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Somewhat in the manner of Leopold Stokowski, who is constantly telling his audiences how to deport themselves. Conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch last week suggested that people wear dark clothing for the performance of Bach's Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew given in Philadelphia with stage and choristers draped in black. Philadelphians take conductors' orders with remarkable grace. Most of them did as little Mr. Gabrilo-witsch asked. But one Ellen Winsor of Haverford objected, said that Gabrilo- witsch was out-churching the churches, that rather than waste time considering their raiment people would do better...
...gives to its audience. To eliminate in this way the Pierian's financial support derived from its concerts, some provision should be made for its endowment. At present the orchestra is dependent on the Music Department, both for the use of Paine Hall and for the work of its conductor, who receives no compensation. If the leader were professionally engaged by the orchestra, instead of loaned by the Department, the organization would be greatly strengthened. In this way the Pierian would be independent, retaining its leader on a regular salary...
March 19-American première of Austrian Alban Berg's Wozzeck, presented by Philadelphia Grand Opera Company; at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski...
When Eugène Ysaÿe was a six-year-old boy in Liége his father once let him sit among the orchestra players at an opera he was conducting. Most children would have been fascinated by the action on the stage but the Belgian conductor's child behaved that day in a manner which determined his career. He ignored the stage, watched the violinists with open-mouthed wonder...
Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra rehearsed the Harvard Glee Club for two and one half hours yesterday afternoon in Paine Hall...