Word: orchestras
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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According to Oliver P. Bolton, Chairman of the Committee in charge of music, Ruth Gaylor, attractive songstress appearing with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra which will play at the Jubilee, has been invited to attend the weekly dinner of the jubilee Committee Monday night...
...Procession of BacchusDelibes *Der Freischutz," Overture Weber *Danse Macabre Saint-Saens *"Ride of the Valkyries" Wagner *Choruses with Orchestra from "Patience" (Sullivan) and Sea Chanties (McPhoe) Harvard Glee Club Chorus G. Wallace Woodworth, Conductor *"Scheherazade," Third Movement Rimsky-Korsakov The Prince and the Princess *"Rienzi," Overture Wagner Selection, "The Lid's Off," Hasty Pudding Show of 1936 Cammann Newbury ,'37, E. R. Sargent, '36, Gaspar G. Bacon, Jr. '37 (Arr. by Leroy Anderson) Conducted by Leroy Anderson *"Voices of Spring," Waltzes Strauss *"Up the Street" Morse Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square
...audience wanted more of Toscanini, clapped, stamped, cheered. But the little Italian never returned. Instead Maurice Van Praag, the Orchestra's personnel manager, faced the clamoring crowd, said: "The man who just came down here and snapped that picture almost blinded our beloved Maestro. He asks me to say that he loves you all and begs to be excused." With that a mighty chorus of boos and hisses filled the Hall...
...atone for his abrupt leavetaking, Toscanini issued one of his rare press statements, expressed gratitude and affection for his audiences and his orchestra. But he would permit no public demonstration when he sailed for home, probably never to return to the U. S. again. Aboard the S. S. Champlain he locked himself in his cabin with Mrs. Toscanini, admitted a few friends, barred all reporters, all photographers...
Night after Toscanini's farewell (see above), a tribute was paid him over the radio by Conductor Leopold Stokowski, who referred to the Italian maestro as "the supreme master of all conductors," mourned his departure as "an immense loss to our country." In the course of the Philadelphia Orchestra's tour (TIME, April 27), Stokowski was swelling his purse by appearing with his men on the Kraft's Cheese hour, which is sent out from Hollywood with Crooner Bing Crosby as master of ceremonies. Stokowski's first offering was Bach's Siciliana, which prompted Crosby...