POLITICAL CONTROVERSY DISAGREEABLE TO ME STOP AM NOT POLITICIAN BUT EXPONENT OF GERMAN MUSIC WHICH BELONGS TO ALL HUMANITY REGARDLESS OF POLITICS STOP I PROPOSE POSTPONE MY SEASON IN THE INTERESTS OF PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY AND MUSIC UNTIL THE PUBLIC REALIZES THAT POLITICS AND MUSIC ARE APART IF QUOTE PRESS QUOTE VERBATIM
FURTWÄNGLER
This cable from Luxor, Egypt the directors of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society received last week with great relief. Last month they had engaged Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler to succeed Arturo Toscanini as the orchestra's general music director (TIME. March 9). Announcement of the Furtwängler...
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