Word: reichhold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some three years, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra had been groaning under the ills of insurrection in the ranks, irregular support from the public, the musical tastes of Conductor Karl Krueger and the uncompromising management of Board President Henry H. ("I like this way") Reichhold (TIME, Feb. 14). Last week it looked as if the ills might prove fatal, though not before President Reichhold, the symphony's chief supporter, had delivered himself of remarks at the deathbed...
Industrialist Reichhold (Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.) added that it was "a shocking disgrace and all Detroit should be ashamed . . . Apparently if I don't support the musicians singlehanded, Detroiters don't care enough about their orchestra to make a move. I think Detroiters . . . are just sitting back waiting for me to underwrite the symphony by myself for the seventh season. But even if I could, I wouldn...
...week's end, most Detroiters were still sitting back. Symphony critics, who thought that sufficient support could still be found if autocratic President Reichhold stepped out of the top job, were waiting for him to make the next move...
...Detroit Symphony Orchestra's President Henry H. Reichhold had threatened his rebellious musicians with a good ''house cleaning," if they didn't behave (TIME, Feb. 14). Last week, most of Detroit's musicians were wondering if Reichhold had already gotten out his broom...
...free agents. That gave the men a chance to find new jobs if they wanted to, and the orchestra a chance to make replacements. The joker: in the past, the musicians had been warned in advance that the firing was a mere formality. Last week, on this point, President Reichhold was silent...