Assistant Conductors
Guest Conductors
Organizations That Have Appeared With the
Philadelphia Orchestra
Soloists Who Have Appeared With the
Philadelphia Orchestra
Assistant Conductors
A. H. Rodemann, 1907: Philadelphia, February 15-16, conducted regular concerts during Scheel’s illness.
Thaddeus Rich, 1914: Assistant Conductor, Kensington, Philadelphia, April 8; November 5-6, 1915, entire programme with exception Schoenberg’s Kammersymphonie; November 9, 1915, Stetson concert; Norristown, January 11, 1916; Philadelphia regular concerts, January 28-29, 1916; Philadelphia Girls’ High School, January 31, 1916; Lancaster, Pa., February 1, 1916; Easton, Pa., February 17, 1916; Reading, Pa., February 22, 1916; University of Pennsylvania, February 24, 1916; Boys’ Central High School, March 7, 1916; Germantown High School, March 30, 1916; Frankford High School, April 13, 1916; Stetson Concert, January 9, 1917; Atlantic City, N. J., January 22, 1917; Reading, Pa., February 20, 1917; University of Pennsylvania, February 21, 1917; Stetson Concert, November 7, 1917; Pittsburgh, Pa., February 11, 1918; Oberlin, Ohio, February 13, 1918; Philadelphia, December 28, 1918; Toronto, February 22, 1919; Philadelphia, March 21-22, 28-29, April 12-15-16, 1919; Stetson, March 25, 1919; Wilmington, March 24, 1919; Stetson, November 15, 1921; University of Pennsylvania, January 18, 1922; Philadelphia regular concerts, January 20-21, 1922; University of Pennsylvania, February 8, 1922; University of Pennsylvania, March 1, 1922; University of Pennsylvania, March 22, 1922; Pittsburgh, November 10, 1922, January 13, 1923, and March 23, 1913, conducted Children’s concerts; Stetson, November 14, 1922; Harrisburg, March 22, 1923; Pittsburgh, March 23, 1923; Philadelphia regular concerts, January 19-20, 1923; Philadelphia regular concerts, January 11-12, 1924; Princeton, March 18, 1924; Philadelphia regular concerts, January 23-24, 1925; Princeton, March 2, 1925.
Guest Conductors
Ernest Bloch, 1918: Philadelphia, January 25-26, conducted programme of his own works.
Leandro Campanari, 1907: Philadelphia, February 22-23, March 1-2; Harrisburg, February 19; Trenton, February 21; Reading, February 25; Washington, February 26; Baltimore, February 27, during Scheel’s illness.
Alfredo Casella, 1921: Philadelphia, October 28-29, conducted his own “Pages of War.”
Alphonse Catherine, 1919: Philadelphia, January 31-February 1, conducted entire programme.
Frank Guernsey Cauffman, 1909: Philadelphia, March 5-6, conducted his own “Legende.”
George W. Chadwick, 1911: Philadelphia, March 29, conducted his own Suite Symphonique at National Federation of Musical Clubs Concert.
Vincent D’Indy, 1922: Philadelphia, January 6-7; Princeton, January 9; Washington, January 10; Baltimore, January 11; Harrisburg, January 12; Pittsburgh, January 13-14, conducted entire programme.
Georges Enesco, 1923: New York, January 2; Philadelphia, January 5-6; Washington, January 9; Baltimore, January 10; Harrisburg, January 11; Pittsburgh, January 12-13; Pottsville, January 17, conducted entire programme.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, 1920: Philadelphia, April 3-5, conducted entire programme.
Philip H. Goepp, 1909: Philadelphia, March 5-6, conducted his own Academic March; February 1, 1911, conducted his own Wedding March; April 2, 1913, conducted his own Wedding March, one number by Wm. Gerstley and one by H. Pfitzner—all Philadelphia.
Samuel Gardner, 1919: Philadelphia, October 24-25, conducted his own “New Russia.”
Henry Hadley, 1910: Philadelphia, November 25-26, conducted his own “Culprit Fay”; New York, March 9, 1920, conducted his own overture, “Othello.”
Victor Herbert, 1912: Philadelphia, February 16-17, conducted the prelude to Act III of his own “Natoma.”
Henry Albert Lang, 1911: Philadelphia, March 1, conducted his own Fantastic Dances (Popular Concert); Philadelphia, April 2, 1913, conducted his “Fantasies of a Poet” (Manuscript Music Society Concert).
