Word: ehr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...DETROIT SYMPHONY operates under the successful "Detroit Plan," which this season accounted for contributions of $275,000 from 185 corporations, and a broad base of individual support to back its proud claim of being "everybody's orchestra." Sweden's Sixten Ehr-ling, 48, who replaced the venerable Paul Paray as conductor in 1962, has tempered the heavily romantic repertory favored by "Papa Paray" with stiff doses of modern music, has sharpened the ensemble playing into machine-tooled precision, and has added a velvety sheen to the orchestra's sound with the addition of 23 new musicians this...