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| Conductor Antal Dorati (third from left) was
in the studios of WBUR for an interview in this otherwise unidentified 1956
photograph. Dorati (1906-1988) studied composition with Bartók and Kodály
in his native Hungary as a young man and began conducting at 18. He made
his U.S. debut in 1937. Dorati is best remembered as a builder of orchestras,
raising the level of the Dallas Symphony, the Minneapolis, the National,
and others to high standards. He made more than 500 recordings, many of
which testify to what critic Noël Goodwin called his "vigorous direct rhythms
and acute ear for fresh color."
We're almost certain that the man to the far right is the late polymath musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky. A one-time assistant to Serge Koussevitzky, Slonimsky was a champion of 20th-century music and the author and editor of a number of important books on music. Photo by Boston University Photo Services
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