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...Government Conservatory. He was only 24 when the Moscow 'Grand Opera asked him to be its first violin. Two years later he lit out of Russia, went to Manhattan, placed first in a contest of 500 violinists and got a chance to solo with the Philharmonic. Walter Damrosch made Mischakoff concertmaster of the New York Symphony, now defunct. Stokowski took him to Philadelphia, whence Frederick Stock got him for Chicago...
...Baltimore, eight in Cleveland, winds up this week with a one-night stand in Rochester. Back in Manhattan the Metropolitan prepared for its second "spring season" at popular prices. Pianist Lee Pattison, appointed manager for this series, announced Faust for the opening night, May 3.† He promised Walter Damrosch's new opera, The Man Without a Country, for the second week, expected the series would last at least a month, maybe longer unless the weather gets...
...Mannes was playing a solo between the acts at the Herman's Theatre. Conductor Walter Damrosch called him to his box, signed him up as a first violin with the New York Symphony Orchestra. Damrosch's sister Clara was singing with the Oratorio Society when Mannes met her. In 1898 Mannes became concertmaster of the Symphony, married Clara Damrosch the same year...
...purposes" and this year expects to contribute 4.360 hours, 44% of the network's total broadcasting time. Sample NBC programs: "Your English." a diction course called "Magic of Speech." a weekly half- hour donated to the National Congress of Parents & Teachers, a Music Appreciation Hour conducted by Walter Damrosch. NBC also furnishes an hour a week to "America's Town Meeting of the Air," a program of uninhibited discussion on a set topic by luminaries like Raymond Moley and Fannie Hurst...
...cellist playing obscurely in the Metropolitan pit, Victor Herbert began his U. S. career. He had left Ireland in his youth, studied in Germany, taken a job with the Stuttgart Opera when in 1886 Walter Damrosch visited there, offered a Metropolitan contract to Therese Forster, a comely young singer who was to become Mrs. Victor Herbert. Damrosch offered Herbert $60 per week for the sake of signing up the singer he wanted. Mrs. Herbert's heyday was brief. She retired to bear children, grew plumper & plumper, never quite mastered the English language...