The NBC Symphony- An appreciation (click here). List of the NBC Symphony members (click here).
 Toscanini and the NBC - RCA Victor cover art (click here).  Photos of Orchestra & Maestro Arturo Toscanini (click here)
 The Symphony of the Air 'Stereo' era (click here). The Great 20 th Century Soloists with the NBC (click here).

 

THE NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PLAYERS 1937 - 1954

The following musicians played under Arturo Toscanini.

A single asterisk indicates that the player was a charter member of the NBC Symphony, and a double asterisk indicates that he remained with the Orchestra from its organization until its disbandment.

 VIOLINS

Samuel Antek**

Edwin Bachmann**

Lucien Barenblatt*

Tobias Bloom**

Remo Bolognini**

Giorgio Ciompi

Henry Clifton*

Philip Frank*

Felix Galimir

William Gcgner*

Josef Gingold*

Harry Glickman

Maurice Golodner*

Frank Goodrich**

Joscph Gorner

Louis Graeler

Daniel Guilet

Max Hollander

Theodore Katz**

Samuel Kissel

Boris Koutzen*

Bernard Kundell

Arved Kurtz

Jacques Larner*

Harry Lookofsky

Hillard Lubie

Alfred Lustgarten

Mischa Mischakoff*

Marshall Moss

Henri Nosco*

Paul Pitkowsky

Albert Pratz

Bernard Robhins

Jascha Rushkin

David Sarser

Angelo Sasso*

Saul Sharrow**

Sylvan Shulman*

Oscar Shumsky

Henry Siegl

Ralph Silverman*

Kolman Smit**

Stefan Sopkin**

Herman Spielber**

Sal Spinelli

Ben Steinberg

Laurence Steinhard

Seymour Suskind**

Marius Vitetta

Paul Winter*

 

 

VIOLAS

Herbert Borodkin

Frank Brieff

William Carboni

Carlton Cooley**

David Dawson

David Epstcin

Leon Fleitman*

Nathan Gordon

Arthur Granik**

Maurice Helfand**

Milton Katims

Louis Kievman*

Reuben Metz

Nicolas Moldavan

Selig Posner

William Primrose*

Emanuel Vardi

CELLOS

Naoum Benditzky

Jacob Bernstein

Abraham Edison*

Emmerich Gara

Isadore Gusikoff`

Benar Heifrtz

George Koutzen

Edgar Lustgarten*

Osvaldo Mazzucchi*

Frank Miller

Milton Prinz*

Leo Kostal

Gdal Saleski*

Harvey Shapiro*

Alan Shulman**

Ernst Silherstein*

Anthony Sophos

Carl Stern*

Carl Ziegler

BASSES

Walter Botti

Gerald Fiore

Luigi Giobbe

Milton Kestenbaurn

Michael Krasnopolsky

Samuel Levitan**

John Mancini

Max Pfeiffer

Philip Sklar**

Harold Smith

Frank Sollner

David Walter

Oscar Zimmerman

 

FLUTES

Carmine Coppola

Ben Gaskins*

Aaron Gershunoff

Nicholas Kouloukis

Arthur Lora

Robert Morris

Harry Moskovitz

Paul Rienzi Jr.

John Wummer*

OBOES

Robert Bloom*

Rene' Corne

Sidney Halpern*

Chauncey Kelley

Saverio Penza

Ferdinand Prior

Paolo Renzi

Harry Shulman

ENGLISH HORN

Filippo Ghignatti**

CLARINETS

Augustin Duques*

Harold Freeman

Alfred Gallodoro

Louis Green*

Georges Grisez*

Louis Klein

Robert McGinnis

John Peper

Wallace Shapiro

Alexander Williarms

BASSOONS

Elias Carmen

Morris Kirchner

Benjamin Kohon

Sabatino Masucci

Williarm Polisi*

Abraham Reines**

Leonard Sharrow*

 FRENCH HORNS

Arthur Berv

Harry Berv

Jack Berv

William Brown

Arturo Cerino**

Harold Clelment

Alfredo Corrado

Richard Moore

Albert Stagliano*

TRUMPETS

Bernard Baker*

Raymond Crisara

Frank Falcone

Harry Glantz

David Glickstein

Sol Klass*

Humbert Pennino*

TROMBONES

John Clark

Neal DiBiase

Sam Lewis

Allen Ostrander

Abraharn Pearlstein

Gardell Simons

Melvin Wolfsont

TUBA

William Bell*

Herbert Jenkel

Abraham Torchinsky

TIMPANI

Karl Glassman**

PERCUSSION

Fred Albright

Harry Edison**

David Grupp*

Harry Stitman

Jacob Wolf

HARP

Edward Vito**

PIANO/CELESTE

Artur Balsam

Joseph Kahn**

CONTRACTOR

LeRoy Shield

H. Leopold Spitalny*

Mischa Mischakoff was Concertmaster frorn 1937 through 1952 season: Daniel Guilet assumed that position for the final two seasons. Among the principal artists were Edwin Bachmann, Carlton Cooley, Osvaldo Mazzucchi, Frank Miller, Philip Sklar, John Wummer, Arthur Lora, Herbert Bloom, Paolo Renzi, Filippo Ghignatti, Augustin Duques, Alexander Williarns, William Polisi, Leonard Sharrow, Albert Stagliano, Arthur Berv, Bernard Baker, Harry Glantz, Gardell Simons, Neal DiBiase and Karl Glassman.
Subject: ADDDING NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MEMBERS from 1938 season:
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999
From: Paul Goodrich
To: MUSIC IN THE MAIL
Here are the missing NBC Orchestra member names. There should be
31 entries:
These names appear in a book published by the National Broadcasting
Company in 1938, commemorating the formation of the orchestra the year
before under Toscanini. A page is devoted to each of the ninety four
orchestra members with pictures and histories.
 
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS - NBC SYM. ORCHESTRA PAGE
Greenberg, Henry bass
Koukly, George bass
Oliver, David bass
Pitchersky, Meyer bass
Torke, George bass
Van de Graaf, John bass
Mazzucchi, Oswaldo cello
Schwarzmann, Jascha cello
de Vries, Hendrik flute
Dultgen, Fred French horn
Hilmer, Henry French horn
Rescigno, Joseph French horn
Newell, Laura harp
Gusikoff, David percussion
Epstein, Jack trombone
Ruta, Armand trombone
Warms, Gerhard trombone
Venezia, Frank trumpet
Kreiner, Edward viola
Lifschey, Elias viola
Patchook, Sol viola
Serly, Tibor viola
Tuchinsky, Jacques viola
Birkenholz, Arcadie violin
Compinsky, Manuel violin
Feldhan, Benjamin violin
Galindo, Rafael violin
Gasselin, Jacques violin
Gegner, William violin
Rabinowitz, Samuel violin
Weinberg, Herman violin

 

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