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Topic: NEWS composers
Austrian composer and organist Anton Bruckner spent most of his life quietly composing, but now he’s regarded as one of 19th-century’s great symphonic masters. Anton Bruckner did not win wide recognition for many years, but is now regarded as one of the great symphonic composers of the 19th century.

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Topic: Bell Telephone Hour
NBC Television Series
Donald Voorhees, conductor [photo]
The Bell Telephone Hour was a musical show which aired on NBC TV from 1959 to 1968. Adapted from the radio series of the same name which ran on the NBC radio network from 1940 to 1958, The Bell Telephone Hour showcased the best in Classical and Broadway music.

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Now Playing: Toronto, Canada
Topic: NEWS Industry
When he bought Canada's only privately owned English-language classical station from Trumar Communications last year for $12 million, Moses Znaimer told the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that he had three main goals: Attract younger audiences, sell more advertising aimed at mature listeners and acquire new licences. The current changes target baby boomers in particular. Znaimer and his sister Libby, who can be heard on-air, are calling this audience "Zoomers – boomers with zip,".

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SEPTEMBER 21
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1874 Birth of British composer, conductor and teacher Gustav Theodore HOLST in Cheltenham. d-London, 25 MAY 1934.

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SEPTEMBER 22
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1918 Birth in Zelazowa Wola, Poland of naturalized Mexican violinist Henryk SZERYNG (SHER' ing). d-Kassel, 3 MAR 1988.

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 Henryk Szeryng plays Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 17


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Peng Peng Gong, pianist



Topic: NEWS performers

Jeffrey Kahane's third campaign as music director of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra begins Thursday in Boettcher Hall, following a frustrating second season marked by a prolonged absence caused by severe hypertension. In a recent conversation with Rocky classical music writer Marc Shulgold, Kahane reports that he's "in great shape" and ready to make music once again.
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SEPTEMBER 20
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1880 Birth of Italian composer and teacher Ildebrando PIZZETTI in Parma. d-Rome, 13 FEB 1968.

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Topic: NEWS performers
David Robertson, a regular presence on the Carnegie Hall stage, will conduct the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in the opening concerts of the venue's 2007-08 season on October 3 and 4. He replaces Claudio Abbado, who withdrew from all three of his appearances with the ensemble next month on his doctors' orders.
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SEPTEMBER 19
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1829 Birth of German music publisher Gustav SCHIRMER in Saxon. In 1866 he founded the music publishing house that bears his name in NYC. (Boston firm founded by E. C. Schirmer). d-Eisenach, 5 AUG 1893.

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