The first modern system of overstringing a grand piano was developed in this city by Chickering & Sons. Wallace Sabine helped design a concert hall in this city that is considered the first in the world to apply principles of architectural acoustics. The composers of Ten Woodland Sketches and the Gaelic Symphony were among a group of six based in this city. The Handel and Haydn Society was established in this city, where Erich Leinsdorf conducted the funeral march of the “Eroica” Symphony after informing an audience of Kennedy’s assassination. One orchestra in this city popularized Fourth of July performances of the 1812 Overture. Serge Koussevitzky and Seiji Ozawa are among past directors of this city’s symphony orchestra, which has its summer home at Tanglewood. Arthur Fiedler conducted this city’s Pops Orchestra. For ten points, name this American city, home to the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory.
The first modern system of overstringing a grand piano was developed in this city by Chickering & Sons. Wallace Sabine helped design a concert hall in this city that is considered the first in the world to apply principles of architectural acoustics. The composers of Ten Woodland Sketches and the Gaelic Symphony were among a group of six based in this city. The Handel and Haydn Society was established in this city, where Erich Leinsdorf conducted the funeral march of the “Eroica” Symphony after informing an audience of Kennedy’s assassination. One orchestra in this city popularized Fourth of July performances of the 1812 Overture. Serge Koussevitzky and Seiji Ozawa are among past directors of this city’s symphony orchestra, which has its summer home at Tanglewood. Arthur Fiedler conducted this city’s Pops Orchestra. For ten points, name this American city, home to the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory.
The first modern system of overstringing a grand piano was developed in this city by Chickering & Sons.