Word: contract
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Morale at the orchestra was at its lowest in recent memory when Leinsdorf departed, and the BSO, which had been one of the international greats under Koussevitsky and Munch, was trailing each of the other four major American orchestras in record sales. When RCA Victor picked up the contract for Ormandy and the Philadelphia, there were rumors that the company would phase out Boston, because of the lack of magnetism in Leinsdorf's conducting. Leinsdorf was criticized as being excessively Germanic in interpretation, and at least one orchestra member publicly stated that he would rather be conducted by a metronome...
...Independent's board voted last night to bid competitively against the CRIMSON for the contract. provided the two organizations were put on equal footing...
...Independent president protested that the University was giving the advantage to the CRIMSON. He said that Thomas Crooks, Master of Dudley House and director of the summer school. informed the Independent last week that any competitor wouldhave to underbid the CRIMSON by $500 to get the contract...
...claimed the Independent, using alumni subsidies, could afford to submit a money-losing bid on the summer contract-a charge that Abrams denied...
...LOCAL press lately has been trumpeting the fact that Boston has been laying claim to more and more motion picture "world premieres" -a dubious distinction that sometimes is akin to being the first in your neighborhood to contract bubonic plague. Last fall, there was something called 80 Steps to Jonah , which starred Wayne Newton. Contrary to popular belief, it was not a remake of Moby Dick...