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Article: Cherished tradition: the Curtis Institute of Music at Mid-Century.(profile of institute)
- Article from:
- American Music Teacher
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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Adjacent to Rittenhouse Square in center-city Philadelphia is an edifice from which wondrous tales of musical endeavor, poignant stories of magnanimity and empathy, and hilarious moments of levity and outrageous humor have emanated for the past seventy-five years. This kaleidoscopic entity is called The Curtis Institute of Music, and the denizens of this building have included a myriad of notable pedagogues and performers ... from Galli-Curci, Hofmann, Stokowski, Sembrich, Auer and Landowska (to name a few faculty members from the early years) to several generations of many of the most gifted artist-students.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this motley ...