- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1976
- Subject:
- Orchestras--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--1970-1980
Suits (Clothing)--1970-1980
Musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Robert Shaw, Music Director and Conductor"
View of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performing in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was officially founded in 1945, but organizations with that name have been performing since 1923. The organization as founded as the Atlanta Youth Symphony under the direction of Henry Sopkin who held the post of conductor until 1966. The organization changed its name to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 1947. In 1996, the Orchestra played at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics under the direction of Yoel Levi, Principal Conductor. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2971
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
