Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Roster

Musician Name	Instrument	Dates
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Abas, S.	violin	1901-1902
Abbas, Philip (Netherlands 1886-after 1946)	cello (also Bournemouth Winter Garden Symphony - England 1913-1916, Rivoli Theater Orchestra, New York City 1918-1919, Detroit Symphony Principal cello 1919-1925, Detroit Symphony String Quartet - Ilya Scholnik first, William G. King second, Herman Kolodkin viola, Philip Abbas)   Taught at Michigan State University 1928-1929, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia Kansas in the 1930s. Also played concerti in Kansas and Nebraska in 1930s. Retired in Santa Barbara, California in 1940s.	1916-1917
Abel, Alan D. (Indiana 1928- )	third percussionist 1959-1988, Associate Principal percussion 1988-1997 (also U.S. Air Force Band 1951-1953, Oklahoma City Symphony 1953-1959)   Studied at Eastman School of Music 1947-1951 Performance Diploma.	1959-1997
Aleinikoff, Harry (New York 1894-1986)	Principal Second violin (also a member of the Rich Quartet: Thaddeus Rich first, Harry Aleinikoff second, Romain Verney viola and Hans Kindler cello)	1915-1959
Alemann, Paul Ernst Rudolph (Germany 1877-after 1946)	bass clarinet   In March, 1930, Leopold Stokowski was criticized for dismissing four players for being 'stale' 152, of which Alemann was one.  After the Philadelphia Orchestra, Alemann lived for a decade in Atlantic City, NJ and then to Berlin. In June, 1942 after delays Alemann succeeded in returning from wartime Berlin, Germany to Atlantic City.	1904-1930
Alessi, Joseph (Michigan 1959- )	second trombone, succeeding M. Dee Stewart (Alessi was also Principal trombone l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal 1984-1985, Principal trombone New York Philharmonic spring 1985-present)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1981. Gave the premier of Christopher Rouse Trombone Concerto in 1992 with Leonard Slatkin/NY Philharmonic. Son of Joseph Alessi, Principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera 1946-1959, and grandson of Joseph Alessi, Principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera 1920-1927.	1981-1984
Altman, Baruch (?Mew York 1919- )	violin (entered second violin section 1942-1943 season, then into military)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1943.	1942-1943
Amoroso, Richard M. (Pennsylvania 1970- )	violin (also Concerto Soloists - now Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, also Philly Pops)   Studied at the Settlement Music School - Philadelphia, and Dickinson College, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.	1997-present
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Anderson, Angela wife of Peter Smith	bassoon (also San Jose Symphony second bassoon, San Antonio Symphony Assistant Principal/second bassoon)   Studied at University of New Mexico BMus 1988, University of Southern California MMus 1991. Active in summer festivals, including Yale Summer School of Music and Art, the Music Academy of the West Summer Festival - California, and Midsummer Mozart Festival - California.	1997-present
Angeloty, Louis M. (Hungary 1882-1961)	violin (also the Schmidt Quartet, Emil Schmidt first, Louis Angeloty second, Alfred Lorenz viola, William Schmidt, brother of Emil, cello 1914-1921. Also a founder of the Old York Road Symphony - Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, which he conducted 1932-1956)   Studied first with his father Carl E. Angeloty (1859-1941) who was later a violinist in the Los Angeles Symphony. Louis Angeloty also studied at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles 1902-1906. He recorded with the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1922.	1908-1922
Angelucci, Louis (or Adelchi) (Pennsylvania 1912-1994)	Second bassoon (also National Symphony of Washington DC about 1937-1944, Philadelphia ballet orchestra 1930-1950, Pennsylvania Symphony)   Studied first with his Italian-born musician father, Louis Angelucci (1889- ) who played French horn in Philadelphia ballet and opera orchestras. Louis then studeied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1937, where his Cleveland Orchestra French horn brother Ernaini Angelucci also studied. Louis was said to be a 'character', and well liked. A tuba musician based in Philadelphia, Jonathan Dorn said: "[he] used to sell hoagies [sandwiches] during their orchestra rehearsals to all the orchestra people...and at the break he would sell them to the guys for like, a dollar." Brother Rhadames Angelucci became Principal oboe with the Minnesota Orchestra 1937-1984.	1944-1945, 1950-1983
Antonelli, Pietro Biagio (Italy 1886- )	horn (later a theater orchestra musicians in late 1920s and 1930s, then with Philadelphia WPA orchestra).	1920-1923
Arben, David (Poland 1927- )	Assistant Concertmaster 1973-1978, Associate Concertmaster, 1978-1993   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1954. Holocaust survivor. After the war, in Munich played for Efrem Zimbalist in a masterclass at the Salzburg Mozarteum, which led to Arben’s invitation to attend the Curtis Institute.	1959-1993
Arey, Rufus Mont (Maine 1887-1966)	Principal clarinet (also Detroit Symphony Principal clarinet 1919-1923, solo clarinet Brooklyn Mark Strand Orchestra, a theater orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet 1923-1924, Rochester Philharmonic 1927-1954 and the Eastman Wind Ensemble while teaching at the Eastman School of Music)   Long-time section teacher of clarinet Eastman School of Music 1927-1954. 153.	1923-1924
