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It was the summer of 1950. I had what I considered a dream job. I was the "disc jockey" for the New York Public Library, planning and presenting the Bryant Park concerts of recorded music, noon to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, from 5 July to Labor Day. (1) This was the second summer of the concerts. The first had been sponsored by the singer, Lanny Ross, perhaps best known for the song "Moonlight and Roses." For the second year in a row the concerts were underwritten by the Union Dime Savings Bank.
My job was to plan programs of classical recordings with a mix of orchestral, vocal, and chamber music, to watch for anniversaries of births and deaths of composers ...
Source: HighBeam Research, A memoir of a music librarian.