Correspondence with Eugene Ormandy, 1962-1983.

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Correspondence with Eugene Ormandy, 1962-1983.

Comprises items from Thomas D. Perry, William Steinberg, Nelson Darling, Edward R. Birdwell, and William Bernell of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and 13 items from Ormandy or his representative. Some correspondence concerns the Bicentennial Commissioning Project and works by composers John Cage and Leslie Bassett. Other items concern Ormandy's conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood and in Boston.

40 items (55 leaves).

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Tanglewood Music Center

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Perry, Thomas Doane, 1877-

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Birdwell, Edward R.

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Bernell, William.

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Bassett, Leslie, 1923-....

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Ozawa, Seiji, 1935-

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Cole, Maria, 1922-2012

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Masseo, Rosario, 1911-

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Steinberg, William Barnett

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Darling, Nelson J.

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