Argiewicz, (Ignatz) Bernard (Poland 1885- )	cello (also a theater orchestra musician between Philadelphia Orchestra session.)   Brother Arthur Argiewicz (1881-1966) was long-term violin with the San Francisco Symphony about 1918-1946.	1917-1919, 1924-1928
Arian, Edward W. (Ohio 1921-2010)	double bass (also Denver Symphony 1945-1946, San Francisco Symphony 1946-1947)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1944. After retiring from the orchestra studied at Bryn Mawr College Ph.D. Political Science 1969. Wrote Bach, Beethoven and Bureaucracy, an indictment of the Philadelphia Orchestra administration and Board. Joined Drexel University (Philadelphia) in 1970 and became Chairman Department of History and Politics in 1976.	1947-1967
Arkless, William Leon (Pennsylvania 1881-1974)	violin 1900-1901, viola 1915-1918 (later played in the theater orchestra of the Schubert Theater, Philadelphia in 1920s and 1930s)	1900-1901, 1915-1918
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Arnold, Paul J. (New York 1956- )	violin (also Rochester Philharmonic Principal second violin, a founding member of Society Hill Quintet and the Dalihapa Ensemble, also active in Network for New Music Ensemble)   visit Paul Arnold's interesting website at http://paularnold.net/ including his interesting photography. He is also on the Board of Overseers of the Curtis Institute.	1983-present
Aronoff, Max (1906-1981) Orlando Cole cello, Benjamin Sharlip second, Jascha Brodsky first, Max Aronoff viola in about 1934	viola (also Curtis String Quartet: Jascha Brodsky (1907-1997) first, Benjamin Sharlip second, Max Aronoff viola, Orlando Cole cello (1908-2010) quartet active 1934-1981 when Max Aronoff died. Orlando Cole was son of Philadelphia Orchestra violin Lucius Cole)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1934. With Jascha Brodsky, founded the New School of Music in Philadelphia.	1944-1945
Aschke, Julius (Germany about 1851- )	piccolo (also Büchner Orchestra - Berlin)   Recorded music for piccolo (which reproduced well in the acoustic recording process) for the Gramophone Company and Odeon in Berlin between 1904 and 1909.	1901-1902
Asen, Simon (New York 1911-1984)	viola (active as a conductor after 1950, including Mount Vernon Symphony - New York 1951, Naumburg Orchestral Concerts in Central Park, New York City in 1951, 1952, Lakewood Symphony - New Jersey 1957)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1936.	1936-1944
Asenmacker, Anton (Antoine Henri Jean) (Belgium 1879- )	cello (also Théâtre de la monnaie Opéra, orchestra of Pau, France Principal cello, Aix-les-Bains, France orchestra in summers, Diaghilev Ballets russes 1916 USA tour)   Studied at the Verviers Conservatoire - Belgium 1891, Premier prix Concour of 1898 164. Joined the Institute of Musical Art (later Juilliard) cello department in 1920.	1917-1919
Atkinson, Burnett F. (South Dakota 1911-1991)	flute, piccolo (also Philadelphia Opera Orchestra 1939, Philadelphia Orchestra third flute 1944-1952 (or perhaps 1944-1949, 1950-1952) did not complete 1951-1952 Philadelphia season. Also listed as Minnesota Orchestra Principal flute, succeeding Emil Opava 1949-1950, Chicago Symphony Orchestra flute and piccolo 1952-1954, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Glendale Symphony, Paramount Studio Orchestra, Hollywood, also University of California at Santa Barbara)   Studied at Eastman School of Music, Curtis Institute Class of 1939.	1944-1952
Ayala, J.	trumpet	1916-1917
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Badollet, Frank (or Francis) V. (Iowa 1870-1934)	flute (also Pittsburgh Symphony under Victor Herbert Principal flute 1896-1898 and 1904-1905, US Marine Corps band Washington, DC 1899-1901, Cincinnati Symphony Principal flute under Frank Van der Stucken 1905-1907 and 1909-1911, Minneapolis Symphony, in 1922 moved to Los Angeles playing in theater orchestras, and played with the Long Beach Municipal Band)   Studied with Otto Oesterle (1861-1894) in New York City. While in Philadelphia, recorded with the Victor Talking Machine Company 1900-1903, including as "Badollet Flute Trio". Taught at the University of Oregon 1914-1921. Said to have played a Haynes Bb tenor flute, having a lower flute voice.	1901-1904
Bailiff (Reyes), Jill (1925- )	harp (taught at Northwestern University)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1951.	1947-1952
Baker, Harry J. (Iowa 1894- )	Principal percussion (also Houston Symphony)   Recorded Mikrokosmos with Bela Bartok in 1940.	1923-1924
Baltacigil, Efe (Turkey 1978- )	Assistant Principal cello 2002-2003, Associate Principal cello 2003-2011 (also participated in Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, member of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, also Principal Cello Seattle Symphony beginning in the 2011-2012 season)   Studied at Mimar Sinan University Conservatory - Istanbul BMus 1998, and Curtis Institute Class of 2002. Visit his interesting website www.efebaltacigil.net	2002-2011
Balter, Boris (Ukraine 1953- )	violin (also Brooklyn Philharmonic, Mexico City Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony 1982-1985)   Studied at Stolyarsky Music School Odessa, Ukraine, Odessa State Conservatory Performer's diploma.	1985-present
Bancroft, Irving James (Massachusetts 1885-1973)	violin 1916-1929, 1940-1941, Principal Second violin 1929-1940.   Taught violin in Boston in 1910.	1916-1941
