Enrico Leide and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Collection:: Atlanta History Photograph Collection
Title:: Enrico Leide and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Creator:: Lane Brothers
Publisher:: Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
Date of Original:: 1924
Subject:: Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Orchestras--Georgia--Atlanta
Musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Musical instruments--Georgia--Atlanta
Conductors (Music)--Georgia--Atlanta
Stages (Platforms)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
People:: Leide, Enrico, 1887-1970
Location:: United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peachtree Street, 33.798452, -84.3910732
Medium:: photographs
Type:: Still Image
Format:: image/jpeg
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.
Local Identifier:: VIS 170.1707.001
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Metadata URL:: http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/657
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:: 9 x 14 in.
Original Collection:: Atlanta History Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Atlanta History Center
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