Talk:Theodore Thomas (conductor)

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Why is this entire article about his time in Chicago when he rose to national prominence with the NY Philharmonic? Thirteen years of his career is essentially not addressed. --Patchyreynolds (talk) 16:05, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Because the article is waiting for someone to add this information :) Grover cleveland (talk) 21:47, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Theodore Thomas is mentioned in Willa Cather's The Lark.

Like many early immigrants from Germany Theodore Thomas was politically liberal, a foe of anti-Semitism and an ardent Dreyfussard. He was offered the directorship of the Paris Philharmonic and he refused it for that reason. I will add some material on this wonderful man when I have time. Suffice it to say, he was an American hero, now relatively unsung, unfortunately. He conducted the NY Philharmonic concurrently with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, which is still going, thanks to his legacy, though not directly connected to him, having been reconstituted several times. The Brooklyn phil. was the first to hire black and women musicians, by the way, and plays in one of the most beautiful halls ever constructed. It is a true treasure -- if only it were adequately funded! In my opinion he was far from being of "low importance" -- on the contrary, if we had our values straight.Mballen (talk) 17:49, 1 November 2009 (UTC)