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Bansbach, Philip Anthony (Missouri 1888-1974)	viola (later a theater musician in Philadelphia, and organist in Philadelphia churches)   Bansbach was also a church organist before and after the Philadelphia Orchestra, which was his principal occupation as a musician. His German-born father Anton Bansbach was also a musician.	1919-1922
Bar-David, Ohad "Udi" (Israel about 1960- )	cello (also active in Intercultural Journeys, a chamber orchestra aimed at reducing cultural barriers, also Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, also active in Network for New Music Ensemble)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1986, and the Juilliard School.	1987-present
Barchewitz, Walter (Germany )	violin (also the Schweidnitz Opera in Silesia - now Poland - in the early 1890s, chamber concerts in Berlin late 1890s)	1901-1904
Barnes, Darrel (Kentucky 1942- ) grew up in Detroit. twin brother of Robert Barnes Boston Symphony viola 1967-present and father of Derek Barnes, cello 1995-present.	viola and sometimes horn (also Detroit Symphony in early 1960s, St. Louis Symphony Principal viola about 1971-1973, Indianapolis Symphony Principal viola in about 1988-1996, Fort Smith - Arkansas Symphony Principal viola, Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra Principal viola, St. Louis String Quartet viola)   Studied with his musician parents, both orchestral musicians. Darrel Barnes mother played horn with the Detroit Symphony in 1940s. Darrel Barnes also studied at Wayne State University BA as did his brother Robert.	1965-1971   An auto accident cut short Darrell Barnes's orchestral career.
Barnes, Derek S. (Pennsylvania 1969- ) son of Darrel Barnes Philadelphia viola 1965-1971, and nephew of Robert Barnes Boston Symphony viola 1967-present.	cello (Derek Barnes was a substitute in the Philadelphia Orchestra cello section from 1989, before joining the Orchestra in February, 1995 and Co-Principal cello Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia - now the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. also Principal Cello South Jersey Symphony, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra during summers.)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1991.	February, 1995-present
Barone, Clemente (Italy 1877-1934) brother of Richard Barone	third flute 1900-1901, flute 1907-1907, Principal flute March, 1907 (following the dismissal of August Rodemann) -1910 (Also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900, played flute for Victor Talking Machine Company recordings until about 1929, including being a permanent member flute with the Victor Orchestra under Josef Pasternack (1881-1940). Barone died in Philadelphia of cancer in 1934 age only 57)   Clemente Barone was of a musical family: his father, Pasquale and Pasquale's father were both harpists; his brother Albert was a violinist, William was a pianist, and Richard, a violinist, including with the Philadelphia Orchestra.  Clemente Barone's wife, Marian Setaro's father played with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and her brother Andrew was a timpanist 20. Son Clement Barone Jr. was flute with the Houston Symphony and Detroit Symphony.	1900-1901, 1904-1910
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Barone, Richard (Italy 1884-1968) brother of Clemente Barone	violin (also a Philadelphia theater orchestra musician in the 1920s)	1923-1924
Basse, Herman	Principal trumpet 1904-1905, 1914-1915, trumpet 1915-1917	1904-1905, 1914-1917
Batchelder, Wilfred "Fred" (Massachusetts 1914-1974) while in US Navy 1944	double bass / tuba   Studied at the New England Conservatory and the Curtis Institute Class of 1941.	1951-1975   (announced for 1974-1974 season, but died September 16, 1974, age 59)
Battles, Augustus (Massachusetts 1880-1947) Augustus Battles in 1912	flute (also Boston Symphony flute 1909-1918, piccolo 1918-1935, also Boston Symphony Sextette whose membership in 1912 was: Herman Goldstein first violin, Placido Fiumara second violin, Walter Blumenau viola, Ludwig Nast cello, Max Kunze bass, who was also group leader 188)   Studied with André Maquarre about 1897-1902.	1906-1909   (some BSO records claim Battles was in Boston in 1908, but not listed in the BSO 1908-1909 roster - he was in Philadelphia Orchestra that season)
Bauer, Jaroslav K.	viola	1936-1958
Baumel, Herbert (New York 1919-2010)	violin (also All American Youth Orchestra 1940 South American tour, Philadelphia Opera Company violin 1940-1942. Fort Wayne Philharmonic Concertmaster 1945-1948, New York City Opera Concertmaster 1948-1949, Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela Concertmaster 1949-1950. RCA Victor house orchestra concertmaster 1954. Also Broadway shows Fiorello!, 1959, She Loves Me, 1963, and Concertmaster for the original 1964 Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof, and for eight years, he was the fiddler)   Studied at Mannes College of Music - NYC 1933-1935, the Curtis Institute Class of 1942. Fulbright scholar to in Italy 1954-1956, from 1965-1969 teaching at Oregon State University. As a student at Curtis, in 1939 Herbert Baumel performed the premier of the Samuel Barber Violin Concerto with the Curtis Institute Orchestra under Fritz Reiner.	1942-1945
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Bay, Victor brother of Heifetz accompanist Emanuel Bay (Russia 1896-1988)	violin (also active as a conductor, guest conducting Cleveland Symphony in 1930s, and staff conductor for CBS radio in New York City in the 1950s, became an active Hollywood sessions musician, particularly for Capital Records and MGM)   Studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, graduated in 1918.	1922-1923
