Word: mischakoff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Detroit's Mischa Mischakoff, 69, is the dean of U.S. concertmasters...
...chair in Philadelphia and Chicago, won the label "Toscanini's third hand" during the 15 years he played under the great Italian at the NBC Symphony. He moved to Detroit in 1952, where he helped rebuild the orchestra from scratch. A patriarch in baggy pants and sports shirts, Mischakoff is a demanding but amicable leader, prides himself on his collection of shredded manuscripts and broken batons cast aside by the terrible-tempered Toscanini...