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Nashville Symphony Orchestra
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The Nashville Symphony was founded in 1920 from a group of amateur and professional musicians who formed their own orchestra and organized The Symphony Society. They had elected Nashville Banner music critic and Vanderbilt University professor George Pullen Jackson their president and manager. Despite steady growth over the next decade, the organization fell victim to The Depression. In 1945, World War II veteran and Nashville native Walter Sharp returned home intent to establish a new symphony for Middle Tennessee.[1] With the assistance of a small number of fellow music lovers, he convinced community leaders of this need and the Nashville Symphony was founded. Sharp retained William Strickland, a young conductor from New York, to serve as its first music director and conductor. Strickland was responsible for setting the high performance standards that the orchestra and its conductors have maintained to this day. Guy Taylor (1951-1959), Willis Page (1959-1967), Thor Johnson (1967-1975) and Michael Charry (1976-1982) were successive music directors. During the tenure of Charry, the symphony moved its subscription series from War Memorial Auditorium to Jackson Hall in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. For 22 years, Music Director and Principal Conductor Kenneth Schermerhorn led the Nashville Symphony, until his death in April 2005. The orchestra's profile increased during his tenure, through recordings, television broadcasts, and tours.[2] Following Schermerhorn's death
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Shepherds' Dance
522Merry Mount Suite, Op. 31: Merry Mount Suite: Love Duet
513Symphony In E Minor, Op. 32, "Gaelic Symphony": I. Allegro Con Fuoco
504Symphony In E Minor, Op. 32, "Gaelic Symphony": II. Alla Siciliana - Allegro Vivace - Andante
465Symphony No. 2: Symphony No. 2: I. Andante Moderato - Excerpt
446Angel Of Death
427Piano Concerto In C Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo
368II. Adagio (Live)
359Symphony No. 2: IV. Lento Maestoso
3510Freedom
30albums
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Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (Complete)
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Live from Music City: The Best of Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony
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Corea, Higdon & Warnaar: Brass Concertos
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The Story Of American Classical Music
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American Classics Sampler
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West Side Story
Abraham Lincoln Portraits
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Jonathan Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4 "Heichalos" (Performed on the Violins of Hope)
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The Essential Nashville Symphony Orchestra
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Amy Beach: Piano Concerto / 'Gaelic' Symphony
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Ahmal and the Night Visitors
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Ravel, M: Enfant Et Les Sortileges (L') [Opera] / Sheherazade