Wassili Leps, 1908: Philadelphia, February 21-22, conducted entire Programme on account Pohlig’s injuries from railroad accident; also Philadelphia, March 13-14, 1908, and March 5-6, 1909, conducted his own “In the Garden of the Gods”; Philadelphia, February 15, 1911 (Popular Concert), conducted Clarence Bawden’s “Ballade” for Piano; Wilmington, February 5, 1912, conducted entire Wagner programme; Philadelphia, April 2, 1913 (Manuscript Music Society Concert), conducted his own aria for soprano and orchestra, “Nirvana.”
Willem Mengelberg, 1921: Philadelphia, March 18-19, conducted entire programme.
Darius Milhaud, 1923: Philadelphia, January 26-27, conducted entire programme.
Otto Mueller, 1913: Philadelphia, April 2, conducted his own Symphonic poem “Atlantis,” at Manuscript Music Society Concert.
Horatio Parker, 1911: Philadelphia, March 29, conducted his own aria “Crépuscule,” at National Federation of Musical Clubs Concert.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1909: Philadelphia, November 26-27, conducted his own Symphony in E minor and Moussorgsky’s fantasy, “Une nuit sur le mont chauve”; also played group piano soli.
Herman Sandby, 1915: Philadelphia, February 19-20, conducted his own orchestral suite, “The Woman and the Fiddler.”
Cyril Scott, 1920: Philadelphia, November 5-6, conducted his own “Two Passacaglias for Orchestra.”
Frederick Stock, 1924: Philadelphia, January 18-19-21; Washington, January 22; Baltimore, January 23, conducted entire programme.
Richard Strauss, 1904: Philadelphia, March 4-5; Boston, March 7-8; conducted “Tod und Verklärung,” “Till Eulenspiegel,” also a group of his own songs; Philadelphia, November 30, 1921; New York, October 31, 1921; November 15, 1921, December 13, 1921, December 27, 1921; Philadelphia, December 23-24, 1921, conducted entire programme.
Igor Strawinsky, 1925: Philadelphia, January 30-31, conducted entire programme of own works.
Gustav Strube, 1915: Philadelphia, December 31-January 1, 1916, conducted his own “Variations on an Original Theme.”
Hedda Van Den Beemt, 1913: Philadelphia, Manuscript Music Society Concert, April 2, conducted his own “Introduction and Scene” for orchestra, “Aucassin et Nicolette”; Philadelphia, April 3-4, 1914, conducted same composition.
Willem Van Hoogstraten, 1925: Philadelphia, January 16-17-19; Washington, January 20; Baltimore, January 21, conducted entire programme.
Louis Von Gaertner, 1910: Philadelphia, December 22-23, conducted his own Tone Poem, “Macbeth.”
Felix Weingartner, 1905: Philadelphia, February 16, conducted entire programme—special concert.
Camille Zeckwer, 1916: Philadelphia, February 4-5, conducted his own “Sohrab and Rustum.”
Organizations Which Have Appeared with
The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Bach Choir of Baltimore (1907), Baltimore.
- Eurydice Chorus of Philadelphia (1908, 1912).
- Fortnightly Club of Philadelphia (1908, 1916).
- Ben Greet Players (1909).
- Junger Maennerchor Singing Society of Philadelphia (1914).
- Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto (1914), Philadelphia.
- Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia (1903, 1904, 1907, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1919).
- Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus (1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921).
- Pittsburgh Chorus, trained by Charles Heinroth (1921), Pittsburgh.
- Schola Cantorum of New York (1919), New York.
- Organizations participating in the Lobgesang Symphony:
- Cantaves Chorus, Eurydice Chorus, Fellowship Club, Fortnightly Club,
- Germantown Choral Society, Haydn Club, Junger Maennerchor,
- Lyric Club, Matinee Musical Club, Mendelssohn Club,
- Orpheus Club, Philadelphia Choral Society, Strawbridge and
- Clothier Choral Society, Treble Clef Club, Vocal Art Society,
- Wanamaker Choral Society.
- Outside organizations participating in the performance of Bach’s
- “St. Matthew Passion”:
- Girls’ Normal School and Girls’ High School Choruses.
Soloists Who Have Appeared with
the Philadelphia Orchestra
1900-1925