Bean, Nancy R. (Washington 1959- )	violin 1983-1989, Assistant Concertmaster 1989-2009, when she retired from the orchestra to devote her activities to chamber music. (also Assistant Concertmaster of Santa Fe Opera Company. Director of 1807 & Friends devoted to classical chamber music. First violinist Wister Quartet and of Amerita Chamber Players. Also violinist of the Barnard Trio, the Florian Trio, Duo Paganini and Duo Parisienne; a full chamber music spectrum)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1981.	1983-2009
Beck, Jacob Henry (Pennsylvania 1839-1906)	Second trumpet in the first season of the Philadelphia Orchestra (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)   Born July 3, 1839 perhaps the earliest-born Philadelphia Orchestra musician.	1900-1901
Beck, William J.	violin	1906-1909
Beiler, Jonathan P. (Pennsylvania 1950- )	violin (also Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Saint Louis Symphony)   Studied at Yale University (French) and Indiana University (violin).	1976-present
Beimel, George Alfred (Hungary 1899-1983)	violin (also Pittsburgh Symphony in late 1940s under Fritz Reiner)   Studied at the Budapest Conservatory. Emigrated to New York City in January 1923.	1925-1945
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Belenko, Samuel (then Russia, now Latvia 1899-1982)	cello (also Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia and the Reading Symphony Assistant Principal cello, after the Philadelphia Orchestra may have also played in Hollywood studio orchestras)	1925-1964
Belgiorno, Simone (or Simon) (Italy 1888-after 1931)	principal trombone (also Cincinnati Symphony trombone, Metropolitan Opera trombone, Boston Symphony Assistant Principal trombone 1914-1918, Cleveland Orchestra Principal trombone 1926-1928, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trombone 1930-1931)   Taught trombone at the Curtis Institute in 1930. According to trombonist Harold McKinney, Simone Belgiorno "only lasted 14 weeks with Stokowski...", so apparently did not finish the 1930-1931 season in which Stokowski fired a dozen other orchestra musicians.	1930-1931   but apparently only for 14 weeks, as noted to left
Belinski, Mirko	cello	1904-1909
Bellois, John Frederick or Johann Friedrich Bellois Jr. (Germany 1859-1947) later signed himself as "J. Frederick Bellois"	violin (also a theater musician in Philadelphia in 1910s and 1920s, and part-time band music publisher)   Studied with his violinist father Johann Friedrich Bellois Sr. who was a first violin in the Theodore Thomas touring orchestra 175 based in New York City. The Bellois family emigrated to New York City perhaps for Bellois Sr. to join the Theodore Thomas orchestra when John Bellois was age 10, and then moved to Philadelphia.	1900-1901
Belov, Joel (Ukraine 1890-1964) brother of Samuel Belov and Nikolai Sokoloff	violin (also recorded for Edison records in 1920s)   Picture at left shows (l to r) Nikolai Sokoloff  (later Concertmaster of the Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York and first conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra), and brothers Joel and Samuel Belov in 1900 while still in Ekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk) in the Ukraine, then part of Russia.	1912-1920, 1923-1924, 1927-1931
Belov, Samuel (Ukraine 1884- ) brother of Joel Belov and Nikolai Sokoloff Samuel Belov in 1900	Principal viola 1919-1920, viola 1908-1919 (also the Eastman Rochester Orchestra and the Kilbourn Quartet, personally funded by George Eastman (founder of Kodak) 1921-1932.   In 1920, taught at the Dossenbach-Klingberg Institute in Rochester, New York.  The next year, George Eastman formed the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and Belov was invited to join the Eastman faculty 53, where he served twenty eight years, 1921-1949 teaching violin and viola.  Samuel Belov also helped create the Eastman Rochester Orchestra.	1908-1920
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Benavente, Joseph	cello	1917-1918
Bender, August (may have been born in Germany 1852- )	Principal trumpet 1901-1902, trumpet 1902-1903	1901-1903
Beneter, Franz	violin	1901-1902
Benfield, Warren A. (Pennsylvania 1913-2003)	double bass 1942-1948, Principal double bass 1948-1949 (also Minneapolis Symphony Principal bass 1935-1937, St. Louis Symphony Principal bass probably 1937-1942, Philadelphia Orchestra double bass 1942-1948 and Principal double bass 1948-1949, Chicago Symphony Principal bass 1949-1951, bass 1951-1987)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1934.	1942-1949
Bennett, Harold (Wyoming 1913-1985)	flute (also National Symphony of Washington, D.C. Principal flute 1935-1937 under Hans Kindler, in New York: Radio City Music Hall orchestra Principal flute, an attractive, year-around job. Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Flute under Fritz Reiner 1938-1940, Philadelphia Orchestra Assistant Principal flute 1940-1944, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal flute for 21 seasons 1944-1965)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1936.	1940-1944
Berv, Arthur Isadore (Poland 1906-1992)	horn 1923-1926, Co-Principal horn 1930-1935, Principal horn 1935-1938. At age 17 in 1923, Berv was probably the youngest Philadelphia Orchestra musician so far. (also New York Philharmonic Principal horn 1926-1927, Cleveland Orchestra Principal horn 1928-1930, NBC Symphony Principal horn 1938-about 1942, U.S. Air Force Band)   Brother of horn players and Curtis Institute graduates Jack Berv (1908-1994) and Harry Berv (1911-2005).	1923-1926, 1930-1938
