Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-03 | Page 2 | Reveal Merger of Orchestras

ML MERGER OF ORCHESTRAS NEW YORK, Feb. 8 A morgar of two of New York's great orchestras, the Rational Symphony and the Philharmonic Phil-harmonic at the riose of the present season, was announced here. State-mepts State-mepts Issued b Clarence n. Mackay presldant of lh" National Symphony and Henry K Cooper, president of the I'll i i harmonic society, explained the reasons foi the change, among them tho excessive number of concerts at present dividing public attention and difficulty In obtaining adequate rehearsals rehear-sals A joint committee was appointed to arrange a new board of directors. The officers of the future Society will Include In-clude Henry K Cooper. president; Clarence H Mackay. chairman of the board, Arthur C. James and tto H. Kahn, vice presidents. The Philharmonic society, founded In 18-12. is the oldest permanent svm-phony svm-phony organization in America Ita only rials in length of service li, pn. rope are the two Philharmonic organizations organ-izations of Ioiidon and Vienna founded found-ed In 1M3 and 1814, respectively. The combined orrhestra will be continued under the name of the Philharmonic Phil-harmonic society, and will give concerts con-certs in Intimate juwoclatlon with the metropolitan i ipor.i company. The conductors. Mr. Mackay announced, an-nounced, will be Josef Stranskv. with the eminent Dutch leader. Wlllem Mengelberg. a guest conductor. a number of concerts also are planned under the baton of Arthur Bodansky '