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...Damrosch name grew strong and so did the clan. When Walter had his hands full with his orchestra. Brother Frank took over the Oratorio Society, relinquished it in 1912 to head the Institute of Musical Art, now a part of the Juilliard School of Music. Brother Walter kept his programs consistently fresh and enterprising (even to the extent of sponsoring the first serious efforts of the upstart George Gershwin). But he was besieged by financial worries until 1914 when his friend Harry Harkness Flagler took over the Symphony's deficits, bore them single-handed until the merger with...
...Casazza, for 27 years the Metropolitan's general manager. But Gatti's regime ends next month. Last week his successor was named and a momentous bargain sealed. In a desperate attempt to save its life, the Metropolitan sold its independence. Price: $150,000. The buyer was the Juilliard Musical Foundation, created by the late Augustus D. Juilliard, a native of Stark County, Ohio, who migrated to Manhattan and made a fortune in textiles. As Augustus Juilliard grew old he tired of making money and opera became his interest. Nearly every night he was to be seen...
...least 10%. Then, in addition to the 14 weeks of winter opera at the old price-scale ($7 top), there must be a supplementary "popular" season in which young U. S. singers can air their talents and perhaps earn a winter engagement. (Cynical wiseacres suspected that graduates of the Juilliard Music School would find the way to the Metropolitan stage easier than other young aspirants would...
...further their aims the Juilliards demanded greater representation on the Metropolitan board.*It was not a suggestion but a command when they named as their candidates Lawyer John M. Perry, who drew up Augustus Juilliard's will, Dean Ernest Hutcheson of the Juilliard School of Music, President John ("Helen of Troy") Erskine who has long been ambitious to dictate Metropolitan policies. In exchange for its donation, the Juilliards claimed also the right to pass on the Metropolitan's new managerial force. Herbert Witherspoon, oldtime basso and now a member of the Juilliard teaching staff, was named to succeed...
...Thus the Juilliard undertook to "save the Met" and the Press applauded roundly. An embittered minority wondered why the world's richest musical trust had been so leisurely and obvious with its salvage...