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Story January 6, 1951

The Dayton Citizen

Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

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Young composer Howard Swanson, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, achieves acclaim in New York with his 'Short Symphony' premiered by Dimitri Mitropoulos and the Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. Critics hail it as a work of genius. Photo includes Mitropoulos, Clara Reesch, Swanson, and patron Alma Morgenthau.

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Young Ohio Composer Scores With New Symphony

"Short Symphony," the brilliant composition by Howard Swanson, formerly of Cleveland, has the musical critics of New York in a dither of ecstasy. Since famed Dimitri Mitropoulos introduced the score at Carnegie Hall recently with the Philharmonic Orchestra.

The concert was a smashing success, and they are terming the piece "a work of genius." Pictured from left to right are Mitropoulos, Clara Reesch, who conducted Swanson's chamber music at the Locust Valley Festival last summer; Georgia-born young Swanson, and Alma Morgenthau, patron of the arts.

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Biography Personal Triumph Prodigy

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Triumph Fortune Reversal

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Howard Swanson Short Symphony Carnegie Hall Mitropoulos Philharmonic Musical Success

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Howard Swanson Dimitri Mitropoulos Clara Reesch Alma Morgenthau

Where did it happen?

New York, Carnegie Hall

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Howard Swanson Dimitri Mitropoulos Clara Reesch Alma Morgenthau

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New York, Carnegie Hall

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Howard Swanson's 'Short Symphony' is premiered by Dimitri Mitropoulos with the Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, earning critical acclaim as a work of genius.

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