Music: An American Abroad

''I am not interested in a steady post in America any more," says American Conductor Dean Dixon. He has his reasons.

As a Negro, he is convinced that his chances of finding a permanent post in the U.S. are no better now than they were when he decamped for Europe 13 years ago; as a musician, he is so much in demand abroad that he has not been able to take a vacation for eleven years. And his popularity shows no sign of diminishing.

Last week in Frankfurt, after Dixon conducted the Hessian Radio Orchestra...

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