Original Program - "The Community Concert Association, presents, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Jean Martinon, Music Director and Conductor; Irwin Hoffman, Assistant Conductor; Season 1964-1965"

The Community Concert Association

Published by Community Concerts Inc.; Columbia Artists Management, Inc., New York

About this Item

Original publisher's beige paper program. 1964-1965. 8 1/4" x 11 1/4." Four pages (one leaf folded in half and printed on all sides), complete. Horizontal and vertical fold lines. Pages are very clean and intact overall. Pages slightly age-toned. Light to moderate wrinkling throughout. Rectangular sections of offsetting on front and back. A Very Good copy. Program for a performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) as led by Jean Martinon (1910-1976) and Irwin Hoffman (1924-2018). CSO was founded in 1891 by Theodore Thomas. Both Martinon and Hoffman had long-standing careers as conductors and were associated with a number of orchestras, including CSO. CSO is still active to this day and is often referred to as one of the "Big Five" orchestras in the United States. Front page includes a brief description of CSO. Remaining pages comprise the program. The Community Concert Association was part of a movement to bring the arts from metropolitan areas to smaller communities that did not necessarily have the funds to host such events. Community Concerts was founded in 1922 as the Organized Audience Movement, which was led by Dema Harshbarger and Ward French. Columbia Concerts Corporation (which would later become Columbia Artists Management, Inc.) became interested in Community Concerts and acquired it in 1928 as a subsidiary. After the acquisition, Community Concerts became Community Concerts, Inc., which helped local communities establish their own Community Concert Associations. Community Concerts enjoyed many decades of success under Columbia Artists until 1999 when it was sold to Trawick Artists Management. Unfortunately, Community Concerts became defunct in 2003 when Trawick Artists became bankrupt, but today, many of the local Community Concert Associations still operate independently.

Seller Inventory # 024238

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Original Program - "The Community Concert Association, presents, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Jean Martinon, Music Director and Conductor; Irwin Hoffman, Assistant Conductor; Season 1964-1965"
• Publisher: Community Concerts Inc.; Columbia Artists Management, Inc., New York
• Binding: No Binding
• Condition: Collectible-Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Drama
  • U.S. History
  • Music