NBC Orchestra

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:NBC_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkbp:broadcastOn gptkb:NBC_Radio
gptkbp:conductor Arturo Toscanini
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1954
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:National_Broadcasting_Company
gptkb:David_Sarnoff
gptkbp:foundedYear 1937
gptkbp:genre classical music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NBC Orchestra
gptkbp:legacy influenced American orchestral music
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:radio_station
audio recordings
live concerts
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Guido_Cantelli
gptkb:Leopold_Stokowski
gptkb:Pierre_Monteux
gptkb:Bruno_Walter
gptkbp:notableEvent Toscanini's farewell concert in 1954
performed during World War II for war effort
premiere of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings
premiere of works by Gian Carlo Menotti
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Frank_Miller
gptkb:William_Primrose
gptkb:Mischa_Mischakoff
gptkb:Artur_Rodzinski
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Brahms_Symphonies_with_Toscanini
gptkb:Verdi_Requiem_with_Toscanini
Beethoven Symphonies with Toscanini
gptkbp:notableSoloist gptkb:Artur_Rubinstein
gptkb:Robert_Casadesus
gptkb:Myra_Hess
gptkb:Gregor_Piatigorsky
gptkb:Eugene_Istomin
gptkb:Isaac_Stern
gptkb:Jascha_Heifetz
gptkb:Nathan_Milstein
gptkb:Rudolf_Serkin
gptkb:Vladimir_Horowitz
gptkb:Yehudi_Menuhin
gptkb:Zino_Francescatti
gptkb:Emil_Gilels
gptkb:Claudio_Arrau
gptkb:Walter_Gieseking
gptkbp:performedAt gptkb:Studio_8H,_Rockefeller_Center
gptkb:Carnegie_Hall
gptkbp:purpose to provide high-quality classical music broadcasts
gptkbp:reunitedAs gptkb:Symphony_of_the_Air
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:National_Broadcasting_Company
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roy_Burns
gptkb:Harry_Breuer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7