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Name
  
Robert Whitney


Role
  
Conductor

Robert Whitney (conductor) Louisville Orchestra First Edition LOU635 Robert Whitney Conductor

Died
  
November 22, 1986, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Albums
  
Paul Ben-Haim: To the Chief Musician, Metamorphoses for String Orchestra, Op. 55 - Wallingford Riegger: Variations for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 71

Similar People
  
Lawrence Leighton Smith, David Walters, Alexander Tcherepnin, Phyllis Curtin, Walter Trampler

Robert Sutton Whitney (July 9, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American conductor and composer. He was a student of Leo Sowerby.

Robert Whitney was best known for founding, on November 1937, together with the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky the Louisville Orchestra, and becoming its first conductor, a post he held until 1967. (Its original name was the Louisville Civic Orchestra.) His concerto grosso had earlier (1934) been performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Whitney also served as Dean of the School of Music of the University of Louisville, from 1956 to 1971.

He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.

Whitney Hall, the largest performance venue in The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts is named for him.

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Robert Whitney (conductor) Wikipedia


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