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Description
Arthur Bennett Lipkin (1902-1974), a native of London, was the first resident conductor of the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the first to commission new works.
He began his tenure in the 1962-1963 season.
Lipkin, who was Jewish, came to the U.S. at age 18 and became the youngest member of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
About This Item
- Title: Arthur Bennett Lipkin, Portland, ca. 1962
- Creator: J. Abresch, New York
- Creation Date: circa 1962
- Subject Date: circa 1962
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Photographs--People--L
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Conductors (Music)--Maine--Portland
- Portland Symphony Orchestra (Portland, Me.)
- Lipkin, Arthur Bennett--Portrait photographs
- Jews--United States
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