Barry Grey, "Lecture at the University of Michigan on Ignatz Waghalter and the Negro Symphony Orchestra"; 2 February 2026 at WSWS: -> https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/01/sqrd-f01.html?pk_campaign=wsws-newsletter&pk_kwd=wsws-daily-newsletter
In my view this is an exceptionally rare and for the left-wing - valuable - re-opening of musical and Black history. I thikn the WSWS writer does a good job of making an interesting article on this: -> Excerpt "On January 15, David Goldfarb, an independent scholar and host of “Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature,” a YouTube program sponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute in New York, gave a talk at the University of Michigan entitled “Ignatz Waghalter and the Negro Symphony Orchestra (1938-40).” The topic of the lecture was an immensely significant, but little known, episode in the history of 20th century American and world music—the establishment of an African-American symphony orchestra in Harlem, founded by and under the direction of Polish-Jewish conductor and composer Ignatz Waghalter (1881-1949).... Waghalter was a major figure on the musical scene in Germany and Europe until he and his family were forced to flee Germany in 1934 due to Hitler’s rise to power.... He (i.e.e Goldfarb-Ed) noted that soon after Waghalter became settled in New York in 1937, “he joined with leading figures in the Harlem Renaissance to found the Negro Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra only lasted a few years, although it was reported widely in the African-American press.... 1939 was the year Marian Anderson was barred from singing in Constitution Hall and having to sing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the initiative of Eleanor Roosevelt. Waghalter wrote a song dedicated to Marian Anderson...” Hari -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40476): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40476 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117595292/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
