Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Austrian conductor, Otto Klemperer, often considered one of the five greatest living orchestra conductors of the time, laying a laurel wreath at the base of the statue of Beethoven located at Pershing Square. He inaugurated his 1933 season at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra the following day with Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony." Photograph appears with article, "Beethoven's Memory Honored, New Conductor Lays Wreath on Park Statue," Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 1933: A16. Text on negative sleeve: Klemperer, Otto; Nitrate 474 Text from newspaper caption: In Tribute to Great Composer. Otto Klemperer, new conductor of Philharmonic Orchestra, deporiting laurel wreath at base of Beethoven statue in Pershing Square.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_9814 ark:/21198/zz002dhz8f
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Wreaths Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.) Conductors Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles Plazas--California--Los Angeles Klemperer, Otto, 1885-1973 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Statues
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