All posts tagged "Boston Symphony Orchestra"
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18.5K6MaineUSS Squalus Rescue: World Awaits News of Sailors’ Fate
In 1939, the greatest submarine rescue in history was undertaken off the coast of Portsmouth, N.H. This is the second part of...
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45.4K39bostonA Brief History of the Boston Brahmin
There’s more to being a Boston Brahmin than simply having an early Puritan ancestor, graduating from Harvard and living on Beacon Hill....
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7.0K4Arts and LeisureKarl Muck Departs the Boston Symphony Orchestra in World War I Era Scandal
Henry Lee Higginson founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1881, and for nearly 40 years made it an unparalleled success. Until, that...
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7.4K5Arts and LeisureLeonard Bernstein Defies Dad, Refuses To Sell Hair Products
Leonard Bernstein became one of the most successful musicians in American history, conducting the New York Philharmonic for years and composing works...
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3.8K8Arts and LeisureTold To Get A Job, Francis Marion Crawford Writes a Best-Seller Instead
In January 1882, Francis Marion Crawford was an unemployed 27-year-old with no job prospects, living in Boston with his aunt, Julia Ward...
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14.0K22Arts and LeisureIsabella Stewart Gardner Holds a Champagne and Donuts Party on New Year’s Day
At a grand New Year’s Day party in 1903, the legendary Isabella Stewart Gardner served her two favorite foods: donuts and champagne....
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