Word: orchestra
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Herr Strauss jumped from his seat, hurdled on to the stage. "He was leaning forward," wrote Olin Downes, "exhorting the orchestra, molding every phrase and gradation, spurring and reining that band at will, leading it up to climaxes of shattering intensity. . . . At the end every one lost his head except a newspaper photographer. De Grignon rushed frantically from the wings. He and Strauss fondled, kissed and babbled over each other. The photographer caught them on the fly and forced them to freeze in that attitude for a moment . . . the two men were genuinely angered...
Tickets for the Sanders Theatre concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra are now on sale at Symphony Hall in Boston to season subscribers, at $12 for the series of nine appearances...
These concerts, which will be given by a large part of the orchestra under the direction of its conductor, Serge Koussevitsky, will be given throughout the fall; winter, and early spring, on the following Thursday evenings: October 13, November 10, December 1, December 15, January 12, February 9, March 1, March 29, and April...
...lyrical tone and resonance are far better adapted to jazz than those of the violin. I have ordered six which ought to be here in a few days, and I have no doubt that in a year or so this instrument will be an essential part of every jazz orchestra in the country...
Five separate divisions comprise the organization of the Instrumental Clubs. These are the Banjo, Mandolin, and Vocal Clubs, the Gold Coast Orchestra, and the Speciality Division. The Banjo and Mandolin Clubs are the two oldest organizations, and are devoted to the playing of marches, popular tunes, and light classical selections. In order to make a more balanced program, however, the remaining divisions were added one after the other, four years ago. The Vocal Club, the first to join the two older clubs, is devoted to the singing of light numbers, college songs, and the like...