London Symphony

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Bernice Rubens
BR had two brothers. Harold, the eldest of the family and the most talented musician of all, ended up in the USA. He had a breakdown which supplied some of the details for her novel...

Timeline

1904: The London Symphony was established by departing...

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1904

The London Symphony was established by departing members of Henry Wood 's Queen's Hall Orchestra after Wood revoked the deputy system.
Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2024.
8: 120
Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.
211, 212, 214

1937: French composer and conductor Nadia Boulanger...

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1937

French composer and conductor Nadia Boulanger became the first woman to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra .
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
375

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