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    Executive

Mitropoulos, Dimitri, Nov 28, 1951 - Jul 31, 1953

ID:
010-04-37
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Record Group
  • Executive
Series
Size
  • 0.1
Abstract
LS-Dimitri Mitropoulos; ALS-Dimitri Mitropoulos; Organization of Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble; Autographed letter from Dimitri Mitropoulos describing beauty of Florence and difficulty of making music there; Decision to perform "Arlecchino" by Ferruccio Busoni and not his Piano Concerto; Suggestion by Dimitri Mitropoulos to appease disgruntled subscribers by dedicating one concert in each series each season entirely to unfamiliar music, with all other concerts containing nothing controversial.
Project Funder
  • Leon Levy Foundation
Preferred Citation
Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 28 Nov 1951 - 31 Jul 1953, Folder 010-04-37, Executive Records, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
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