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You can salisfy your ),; LI( heart's desire with a Lafayette Automatic ~ On Victor Records H Phono-Radio Combination You can hear the ~ f-4 beautiful symphonies that thrilled you to- .;. .,, night, in your own home .. faithfully, mag- .,.. ~ nificently reproduced on a Lafayette. Send · >! for our booklet, or cal! W Alker 5-8883. ;:1:1 c( )lo The Boston ~ LAFAYETTE RADIOS ~ -I JOO SIXTH AVE. • NEW YORK O Symphony Orchestra 11111 o 1 o v M , :!I .r ::r·xv ::1 v :1 liJ ORATORIO SOCIETY OF N. Y. Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor Carnegie Hall Announcements Sixty-Fifth Season JANUARY ALBERT STOESSEL, Conductor • One of the special characteristics of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is exceptional beauty, depth and richness of tone. Saturday Eve. Jan. 7-PHILHARMONic-SYMPHONY SociETY Serge Kousse,·itzky has been the d istinguished con­ This is due in part to the magnificent instruments used, Sunday Aft. Jan. 8-PmLHARMONic-SYMPHONY SociETY BACH ductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1924. TI e is cons idered one of the outstanding au­ many of which are priceless museum pieces. The wonderful Sunday Eve. Jan. 8-UKRAINIAN SYMPHONY ÜRCHESTRA thorities on Sibelius in the world. tones of these instruments, of this orchestra, lose nothing in Monday Eve. Jan. 9-JosEPH SziGETI, Violinist MASSINBMINOR ( U nabridged) a Victor Higher Fidelity recording. You hear them mellow, Tuesday Eve. Jan. 1o-RuooLF SERKIN Wed. Eve. Jan. rr-RoBERT KITAIN, Violinist pure, transcendently beautiful, as they are heard from the Thurs. Morn. Unqualified Praise from Music Jan. 12-TowN HALL LEcTURE SERIEs CARNEGIE HALL stage. (Stefan Zweig) Critics for the new Victor Almost ali of the great performances for which the Boston Thurs. Eve. Jan. 12-PHILHARMONic-SYMPHONY SociETY Tuesday Evening, February 28 Higher Fidelity Recording of Symphony Orchestra and Dr. Koussevitzky are especially Friday Aft. Jan. 13-PHILHARMONic-SYMPHONY Soc1ETY 7:30 o'clock Saturday Morn. Sibelius Fifth Symphony famous are on Victor Records. This is true of the other Jan. 14-PHILHARMONic-SYMPl!ONY SociETY Saturday Aft. Jan. 14-JosEF LHEVINNE, Pianist by the great orchestras of the world as well. Hear a symphonic con­ Saturday Eve. Jan. 14-MISCHA GooDMAN Tickets at Box Office Boston Symphony Orchestra cert of your own selection on the new Victor Higher Fidelity Sunday Aft. Jan. 15-PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SociETY Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor Records at your dealer' s! Sunday Eve. Jan. 15-BURTON HoLMES and Monday Aft. Jan. 16--BuRTON HoLMEs Office of the Society "T he year's best reco rding," writes the RCA Victrola U·l34·A in Monday Eve. Jan. 16--ARGENTINITA, Spanish Dancer music critic of one of New York's leading 1202 Steinway Hall, 113 West 57 St. Fine 18th Century Cabinet Tuesday Eve. Jan. 17-Jussi ByoERLING, Song Recital newspapers. Wed. Eve. Jan. 18-YEHUDI MENUHIN, Violinist Telephone Clrcle 7-4199 Combines Victor Record and Thurs. Morn. "The finest symphonic album set the radio entertainment. Has auto­ Jan. 19-TowN l:IALL LEcTURE SERIES phonograph has ever given us," writes matic record changer. .. Radio ( Ronald Stm-r ) Steinway Piano an eminent authority connected with one has Electric Tuning for 8 sta­ Thurs. Eve. Jan. 19-PHILHARMONic-SYMPHONY SociETY of :-.lew Yo rk 's fo remost music merchants. tions. In walnut, $3 55.oo*; ma­ Friday Aft. Jan. 2o-PHILHARMONic-SYMPHONY SocrETY Fifth Avenue School of Music hogany. $365.00*. Price includes Friday Eve. Jan. 2o-GoLDEN HILL CHoRus PlANO, VJOLIN, 'CELLO, HARP, VOICE $g.oo in any Victor Records you Saturday Aft. 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Wlckersham 2-1876 JESUS MARIA SANROMA ___We ship_ records~afe~y around the corner o r around the world. who uses the Steinway exclusively in concert and at home, $ays: CARNEGIE HALL PROGRAM CHRISTMAS "The Steinway piano, like the Stradivarius violin, Seaaon 1938-1939 is beyond praise; and its action offers the maximum FIRE NOTICE-Look around now and choose the nearest exi• SEALS of musical and mechanical response with the min­ to your seat. In case of fire walk (not run) to that Exit. Do not try to beat your neighbor to the street. imum of effort." JoHN J, McELLIGO'IT, Firt: CommiSJion~r New Yorl' Tuberculosis The Steinway is the piano preferred and used by virtually every one of the great artists since Liszt and Wagner. 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    City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 2009 Music for the (American) People: The Concerts at Lewisohn Stadium, 1922-1964 Jonathan Stern The Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/2239 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] MUSIC FOR THE (AMERICAN) PEOPLE: THE CONCERTS AT LEWISOHN STADIUM, 1922-1964 by JONATHAN STERN VOLUME I A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2009 ©2009 JONATHAN STERN All Rights Reserved ii This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Music in satisfaction of the Dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Professor Ora Frishberg Saloman Date Chair of Examining Committee Professor David Olan Date Executive Officer Professor Stephen Blum Professor John Graziano Professor Bruce Saylor Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iii Abstract MUSIC FOR THE (AMERICAN) PEOPLE: THE LEWISOHN STADIUM CONCERTS, 1922-1964 by Jonathan Stern Adviser: Professor John Graziano Not long after construction began for an athletic field at City College of New York, school officials conceived the idea of that same field serving as an outdoor concert hall during the summer months. The result, Lewisohn Stadium, named after its principal benefactor, Adolph Lewisohn, and modeled much along the lines of an ancient Roman coliseum, became that and much more.