When was Eugene Ormandy conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra?
When was Eugene Ormandy conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? 1936 Ormandy’s remarkable 44-year tenure with The Philadelphia Orchestra began when he was appointed conductor in 1936. For five years he shared the podium with Leopold Stokowski, the legendary innovator who had led the Orchestra since 1912, but who in the late 1930s began gradually phasing […]