Toscanini, Arturo concert program on silk, 1940
File — Box: Mixed m_8 (R), Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Program for a National Broadcasting Company presentation of Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, December 7, 1940. The program is printed on silk. A note accompanying the program reads, "Toscanini, irritated by the sound of rustling of programs by concert-goers, had programs for some concerts (not many) printed on silk. This is one, a gift to me from the printer, Charles Francis Press. RBR." The person whose initials are RBR has not been identified.
Dates
- 1940
Processing Information
This program was found in an unlabeled box transferred from Scherman Music Library at the time that Mannes moved from its building on the upper west side to Greenwich Village in 2015.