For most of its 20 years, Chicago's bi-weekly Down Beat has been strictly a hep-cat's magazine. But last year, after due deliberation, its editors decided that classical music was becoming entirely too popular to be ignored, decided to start reporting it.* This week, in a candid imitation of its own annual polls of pop music favorites, Down Beat published the results of its first survey of classical favorites. Excerpts:
BEST MAJOR ORCHESTRA: 1) Philadelphia Orchestra, 2) Boston Symphony, 3) NBC Symphony.
BEST MINOR ORCHESTRA: 1) Louisville Orchestra, 2) Houston Symphony, 3) Pittsburgh Symphony....
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