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Mitropoulos, Dimitri, Jan 4, 1949 - Jun 17, 1950

ID:
010-04-33
Abstract
Excerpt from interview; LS-Dimitri Mitropoulos; Programs for 1949-50; Terms of recording contract with Columbia Records; Disagreement with Leopold Stokowski regarding use of platforms at Philharmonic concerts; First performances of Alban Berg: Violin Concerto; Appointment of Dimitri Mitropoulos as music director; Performances of Richard Strauss: "Elektra"; Release of orchestra members for spring tour of NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini; Draft of contract between Cetra Records and Dimitri Mitropoulos for recordings in Italy between May 1950 and April 1951; Founding of Aspen Music Festival
Project Funder
  • Leon Levy Foundation
Preferred Citation
Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 4 Jan 1949 - 17 Jun 1950, Folder 010-04-33, Executive Records, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
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