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By Frances Anne Wister
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The narrative traces the orchestra's emergence from earlier civic musical traditions through its establishment, early concerts, and formal association, documenting leadership transitions and artistic development. It details financial strains and fundraising strategies, highlighting the role of women's committees and guarantors in securing support and organizing endowment campaigns. Coverage includes wartime performances and civic engagements, programming milestones under successive conductors, and anniversary celebrations marking institutional growth. An appendix compiles administrative records, concert lists, and personnel rosters that supplement the chronological account.

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Title: Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925

Author: Frances Anne Wister

Release date: June 2, 2025 [eBook #76214]

Language: English

Original publication: Philadelphia: Women's Committees for the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1925

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA, 1900-1925 ***

Twenty-five Years
of the
Philadelphia Orchestra

1900-1925

By
Frances Anne Wister

PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
THE WOMEN’S COMMITTEES FOR
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA

Copyright 1925
Frances Anne Wister

Edward Stern & Company. Inc.
PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS
PHILADELPHIA

TO
ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER, Esq.

DEVOTED TO
THE CAUSE OF MUSIC IN THIS CITY
AND
FIRST AND ONLY
PRESIDENT
OF
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
ASSOCIATION