Music-on-the-Mall with Adlai E. Stevenson

Summary

Music-on-the Mall concert featuring a narration by Adlai E. Stevenson of Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" with orchestral support from the National Symphony Orchestra on the south terrace of the Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, and a performance of the Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 in G Minor by pianist Andre Watts, with Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, Mary Livingston Ripley, National Symphony Orchestra conductor Howard Mitchell, and United States National Museum Director Frank A. Taylor.

Subject

• Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001
• Ripley, Mary Livingston
• Taylor, Frank A (Frank Augustus) 1903-2007
• Stevenson, Adlai E (Adlai Ewing) 1900-1965
• Watts, Andre
• Mitchell, Howard 1911-1988
• Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
• National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.)
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

• Also known as P65654.
• Digital contact sheet available.
• Frame selections featured in "The Torch," July 1965.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 03, Image No. OPA-814R1

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1965
• May 30, 1965

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Copyright - United States

Topic

Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-814R1]

Physical description

120mm;

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