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Bettoney, Frederick (England 1884-1933) died during Boston Symphony season March 31,1933	bassoon (also Boston Symphony bassoon 1920-1931, bass clarinet 1931-1933)   son of bassoon maker Harry Bettoney 1867-1953 of Cundy-Bettoney Company	1918-1920
Betts, A. Kendall	horn   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1969.	1970-1975
Bianculli, Pasquale	violin (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1913-1914
Biava, Luis (Colombia ) Luis Biava in about 2008	violin 1968-1984, Principal second violin 1984-2000 (also National Symphony of Washington DC 1963-1968. An assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, is a conductor of National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia. A founder of the Philarte String Quartet, first violinist with the Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble, conducts the Temple University symphony in Philadelphia)   Studied at Atlantic University - Colombia BMus, Manhattan School of Music - New York MMus, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Rome.	1968-2000
Bielo, Henry (Austria/Czech 1895-1956) brother of Julius Bielo with wife Myrtle	bassoon (later a music teacher in Pittsburgh)   Julius and Henry Bielo emigrated to the US in 1920 from Bohemia (now Czech Republic. Played first for two seasons in the Philadelphia Orchestra, and spent most of their careers in Pittsburgh, PA.	1920-1922
Bielo, Julius (Austria/Czech 1885-1955) brother of Henry Bielo	double bass (also taught at Carnegie Institute - Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Symphony double bass in 1940s under Fritz Reiner)   Julius and Henry Bielo emigrated to the US in 1920 from Bohemia (now Czech Republic. Played first for two seasons in the Philadelphia Orchestra, and spent most of their careers in Pittsburgh, PA.	1920-1922
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Bilger, David (Wisconsin 1961- )	Principal trumpet (also Dallas Symphony Principal trumpet about 1991-1995, and played the summer season of the New York Philharmonic in 1990)   Studied at the Juilliard School and the University of Illinois. Bilger is also a composer, such as of Point/Counterpoint, a work for trumpet, horn and piano, showing the expressive possibilities of the trumpet. Beginning with the 2011-2012 season, David Bilger will cut back his playing with the Philadelphia Orchestra in order to allow him to expand his teaching, accepting a two year visiting professorship at the Hugh Hodgson School Of Music - University of Georgia.	1995-present
Black, Norman (1908- )	violin (retired at the then-mandatory retirement age of 65, and became music director of a Philadelphia TV station. One of the orchestra members who challenged the orchestra's retirement age in court.)	1950-1973
Blackburn, Roger (West Virginia about 1945- )	trumpet (also acting Principal trumpet Saint Louis Symphony, Israel Philharmonic Principal trumpet, Houston Symphony Associate Principal trumpet)   Studied at Asbury College - Kentucky, Westminster Choir College - New Jersey, and the Curtis Institute Class of 1969. Also a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst). Also, listen to Roger's gospel quartet 4 His Glory singing a capella - inspiring.	1974-2011
Blaha, Antonin (Czech 1882-1972)	violin	1906-1908, 1909-1912
Blake, Holly	contrabassoon   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1980.	1992-present
Bleyer, Max	Principal trumpet 1903-1904, trumpet 1904-1908	1903-1908
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Bloom, Robert (Pennsylvania 1908-1994)	second oboe 1930-1936 and English horn 1932-1936 (also Rochester Philharmonic Principal oboe 1936-1938, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1938-1944 Principal oboe, New York City freelance in 1940s and 1950s, Bach Aria Group 1946-1980)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935. Melvin Headman, Robert McGinnis, and Robert Bloom entered the Philadelphia Orchestra directly from the Curtis Institute in 1930 upon the decision of Leopold Stokowski, although they 'officially' graduated in the Curtis Class of 1935.	1930-1936
Blumenfeld, Jonathan (New York 1956- )	oboe (also Savannah Symphony Principal oboe 1981-1984, Concerto Soloists - Philadelphia 1984-1986, active in Network for New Music Ensemble)   Studied at Haverford College BA and the Curtis Institute Class of 1981. You can hear Jonathan Blumenfeld playing the second movement of the evocative Curt Cacioppo (1951- ) Concerto for Oboe and Strings at Jonathan's website http://jonathanblumenfeld.com/	1986-present
Blumenfeld, Max	violin	1904-1906
Blumenschein, José Maria (Germany 1985- )	Associate Concertmaster (also Brazilian Symphony of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Santoro National Theater Orchestra - Brazil, Baden-Baden Philharmonic - Germany. Founding member of Vertigo String Quartet, Co-Concertmaster WDR Symphony Orchestra - Cologne beginning 2010-2011)   Studied at Pflüger Institute - Germany and the Curtis Institute Class of 2007.	2007-2011   on leave during the 2010-2011 season to play with the WDR Symphony Orchestra - Cologne, and subsequently resigned from the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Bobell, H.	violin	1903-1904
Boehm, Gustav	violin	1900-1901
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Boehse, Louis Jacob (New Jersey 1876- )	double bass	1904-1907, 1908-1931
Bogdanoff, Leonard	viola	1955-2004
