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Word: orchestra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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When told that a prominent symphony orchestra conductor considered his band nothing but "a bag of tricks", Mr. Whiteman replied. "Well, tricks are all right too, if they're well done, ask Peggy Joyce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "American Jazz" a Distinct International Idiom in the Opinion of Paul Whiteman--Band Will Enter the Movies | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...that Mr. Whiteman is endeavoring to reduce and that he has succeeded to the extend of 80 pounds. Whether or not this is in preparation for his debut as a silver screen artist was not accurately determined. The picture is to be a history of Mr. Whiteman and his orchestra, presented in the form of a story...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "American Jazz" a Distinct International Idiom in the Opinion of Paul Whiteman--Band Will Enter the Movies | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...trying to make a symphony orchestra out of my band. Why is it that every reporter annoys me with that same question? Jazz is my field. I only wish the symphonies would stay on their side of the fence. They're even writing symphony scores with saxophone parts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "American Jazz" a Distinct International Idiom in the Opinion of Paul Whiteman--Band Will Enter the Movies | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...dinner dance will be held in the Living Room of the Harvard Union next Saturday evening, from 7 to 12 o'clock. Dok Eisenbourg's Orchestra will furnish the music, and J. W. Green '28 will render piano selections during the intermissions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

Walter Damrosch and the National Broadcasting Co.'s National Orchestra (TIME, Oct. 29) gave the world premiere of a symphonic work called S O S by one Robert Braine. Composer Braine had his inspiration a year ago in a radio station when S. O. S. calls came in from a Greek ship off Georgia. The same dots and dashes now punctuate his three-minute composition which, if uneventful, was fittingly enough the first to have its premiere by radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: By Radio | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

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