Boston Symphony Audience Learns of the Death of JFK

Item Information

Title:
Boston Symphony Audience Learns of the Death of JFK
Description:
On November 22nd, 1963, at a performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Erich Leinsdorf delivers the news of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination to a shocked audience. Leinsdorf then announces that the orchestra will play the Funeral March from Beethoven’s third symphony.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Subjects:
Presidents--Assassination
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Orchestral music
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
00:03:09:00
Link to Item:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_D45936FAA8634E51B92408351A24CCAA
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
A_D45936FAA8634E51B92408351A24CCAA