Word: katchen
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...week so impatient for the Philadelphia Symphony to give him his cues that he beat time with clenched fists. When his cues came, he played with such sympathy and taste that the audience stormed applause, the gentle critics went home to praise unreservedly an outstanding young wonder, Julius ("Buddy") Katchen, II. Prodigy Katchen had been "discovered" by Conductor Eugene Ormandy (who himself made his debut at 7), had been given a preliminary hearing before the Philadelphia Orchestra Club, recently organized to stimulate youthful interest in the city's music...