NBC Symphony Orchestra

About

[b]Founded:[/b] 1937 - New York, USA [b]Disbanded:[/b] 1954 This was a fabled orchestra specially constituted by [a=David Sarnoff], chairman of RCA (which owned both RCA Victor Records and NBC radio) for conductor [a=Arturo Toscanini]. Offering the highest salaries of any orchestra at the time and a 52-week contract, NBC attracted top orchestral musicians: 21 of them were former section leaders of other orchestras. [a=Artur Rodzinski] was hired to train and mold the Orchestra to impeccable sta