Sylvan Levin
Sylvan Levin (1903 – 10 August 1996) was an American concert pianist and conductor. He served as the assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York City Symphony under Leopold Stokowski for many years. He also founded the Philadelphia Opera Company in 1938, serving as its director for six years.[1]
Biography
Born in
After graduating from Curtis he became highly active in Philadelphia's musical scene, notably becoming a principal conductor with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company and becoming the assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra.[1]
In the 1940s, Levin was musical director for the Mutual Broadcasting System on radio. Additionally, he was the conductor for Great Moments in Music on CBS.[2]
During the 1940s and 1950s, Levin served as music director for a number of
After retiring from conducting, Levin joined the music faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music. He also taught as a voice teacher in Philadelphia throughout his career. Among his notable pupils was Natalie Bodanya. He died in 1996 at his home in Great Neck, New York at the age of 93.[1]
He conducted Jan Peerce's 1945 best-selling recording of Sandor Harmati and Edward Heyman's song "Bluebird of Happiness", which outsold all Peerce's many operatic recordings, and became second only to Enrico Caruso's recording of George M. Cohan's "Over There" among the best-selling records made by opera and concert singers.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sylvan Levin, 93; Championed Music In Philadelphia". The New York Times. August 16, 1996. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. Pp. 164-165.
- ^ NME[dead link]
External links
Sylvan Levin at the Internet Broadway Database
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