Bollinger, Blair J. (1963- )	bass trombone, contrabass trombone, and bass trumpet, (also Music Director of the Bar Harbor Brass Week - Maine)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1986.	1987-present
Bonade, Daniel Louis (Switzerland 1894-1976)	Principal clarinet (also Garde républicaine Band - Paris 1915 with fellow-clarinetist and later Philadelphia Orchestra musician Lucien Cailliet . Diaghilev's Ballet Russe 1916 tour under Ernest Ansermet, Philadelphia Orchestra 1917-1922 and 1924-1930, toured France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and England 1922-1924, CBS Radio orchestra 1931-1933, Cleveland Orchestra Principal clarinet 1933-1940, NBC Symphony - Toscanini South American tour 1940, then back to the CBS Radio orchestra 1942)   Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, Premier prix in the 1913 Concour.	1917-1922, 1924-1930
Bookspan, Michael "Mickey" (New York 1929-2002)	percussion 1953-1972, Principal percussion 1972-2002 and also Associate Principal timpani 1972-2002 (also the Little Orchestra Society - New York, New York City Ballet, Xavier Cugat band, the Goldman Band, Army Airforce Band in Texas)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus 1953. Taught at the Philadelphia University of the Arts and at the Curtis Institute.	1953-2002   died during the 2001-2002 season after 49 seasons of service
Booth, Davyd M. (West Virginia 1950- )	violin also keyboard (also co-music director and harpsichordist for the Amerita Chamber Ensemble, Philarte String Quartet, Wister String Quartet)   Studied at the New School of Music - Philadelphia. Davyd Booth is also the second keyboard of the Orchestra, performing harpsichordist and has been featured on piano, celesta, harmonium, organ, synthesizer, and accordion. Like Nero Wolfe, Davyd Booth is an avid orchid grower, with two greenhouses and 8,000 plants.	1973-present
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Bornstein, Milton Irving (Pennsylvania 1898-1969)	violin (also Cleveland Orchestra violin 1920-1921)   Studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy about 1915-1918. Bornstein later became a sessions musician in New York City in the 1940s.	1921-1925
Bourdon, Rosario Charles (Canada 1885-1961)	cello (also he Cincinnati Symphony 1902-1904, St. Paul Symphony Principal cello 1908-1911 under Henry Rothwell)   Bourdon studied cello initially with his mother and step-father and then at the Conservatory of Ghent, Belgium. Following his orchestral career, beginning in 1908 Rosario Bourdon joined the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey.  He eventually became Music Director for Victor and arranged and conducted hundreds of Victor recordings, including of the Victor Concert Orchestra.	1904-1908
Bové, Domenico A. (Pennsylvania 1891-1965)	violin (Bove was a child prodigy violinist, who appeared in concerts in Philadelphia by 1900)   Studied first with his Italian-born violinist musician father Joseph Bové. Then studied in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the Prague Conservatory 1910-1915.	1917-1923, 1924-1957
Bransky, Isador	viola	1919-1920
Braverman, Gabriel husband of Lois Putlitz (Pennsylvania 1908- )	viola (also New York Philharmonic in early 1930s under Toscanini, Stringart String Quartet in 1933 into 1950s with different members including Jacob Krachmalnick first, Irwin Eisenberg second, Gabriel Braverman viola, and Hershel Gorodetzky cello, Braverman was also the Philadelphia Orchestra librarian, 1942-1946)   Studied at the Settlement Music School 1918 and the Curtis Institute Class of 1934.	1938-1973
Brennand, Charles	cello	1956-1967
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Breuninger, Tyrone L. (Pennsylvania 1939- )	Principal trombone 1967-1968, Associate Principal trombone 1968-1999   Studied at West Chester State College - Pennsylvania BMus, Temple University - Philadelphia MMus. Succeeded Henry Charles Smith as Principal trombone.	1967-1999
Briglia, Giuseppi (Italy 1865- )	flute	1908-1910
Britt, Horace (Belgium 1881-1971)	Principal cello (also Lamoureux Orchestra Paris 1897, Colonne Orchestra Paris 1898, Chicago Symphony Principal cello 1905-1907, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal cello 1907-1908, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal cello in 1910s, San Francisco Symphony Principal cello 1918-1924. In chamber music, the Hans Letz Quartet: Hans Letz first, Edwin Bachmann second (later of Toscanini's NBC Symphony), Edward Kreiner, viola (also later of Toscanini's NBC Symphony), Horace Britt  cello. also the Elman String Quartet in the late 1920s: Mischa Elman first, Adolf Bak second, Karl Rissland viola, Horace Britt  cello. Britt was the first cellist recorded in a sound movie in 1927)   Studied at the Paris Conservatoire 1892-1895, Premier prix in the 1895 Concour (at age 14!). He had been preparing under the supervision of his parents Ernst and Maria Britt since age 6. Taught at the Curtis Institute 1925-1926 and the University of Texas, Austin 1950-1963.	1907-1908
Britt, Roger	violin	1914-1920
Brodo, Joseph	violin	1918-1924, 1943-1960
Broeckaert, Leopold	flute	1904-1905
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Broiles, Melvyn L. (Kansas 1929-2003)	Associate Principal trumpet (note that The Philadelphia Orchestra rosters show Melvin Broiles as Associate Principal trumpet, but contemporary records, and the International Trumpet Guild Journal notes of April, 2004 193 state that Melvyn Broils was Co-Principal. 1951-1955 Mel Broiles was in the US Army and served with the West Point Military Academy Band.  Mel Broiles also played in the Metropolitan Opera stage band in 1956. then MET Orchestra Principal trumpet 1958-2001)   Studied at Juilliard School, where he also taught 1971-2001.	1957-1958
