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    Orchestra Personnel

Manager's Report, Oct 1, 1932 - Apr 30, 1933

ID:
562-01-10
Abstract
Personnel Manager's Reports, season 1932-33; Weekly listing of men who missed rehearsals and/or concerts due to illness, bereavement, etc.; Lists of extra musicians; problems with behavior of individual orchestra members; letters from doctors treating ill musicians; late attendance due to train delays; Contract broken with some orchestra musician due to false immigration papers; tours; Resignation of tuba player demanded by Toscanini for lack of interest; Musicians cautioned for laziness; tours; coats stolen from orchestra rehearsal room; Dissatisfaction of Bruno Walter with some first violin players; Proposed reduction in wage scale by 20% for following season and discussions with Musicians Union, eventually approved; Proposal by Victor Recording Co. to record Beethoven Symphonies under Toscanini during concerts; Beethoven Cycle under Toscanini
Project Funder
  • Leon Levy Foundation
Preferred Citation
Manager's Report, 1 Oct 1932 - 30 Apr 1933, Folder 562-01-10, Orchestra Personnel Records, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
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