Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorfwas an Austrian-born American conductor. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality. He also published books and essays on musical matters...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth4 February 1912
CountryAustria
long people president
A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.
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Before I left New York to go to Virginia and to enjoy the country, I filed an application with the Immigration.
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I was several times at the White House and once I arranged for a chamber group of the Boston Symphony to play at the White House.
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When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman.
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I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff.
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I think that the President was perfectly aware of the enormous importance which music played in the creation of a better life for people.
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I was an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan. It was my first trip to America. During that winter, Austria was swallowed up by the Nazis.
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When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.
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The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.
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I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.
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The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.