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With profound regrets, profuse eulogies, the New York Symphony Society accepted the resignation of Walter Johannes Damrosch as conductor, urged him to continue as honored guest conductor, as conductor of the Children's and Young People's Concerts, in order that "this incomparable work . . . may be continued under the very best auspices." He acquiesced...
Musicians were surprised by his resignation, music lovers shocked. In part, this was because Dr. Damrosch has held his post so long (42 years) that people are in the habit of considering him as permanent as Carnegie Hall. In part, it was because his handsome, aristocratic figure has come to symbolize in many minds the elegant formality that people love to associate with "art." But mostly, it is because his music means more than clothes and calenda...
...Manhattan last week; on the stage of Carnegie Hall, Conductor Walter Damrosch lifted his baton high for the first New York Symphony concert of the season. Mozart had the honor of beginning, with his energetic Symphony in D, cooked to order at his father's command to tickle the palate of a Salzburg burgomaster. Schumann was next with his Concerto in A Minor, with Pianist Alfred Cortot to spin the important thread cunningly. Then came a stranger, Jacques Ibert, with three pieces from his ballet suite, Les Rencontres, given its U. S. premiere a fortnight ago by the Boston...
...York Symphony, Walter Damrosch, conductor, Otto Klemperer and Fritz Busch, guest conductors, will give 20 Sunday afternoon concerts, beginning on Oct. 31, 12 Thursday afternoon and 12 Friday evening concerts, 6 Saturday afternoon concerts for young people and 5 Saturday morning concerts for children. Under Dr. Damrosch six new works by six composers of six different countries will be played: De Falla's marionette opera, El Retablo de Maese Pedro, Sibelius' Tapiola, Casella's Scarlatina, Honegger's Phaedre, Ernst Hallfter's Spanish Suite, a symphony by Austin George Antheil, Milhaud's Ballad for Piano...
Walter Johannes Damrosch, conductor...