Word: orchestramen
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...shaken out of bed, would never sing in San Francisco again. Sembrich was frightened, too. But she stayed to give a concert, earned over $10,000 which she divided between the choristers and the orchestra players who lost their instruments. When Sembrich sang her farewell three years later the orchestramen, remembering her generosity, gave her a silver loving...
...House, he asked Mr. Porter to add some more fitting rhymes-perhaps something of a salute to President Roosevelt. The Yaleman (Class of 1913) who wrote "Bulldog. Bulldog" replied that he was "too busy." Therefore one Sid Kuller was commissioned to do the job. Last week the Meyer Davis orchestramen chanted the following conclusion...
...rehearsal one day last week Philadelphia Orchestramen wondered if Leopold Stokowski were ill. His mood was strangely nostalgic. Suddenly he interrupted the players, thanked them for helping him forget his many worldly troubles. That afternoon the meeting of the orchestra board was no scrappier than usual and directors went home with easy minds. But next morning when they picked up their newspapers, they read that Leopold Stokowski had resigned as conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra...
...proved himself worthy of the master Finn's approval. His gestures were no longer cramped and self-consciously sub- dued. In his ardor he ripped open his coat sleeve but no one thought of snickering. Sibelius had been presented in all his strength and clarity. Even the orchestramen who set their standards by Arturo Toscanini clapped on their instruments for young Werner Janssen...
...orchestramen there is only one maestro. They called Otto Klemperer...