National Gallery Orchestra Begins Concerts

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Summary

August-September. The National Gallery Orchestra plays the first regular series of symphonic music on television as part of the NBC "Heritage" programs of art and music originating in the Gallery and is later selected by The New York Times as the finest serious music program of 1951 on television.

Subject

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1952, p. 40

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

August, 1951

Topic

  • Awards
  • Music
  • Broadcasting
  • Public programs
  • Entertainers
  • Music--Performance
  • Performing arts

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