Musical Groups Established in 1903 - Seattle Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Ev? K-Lhatsky Quartet (Paperback)

Chapters: Seattle Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, ev? k-Lhatsky Quartet, Wetzler Symphony Orchestra, Marine Band of Allentown, Zimin Opera. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Madrid Symphony Orchestra (Spanish: ), founded in 1903, is the oldest existing Spanish symphony orchestra not linked to an opera house (as the Barcelona Teatre del Liceu Orchestra is from 1847) in Spain. In 1903, the orchestra of the Sociedad de Conciertos de Madrid, which had been founded in 1866 by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, was gripped by a crisis due to financial difficulties and irreconcilable disagreements between its section leaders. Some of the players decided to regroup in a new ensemble, which would assume the role of the Sociedad in organizing symphonic concerts and thus keep the classical music scene alive in Madrid. The idea of a new orchestra in the city was conceived initially at the house of the violinist Jos del Hierro, who enjoyed the support of the two companions with whom he regularly played chamber music on tour, violist Julio Franc s and cellist Victor Mirecki Larramat. Their meeting was joined by two members of the Capilla Real, flautist Francisco Gonz lez and clarinetist Miguel Yuste. After a concerted campaign to win over their colleagues in the Sociedad, eighty per cent of the original orchestra joined the new ensemble proposed by Hierro. As a large number of the section leaders were also professors at the Madrid Conservatory, the group managed to recruit young talents quickly to its vacant posts. The musicians held their first meeting in the rehearsal hall of the Teatro Real in December 1903, during which they decided on the name Orquesta Sinf nica de Madrid. The Orchestra was constituted as a private, autonomous co...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=11714252