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Unlike most popular songwriters, 47-year-old Lecuona is also a virtuoso concert pianist and a composer of symphonic music. Son of a Havana newspaperman, he began composing at the age of eleven with a two-step called Cuba Y America. Cuban military bands still play it. A boyhood star...
It was a big week, even for James Caesar Petrillo. The boss of the American Federation of Musicians with one hand chalked up a notable victory resulting from his 13-months' ban against new recordings; with the other he opened the door on a new career as a symphonic...
But as a symphonic impresario, Jimmy Petrillo had to admit that he was a bust.
His venture in musical management arose from his plan, announced three months ago, to bring free symphonic music to U.S. small towns by hiring leading symphony orchestras to play at union expense. Petrillo's unemployed union members had viewed the plan skeptically, especially when informed that he was setting...
The Beat of the Master. He took with him a knowledge of symphonic conducting based on a careful study of every flick of Toscanini's baton. After Wallenstein was appointed musical director of Station WOR, discriminating listeners began to notice a Toscanini polish and precision in WOR's...