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...Manhattan. There attended her all the tears and tributes of a last time. The American Legion saluted her. So did the Governors of the 48 states; there were letters from them all, a farewell appreciation for "a lifetime of self-sacrificing service." Mme. Schumann-Heink cried, kissed Walter Damrosch who had presented them, and made a speech: "Now I say goodbye, but that does not mean that I shall become useless. I hope still to continue to serve my country. Heretofore I have given my heart to the soldier boys, but now I must look after the girls-if they...
Thompson, who spent three years in the American Academy at Rome under the Walter Damrosch Prize de Rome after his graduation from Harvard, will discuss Ezra Pound's recent book on Antheil. The meeting will be thrown open for a general discussion of modern music following Thompson's address...
...Manhattan. For 49 years a Damrosch has been host at the New York Symphony*- for seven years Leopold, its founder; for the last 42 Walter, the son. But at the first of the golden anniversary concerts given last week Walter Damrosch was not in his usual place, sat instead in the centre box and led the applause for Fritz Busch. Guests followed his lead, kept their eyes courteously to the front, applauded a respectful, uneventful performance of the Beethoven Fourth, the Brahms First. Five guest conductors are listed this season for the "one-man" orchestra: Fritz Busch of the Dresden...
...Mayor Walker and he accepted the explanation. I also asked a friend of mine to tell the Brazilians not to dance any more because I didn't want any fuss. They left off dancing." ¶ Among the Mayor's shipmates were Negress singer Florence Mills, conductor Walter Damrosch, cartoonist Rube Goldberg, conductor Sergi Koussevitzky. The Mayor was auctioneer for the ship's pool, won a bet on fighter Tunney, etc. ¶ In Manhattan, Mayor Walker's subordinates waited for a glimpse of the unprecedented "service" he last fortnight promised to give his city when he should...
...York Symphony Conductors. Guest conductors of the New York Symphony Orchestra were announced: Fritz Busch (Dresden Opera House), Ossip Gabrilowitsch (Detroit Symphony), Walter Damrosch (onetime regular conductor), Maurice Ravel (French composer), Enrique Fernandez Arbos (Madrid Symphony...