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Tanglewood is the summer home of the
Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Many concerts are performed there
over the summer. In 1937, the Tappan family gave
the Boston Symphony Orchestra 210 acres of lawns
and rolling meadows, in a little town in s to
create a permanent site of summer musical
activities. Serge Koussevitsky
opened
Tanglewood as its' first music director in
1938.
During the summers of 1940-41, Leonard Bernstein
went to study with
Serge
Koussevitzsky at the Berkshire Music Cent at
Tanglewood. In 1951 when Koussevitzsky died,
Bernstein took over the orchestra and conducting
departments at Tanglewood. He taught master classes
and conducted there until his death.
Today, Tanglewood is a booming summer spot, and
annually draws over 300,000 visitors. Frequent
performers include the Boston Symphony Orchestra
and the Boston Pops.
Shelly Kellner
Marjorie
Yang
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