Enrico Leide and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Collection:

Atlanta History Photograph Collection

Creator:

Lane Brothers

Date:

1924

URL at Partner site:

http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/657

DLG URL:

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/geh_athpc_657

Subject:

Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta, Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta, Orchestras--Georgia--Atlanta, Musicians--Georgia--Atlanta, Musical instruments--Georgia--Atlanta, Conductors (Music)--Georgia--Atlanta, Stages (Platforms), and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Spatial coverage:

United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 and United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peachtree Street, 33.804803, -84.393633

Medium:

black-and-white photographs

Description:

View of conductor Enrico Leide (standing, foreground, center) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on stage at the Howard Theater (later the Paramount Theater) on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Enrico Leide (1887-1970), a native Italian, was a concert cellist, music instructor, and orchestra conductor. He began his career as a music conductor in New York in 1907.He moved to Atlanta in 1920 to conduct music at the new Howard Theater. From 1920 to 1930 he conducted the first Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. From 1939 to 1945, he served as the director of the Brenau Music Conservatory in Gainesville, Georgia. From 1947 to 1949, he conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and later served as the head of the American Symphony in New York until 1960.

Holding Institution:

Atlanta History Center

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/