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Re: NBC Symphony Clarinetists

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-09-02 01:34

When Toscanini's health failed in 1954, he returned to Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toscanini

NBC then disbanded the orchestra, which continued with most but not all of its members as the Symphony of the Air, led by guest conductors and then by Leopold Stokowski. It continued (rather fitfully, as I recall) until 1963 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_of_the_Air.

A slightly different list from the one I posted above is at http://web.archive.org/web/20080626171456/http://www.classicalrecordings.org/znbc/nbcplayers.html.

There's a short Genussa bio at http://www.rjmusicgroup.com/IggyGennusa.htm, which says he was a member of the NBC Symphony, but another and better one at http://rharl25.wix.com/clarinetcentral#!ignatius-gennusa/cuvg seems more accurate and doesn't mention NBC. It also has Iggy's gorgeous Fingal's Cave solo.

Ken Shaw

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