Word: orchestras
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Regaled by the rhythmic strains of Don Gahan's orchestra, the Class of 1940 will hold its first dance of the year from 8:30 to 12 o'clock in the Union under the auspices of the Union Committee this evening...
...greatest figure on the contemporary American stage is? Well, it's George M. Cohan. That man is a genius. I've seen him come into a rehearsal with one act of a play written, and he'd write out the other two acts sitting in the darkened orchestra. Sometimes he'd have three or four shows going on at the same time-- let's say, one musical comedy, one straight drama, a comedy, and on top of that, a revue. Remember, all the writing, song-writing, and direction by him, and he might even take an acting part besides...
...center ring the emperor of one sixth of the world kneels before a twice-divorced charmer from the southland, while on either side the lords temporal and spiritual beat their breasts in dismay, the American press makes the cables blush, and there is distinct teeth gnashing in the orchestra pit. Last week the Communist Party investigated reports that Mrs. Simpson was pro-fascist, but the situation is losing its farcical nature, and certain events show that England's ruling class is profoundly disturbed...
Like Bodanzky, the chunky guest conductor engaged Metropolitan stars to sing the title roles. He swelled the orchestra to 73, omitted Siegfried so that Flagstad would have a less arduous schedule, reversed the order of the operas so that Gotterddmmerung could be given on the Saturday it would not conflict with a big football game.* Graciously, he staggered performances so that stars could keep appointments elsewhere. Reiner clashed only once with Stage Director Armando Agnini, over a new $1,800 steam apparatus for Gotterddmmerung to help Valhalla go up realistically in flames & smoke. The conductor barred the steam because...
Still only 47, Reiner has held guest conductorships in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna, more recently with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic. He led the Cincinnati Symphony through nine distinguished years, heads the Orchestra and Opera Departments of Philadelphia's Curtis Institute. He is considered an expert on Wagner, likes the moderns as well as Bach, snaps crack photographs on his Contax...