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* |
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