Word: stokowskied
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...centenary of this great event, we have been accorded the opportunity of judging the work afresh. It is an opportunity which does not often occur, for full performances of the Ninth are rare. But on March 4, in Carnegie Hall, Manhattan, the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the leadership of Leopold Stokowski, combined with the Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto braved the terrors of the formidable masterpiece...
...Samuel S. Fleisher, founder of a free night art school which has celebrated its 25th anniversary, was the winner for 1923 of the Philadelphia award ($10,000) presented annually by me to that person who gives Philadelphia the most distinguished service. Previous winners of my award are Leopold Stokowski, orchestra leader, and Dr. Russell H. Conwell, President of Temple University...
Philadelphia's Stokowski, orchestra leader, triumphed gloriously when he brought forward Wanda Landowska to make her American debut...