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1939 Stadium Scrapbook (Part 2 of 3), Jul 1, 1939 - Aug 5, 1939
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- 555-032-02
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Record Group
- Communications/Public Relations
Series
- Press Clippings
Folder Title
- 1939 Stadium Scrapbook (Part 2 of 3)
Dates
- Jul 1, 1939 - Aug 5, 1939
Subjects
- Bizet: Carmen
- Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge
- Concert Reviews
- Copland: An Outdoor Overture Show All
- Bizet: Carmen
- Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge
- Concert Reviews
- Copland: An Outdoor Overture
- Fokine Ballet
- Gershwin Memorial Concert
- Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione
- Johnson: Imagery
- Paray, American Debut
- Press Clippings, Stadium Concert 1939
- Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
- Schumann: Prologue for Chorus and Orchestra Show Top 4
Names
- Barbirolli, John
- Black, Frank
- Brown, Anne
- Browning, Lucielle
- Castagna, Bruna
- Copland, Aaron
- Corigliano, John
- Duncan, Todd
- Easton, Florence
- Field, Joan
- Freccia, Massimo
- Ganz, Rudolph
- Guggenheimer, Minnie
- Haakon, Paul
- Hamilton, Rebecca Stickney (Mrs. Pierpont Morgan)
- Heifetz, Jascha
- Hofmann, Josef
- Jessye, Eva
- Johnson, Horace
- Katchen, Julius
- Kostelanetz, Andre
- Kurtz, Efrem
- Leinsdorf, Erich
- Levant, Oscar
- Merckel, Henry
- Monroe, Lucy
- O'Connell, Charles
- Paray, Paul
- Peerce, Jan
- Pons, Lily
- Reiner, Fritz
- Rubenstein, Erna
- Schelling, Ernest
- Schuman, William
- Smallens, Alexander
- Taylor, Deems
- Travers, Patricia
- Virovai, Robert
- Weissmann, Frieder
- Zimbalist, Efrem
- Hoogstraten, Willem van Show Top 4
Abstract
- 22nd Season of Lewisohn Stadium Concerts
- Conductors include Barbirolli, Damrosch, Reiner, Kurtz, O'Connell, Smallens, Kostelanetz, Hilsberg, Leinsdorf, Weissmann, van Hoogstraten, Freccia
- Soloists include Rubinstein, Heifetz, Spalding, Hofmann, Pons, Virovai
- Press clippings of 1939 Stadium Concerts
- Large audiences for performances by Fokine Ballet at Lewisohn Stadium
- Debut of conductor Efrem Kurtz at Lewisohn Stadium
- Efrem Kurtz plays American works at Lewisohn Stadium, by Aaron Copland, William Schman and Deems Taylor
- Young artists pianist Julius Katchen and violinist Patricia Travers play at Lewisohn Stadium
- Gershwin Night at the Stadium conducted by Alexander Smallens with pianist Oscar Levant to record audience of 18,000
- Conductor Erich Leinsdorf cancels concerts at Lewisohn Stadium
- Bizet's "Carmen" performed at Lewisohn Stadium with Bruna Castagna
- Coloratura Soprano Lily Pons appears at Lewisohn Stadium with conductor/husband Andre Koselanetz for the first time to a record crowd of 22,000 to 25,000
- Large audience for all-Sibelius program featuring violinist Efrem Zimbalist
- Stadium debut of conductor Charles O'Connell
- French program under the auspices of the New York World's Fair and the French High Commission performed at the Stadium under French conductor Paul Paray in his American debut
- Florence Easton and Jan Peeerce sing the Love Duet from Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" under conductor Fritz Reiner
- All-Wagner program conducted by Fritz Reiner
Project Funder
- Leon Levy Foundation
Preferred Citation
1939 Stadium Scrapbook (Part 2 of 3), 1 Jul 1939 - 5 Aug 1939, Folder 555-032-02, Communications/Public Relations Records, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
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https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/dc63a54c-0dbf-41dc-9cd4-5f5e4f14c246-0.1