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...stood in line for a ticket to the 5:30 p.m. concerts of the Paris Conservatory Orchestra, then conducted by Charles Munch, Finally, he wrote a letter to A. Tillman Merritt, professor of Music and now chairman of the Music Department asking, "have you ever heard of a conductor named Charles Munch? He seems to me to be the logical choice to succeed Koussevitzky in Boston...
...defunct New York newspaper PM published a music column written by "Nostradamus," which attempted to predict the quality of coming musical events. In his final column of the year, discussing the 1946-47 season of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, Nostradamus warned his readers to watch out for a conductor named Charles Munch. His success will be immediate and enormous, he predicted...
Both of these statements about Munch have now been fulfilled, but to the average American concertgoer, the new conductor of the Boston Symphony is still the unknown that he was in the early...
Last week, as chubby, goat-bearded little Sir Thomas was celebrating his 70th birthday, a good part of England was helping him along. Even the British press, in the recent past not so charitable about their great conductor's churlishness, blossomed with flowery lead editorials on the great day. Said the Times: "Music is the medicine of the mind and Sir Thomas . . . is among the best doctors of the age, combining high professional skill with a highly popular bedside manner." Said the Manchester Guardian: "Sir Thomas . . . has always been and will always be an individualist. Everybody, including those...
...Multitudes. Finally, surrounded by his close friends at lunch at the Savoy, Conductor Beecham got into a vivace finale. After the toastmaster had read telegrams from Jan Sibelius and Richard Strauss, he roared, "Where's the one from Mozart?" When one speaker said Sibelius had once remarked that Beecham was the "greatest living conductor," Sir Thomas chirped "Hear! Hear...