Brown, H. I.	violin	1921-1925
Brown, Keith	trombone 1959-1961, Associate Principal trombone 1961-1962)	1959-1962
Brusilow, Anshel (Philadelphia 1928- )	Concertmaster (also New Orleans Symphony Concertmaster 1954-1955, Cleveland Orchestra Associate Concertmaster 1955-1959, founded Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia 1961-1965, which caused friction with the Philadelphia Orchestra, leading to Brusilow's departure, Dallas Symphony conductor 1970-1973)   Studied at Philadelphia Musical Academy and the Curtis Institute Class of 1943.	1959-1966
Bukay, Anna	harp	1946-1947
Burkartmaeir, J. H.	violin	1900-1901
Burris, Curtis	double bass	1972-1978
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Cafaro, Robert M. (New York 1958- )	cello (also Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1983-1984, Baltimore Symphony 1984-1985, Rachmaninov Trio: Luba Agranovsky piano, Dmetri Levin violin, Robert Cafaro cello 2003-present)   Studied at Juilliard School BMus, MMus about 1981. Organizes Philadelphia Orchestra Habitat for Humanity events in Camden, NJ.	1985-present
Cahan, Nathan H. (Russia 1872- )	double bass	1900-1924
Cahon, P.	cello	1901-1902
Cailliet, Lucien (France 1897-1985)	bass clarinet and Saxophone (also Garde républicaine Band - Paris 1915 with fellow-clarinetist and later Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet Daniel Bonade , also principal librarian, 1934-1935, and arranger of orchestrations for Stokowski and Ormandy, Associate Conductor of the Allentown Band - Pennsylvania 1934-1969)   Studied at the Dijon Conservatoire graduating about 1917 or 1918, graduate studies at the Philadelphia Musical Academy DMus 1937. Moved to California taught at University of Southern California 1938-1945, also composed and arranged music for Hollywood films. Three Philadelphia Orchestra bass clarinets in 89 seasons: Lucien Cailliet 1916-1938, Leon Lester 1938-1966, Ron Reuben 1967-2005 (with a one year gap for contractual reasons).	1916-1938
Callot, André	violin	1925-1931
Campowsky, Heinrich	violin	1903-1917, 1920-1923
Caputo, Domenico (Italy 1893-1974) with wife Margherita in 1923	Co-Principal horn (came to New York City in 1911 to join the Metropolitan Opera horn section until 1924. Also during the 1910s, Caputo was Principal horn of the New Symphony Orchestra of New York under Arthur Bodansky 102.  In the 1920s, Domenico Caputo was Principal horn of the National Symphony Orchestra of New York under Willem Mengelberg 105.   Said to be a favorite of Toscanini, Domenico Caputo seems to have returned to Italy following World War 2, where he died in Imperia, Italy, not far from the French border and Nice.	1929-1931
Carlson, C. Eric (1957- )	second trombone (also Baltimore Symphony second trombone about 1980-1986, North Carolina Symphony about 1978-1980)   Studied trombone at Wheaton College - Illinois with Edward Kleinhammer and Arnold Jacobs (as did his friend Doug Yeo of the Boston Symphony ). Chairman of the Philadelphia Orchestra musicians negotiating committee.	1986-present
Carlyss, Gerald B (Illinois 1941- ) Carlyss, with Mason Jones behind him	Principal timpani (also Cincinnati Symphony Principal timpani 1965-1967)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus 1964 and MSc 1965. Since 1988, has taught at Indiana University.	1967-1988
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Carol, Norman (Pennsylvania 1928- ) cousin of Robert Karol of the Boston Symphony	Concertmaster (also Boston Symphony violin 1949-1952, Concertmaster of 3 orchestras:   New Orleans Symphony Concertmaster 1956-1960, Minneapolis Symphony Concertmaster 1960-1966, Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster 1966-1994)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1947.  Spent the years 1952-1956 after the BSO first in the Army, then pursuing a solo violin career. He abandoned a solo career for his family, seeking a more stable life as an orchestra musician.	1966-1994
Carow, Herman	violin	1916-1918
Carow, Hugo	viola	1900-1904, 1908-1921
Caserta, Santo Francis (Connecticut 1910-present) age 101 at the time of this entry, and still living Note: information and photo from Santo Caserta's grandson Michael Caserta. Thanks!	cello (also Longines Symphonette under Mishel Piastro, National Symphony of Washington DC, Fracati Trio)   Studied at the Juilliard School. Pursued a successful career as a violinist before being forced to switch to cello due to a skin condition at age 35. Auditioning with Eugene Ormandy for the Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy asked "...'Whom did you study under at Julliard?' A sheepish Caserta had to admit he had studied the violin, not the cello, that he was merely self-taught on the cello. He could see his chance at the orchestra seat floating right out the front doors... Instead, Ormandy was impressed. 'I don't believe it' he exclaimed; 'This is amazing!' 168.	1956-1976
Caston, Saul (New York 1901-1970) (born Solomon Gusikoff Cohen)	Principal trumpet 1923-1945, trumpet 1918-1923 (also Associate Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1936-1945, Reading Symphony Orchestra - Pennsylvania 1941-1945, Denver Symphony Orchestra conductor 1945-1964, later renamed the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in 1989)   Studied with Max Schlossberg (1873-1936), considered by many to be the founder of the American style of orchestral trumpet playing 26.	1918-1945
