friends for the Panther defense fund, and last week an interracial group of ministers tried-and failed-to mortgage their churches to raise the Panthers' bail. While in the eyes of many, the Panthers are automatically guilty, to emotional sympathizers, they will be innocent whatever the trial decides...