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The Australian Broadcasting Commission tapped Conductor Ormandy because he is: 1) one of the youngest (44) and most energetic of first-rank U.S. maestros; 2) in the twelve years he has spent conducting the Minneapolis and Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Ormandy has rolled up a radio following comparable to that of...
With extreme pleasure I was reading your article concerning Anton Bruckner (March 27). On the other side, Bruckner is considered as Beethoven's only equal in the symphonic field. Born in Vienna and a musician myself (in civilian life, of course), I fought for Anton Bruckner all my life...
Tinkering Yankee. Lean, sharp, salty, 54-year-old Van Bush is a Yankee whose love of science began, like that of many American boys, in a passion for tinkering with gadgets. Born in Everett, Mass., near Boston, grandson of a whaler and son of a Universalist preacher, Bush feels most...
In one of the most musical cities in the U.S., San Francisco, the greatest French conductor alive will pad affably to the podium this week to round out his ninth season. During those nine seasons he had brought his orchestra close to the head of the symphonic class. The San...
The composition that brought cheers from Carnegie Hall's audience was Bruckner's Te Deum. Like all of his major works it is large, vigorous, austerely religious-a vast tonal shrine. Its melodies are plain-spoken rather than pretty; it has little sensuous appeal. But when Conductor Bruno...