Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987]]> Wolfsohn Musical Bureau]]> Smith, Mai Davis]]> Benoist, André, 1879-1953]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> McCormack, John, 1884-1945]]> Schneider, Edwin]]> Kennedy, Lauri, 1896-1985]]> Smith, Mai Davis]]> De Forest, Marian, 1864-1935]]> Wagner, Charles L. (Charles Ludwig)]]> McSweeney, D. F.]]> Buffalo Musical Foundation]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> New York Symphony Orchestra]]> Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950]]> Gogorza, Emilio de, 1872-1949]]> Smith, Mai Davis]]> Engles, George]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist and composer, politician, statesman and spokesman for Polish independence.

He was a favorite of concert audiences around the world. Mai Davis Smith engaged him to play in Buffalo for her subscription concert series.]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941]]> Engles, George]]> Smith, Mai Davis]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Buffalo Civic Orchestra]]> Ingram, John]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943]]> Bellanca, Bessie]]> Michael, Louise]]> Kraft, Genevieve]]> Ellis, C. A.]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943]]> Berry, Zorah, 1889-1969]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Philharmonic Society of New York]]> Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957]]> Judson, Arthur, 1881-1975]]> Ervin, Edward]]> Buffalo Musical Foundation]]> De Forest, Marian, 1864-1935]]> Gilman, Lawrence, 1878-1939]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]>
Conductor Franco Autori joined the FMP and came to Buffalo in 1936, where he worked with the burgeoning Buffalo Philharmonic.  ]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Federal Music Project (U.S.)]]> United States. Works Progress Administration]]> Autori, Franco, 1903-1990]]> Maier, Guy, 1892-1956]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]>
Louise Michael and Genevieve Kraft were successful impresarios in Buffalo.]]> Elmwood Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Buffalo Symphony Orchestra (est. 1921)]]> Cornelissen, Arnold]]> Schilsky, Charles]]> Ball, Joseph A.]]> Michael, Louise]]> Kraft, Genevieve]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]>
Hepburn has other local connections--her maternal grandparents lived here, and her mother, Kit, was born in Buffalo.]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616]]> Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003]]> Prince, William, 1913-1996]]> Brown, Vanessa, 1928-]]> Parsons, Milton, 1904-1980]]> Mather, Aubrey, 1885-1958]]> Theatre Guild]]> Benthall, Michael]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> One of Katharine Hepburn’s biggest hits was the romantic comedy, The Philadelphia Story.  The movie was based on a screenplay by Phillip Barry, who wrote the play specifically for Hepburn.  When the play opened in Buffalo in October 1940, prominent actor Joseph Cotten starred alongside Hepburn.

Hepburn has other local connections--her maternal grandparents lived here, and her mother, Kit, was born in Buffalo.]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Barry, Philip, 1896-1949]]> Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003]]> Heflin, Van, 1910-1971]]> Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994]]> Joy, Nicholas, -1964]]> Lonergan, Lenore, 1928-1989]]> Sinclair, Robert B., 1905-1970]]> Theatre Guild]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955]]> Lunt, Alfred]]> Fontanne, Lynn]]> Gildea, Mary]]> Wood, Stanley]]> Watson, Minor, 1889-1965]]> Theatre Guild]]> Miner, Worthington, 1900-1982]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]>
This was the first time Cornell and her husband, theater director Guthrie McClintic, participated in a Shakespearean production. The country-wide tour rotated three plays, "Romeo and Juliet," "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," and "Candida".]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616]]> Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974]]> Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967]]> Welles, Orson, 1915-1985]]> Moran, Francis]]> Waldron, Charles, 1877-1946]]> McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950]]> Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974]]> Byron, Arthur, 1872-1943]]> Aherne, Brian, 1902-1986]]> Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989]]> Waldron, Charles, 1877-1946]]> McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959]]> Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993]]> Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997]]> Collins, Russell, 1897-1965]]> Bissell, Whit, 1909-1996]]> McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Theater programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]>
Hepburn has other local connections--her maternal grandparents lived here, and her mother, Kit, was born in Buffalo.]]> Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003]]> Barry, Philip, 1896-1949]]> Nugent, Elliott, 1896-1980]]> Kerrigan, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1884-1964]]> Christie, Audrey]]> Sinclair, Robert B., 1905-1970]]> eng]]> Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Guido Chorus, Buffalo]]> Spencer, Janet, 1874-1948]]> Le Breton, Prescott]]> Clark, Seth (Organist)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> German Young Men’s Association (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Buffalo Orchestra (est. 1887)]]> Lund, John, 1859-1925]]> Buffalo Orpheus]]> Cornwell, William C.]]> Deutscher Saengerbund]]> Centura, Joseph]]> Buffalo Liedertafel]]> deu]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1850-1900)]]> Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.]]> Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> New York Symphony Orchestra]]> Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950]]> Reno, Morris]]> Pevny, Irene]]> Brodsky, Adolph, 1851-1929]]> Buffalo Music Festival Association]]> eng]]> Late Nineteenth Century (1850-1900)]]>