Henry Lewis (musician)
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title:
Henry Lewis (musician)
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Henry Jay Lewis was an American double-bassist and orchestral conductor whose career extended over four decades. A child prodigy, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 16, becoming the first African-American instrumentalist in a major symphony orchestra and, later, the first African-American symphony orchestra conductor in the United States. As musical director of the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, he supported America's cultural diplomacy initiatives in Europe after World War II.
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American conductor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lewis_(musician)
date created:
2006-04-10T07:42:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T05:36:28Z
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