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Orch. created in NY in 1937 by the NBC specially for Toscanini, who had just left the NYPO. Made many recordings. When Toscanini retired in 1954, orch. was disbanded by the NBC but continued for another decade as co‐operative enterprise under name ‘Symphony of the Air’.
Subjects: Music.
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