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1940 Stadium Scrapbook (Part 1 of 2), Apr 4, 1940 - Jul 19, 1940
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- 555-035-01
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Record Group
- Communications/Public Relations
Series
- Press Clippings
Folder Title
- 1940 Stadium Scrapbook (Part 1 of 2)
Dates
- Apr 4, 1940 - Jul 19, 1940
Subjects
Names
- Anderson, Marian
- Burge, Louise
- Chapin, Katherine Garrison (Mrs. Francis Biddle)
- Dolin, Anton Show All
- Anderson, Marian
- Burge, Louise
- Chapin, Katherine Garrison (Mrs. Francis Biddle)
- Dolin, Anton
- Dorfmann, Ania
- Flagstad, Kirsten
- Freccia, Massimo
- Guggenheimer, Minnie
- Hamilton, Helen (Mrs. Pierpoint Morgan)
- Hofmann, Josef
- Houston, Elsie
- Kostelanetz, Andre
- Kurtz, Efrem
- La Guardia, Fiorello H.
- Levant, Oscar
- McArthur, Edwin
- Oyanguren, Julio Martinez
- Pauly, Rose
- Piastro, Mishel
- Pons, Lily
- Robeson, Paul
- Rodzinski, Artur
- Rodzinski, Halina (Mrs. Artur)
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Ross, Hugh
- Schuman, William
- Schuyler, Philippa
- Serkin, Rudolf
- Smallens, Alexander
- Spalding, Albert
- Steinberg, Hans Wilhelm
- Toscanini, Arturo
- Warnow, Mark
- Weissmann, Frieder
- duPont, Marka Truesdale Show Top 4
Abstract
- Listings are released for the twenty-third season of Stadium Concerts
- Conductors include Rodzinski, Freccia, Kurtz, Smallens, Weissmann, and Steinberg
- Drive organized by the Stadium Concerts Committee to raise 20,000 dollars to guarantee the stadium season
- Plans for the world premiere of William Grant Still's, "And They Lynched Him on a Tree," setting verses by Katherine Garrison Chapin to music
- Helen Hamilton hosts tea for stadium concert sponsors and conductors
- Advertisements to purchase reserved seats
- Rodzinski opens the stadium season with the beginning of a Brahms cycle, Rudolf Serkin soloist
- Discount tickets are offered to industrial and professional groups
- Mark Warnow makes his stadium debut
- Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayor LaGuardia, and various distinguished guests attend the world premieres of Still's "And They Lynched Him on a Tree," and Harris' "Challenge, 1940," on a rogram that also features Paul Robeson as soloist in the "Ballad for Americans"
- Ballet Theatre returns to the Stadium
- Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanetz return to Lewisohn Stadium after drawing a record crowd during the previous season
- World premiere of Schuman's new cantata, "This is Our Time," with text by the poet, Genevieve Taggard
- Artur and Halina Rodzinski on their farm and their goats
- Edwin McArthur conducts an all-Wagner program featuring Kirsten Flagstad of the Metropolitan Opera, both making their stadium debut
- Elsie Houston and Oscar Levant appear at Lewisohn Stadium for the annual George Gershwin memorial program, which was delayed a night due to rain
- Stadium debut for child prodigy, Teresa Sterne
- Frieder Weissmann begins his stay as conductor with a program of Spanish and South American works, with Elsie Houston and guitarist, Julio Martinez Oyanguren
Project Funder
- Leon Levy Foundation
Preferred Citation
1940 Stadium Scrapbook (Part 1 of 2), 4 Apr 1940 - 19 Jul 1940, Folder 555-035-01, Communications/Public Relations Records, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
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