Cauffman, Stanley Hart (Pennsylvania 1880-1947)	cello (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900. In about 1910, Stanley Cauffman left music and became an auditor for Public Service Electric of New Jersey)   Studied with his musician father Frank Guernsey Cauffman (1860-1921) who was chorus master of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876.	1901-1904
Caviezel, Samuel R. (Washington 1974- )	Principal clarinet 1998-2002, Associate Principal clarinet 2005-present (also Grand Rapids Symphony 1996-1998)   Studied at Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan and the Curtis Institute Class of 1996.	1998-present
Cerminara, Napoleon L. (Italy 1895-1980) returned to Italy in 1960s, where he died in November 1980.	clarinet (also New York Philharmonic clarinet 1948-1960)   Dismissed from the Philadelphia Orchestra in March, 1940, but reinstated after much controversy 166.	1931-1944
Chambers, James	horn 1941-1942, Principal horn 1942-1945, Co-Principal horn 1945-1946   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1941.	1941-1946
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Chang, Choong-Jin "C. J." (Korea 1968- )	Associate Principal viola 1994-2006, Principal viola 2006-present (also founding member in 1977 of the Johannes Quartet, Robert Chen first, Soovin Kim second, C.J. Chang viola, Peter Stumpf cello)   Studied at the Juilliard School 1981, moved to the Curtis Institute Class of 1994	1994-present
Chazin, Harry	violin	1919-1923
Cheifetz, S.	viola	1924-1925
Chen, Che-Hung (Taiwan 1968- )	viola (also Daedalus Quartet which won the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2001: Kyu-Young Kim and Min-Young Kim violins, Che-Hung Chen viola, Raman Ramakrishnan cello)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2000. Active in summer festivals including Marlboro Festival - Vermont, Ravinia Festival - Illinois, Caramoor Festival - New York, Kingston Festival - Rhode Island, Saratoga Festival - New York, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival - New York, Music from Angel Fire - New Mexico.	2000-present
Chen, Robert (Chen Murong) (Taiwan about 1969- )	violin (Philadelphia Orchestra for one season 1998-1999, founding member of the Johannes Quartet while in Philadelphia, then Chicago Symphony Concertmaster 1999-present) In his first season as Concertmaster in Chicago, Robert Chen was Co-Concertmaster with Samuel Magad 58   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus, MMus. Also Jascha Heifetz master classes in California. In 2006, Robert Chen, with Barenboim/CSO gave the world premiere of the Augusta Read Thomas Astral Canticle.	1998-1999
Chu, Jonathan (New York about 1981- )	viola (also Saint Louis Symphony, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, IRIS Orchestra - Tennessee, and a founding member of the Io String Quartet)   Studied at Vanderbilt University BMus (summa cum laude) with a second second major in economics, the Juilliard School MMus. Active in summer festivals including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont, Yellow Barn Festival - Vermont, Taos Festival - New Mexico.	2009-present
Chudnowsky, Josef	violin	1913-1924
Cianciarulo, John A.	violin (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1901, 1903-1905
Cimino, Giuseppe	horn	1918-1919
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Clauser, Donald R.	viola   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1967.	1966-2004
Cole, Howard	trombone   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1940.	1948-1967
Cole, Lucius Syhanus (New York 1878-1970) father of Orlando Cole (1908-2010) of the Curtis String Quartet	violin (also Swarthmore Symphony Orchestra - Pennsylvania Concertmaster)   Studied at the Brussels Conservatoire 1903-1905 182. Taught in the music faculty of the Baldwin School Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.	1905-1919
Cole, Robert F.	flute 1950-1952, Associate Principal flute February 1952-June 1952, Assistant Principal flute June 1952-January 1962. (also Wingra Wind Quintet at Univesity of Wisconsin, Madison Symphony Principal flute)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1951. To University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1961 into 1970s.	1950-1962
Coleman, David	violin	1918-1952
Connolly, Patrick	viola   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1976.	1981-1983
Conrad, William	bassoon	1917, 1921-1922
Conyers, Joseph H. (Georgia 1981- )	Assistant Principal bass (also Santa Fe Opera Orchestra in summers, Grand Rapids Symphony - Michigan 2005-January 2009, Atlanta Symphony bass January 2009-September 2010)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2004. Gave premier of Prayers of Rain and Wind by John B Hedges with the Grand Rapids Symphony in 2008. Co-founder of Project 440 in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, exposing youth and adults to classical music.	2010-present
Cook, F. Wilson	violin	1906-1924
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Cooley, Carlton Samuel (New Jersey 1898-1981)	viola 1919-1920, 1954-1956, Principal viola 1956-1963 (also Cleveland Orchestra Associate Concertmaster 1921-1922, Principal viola 1922-1937, NBC Symphony Principal viola 1937-1954)   Studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy and at the Institute of Musical Art (later Juilliard). Cooley also recorded with Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra his own composition: the Aria and Dance for Viola and Orchestra, which Nikolai Sokoloff had also performed in 1926 with the Cleveland Orchestra.	1919-1920, 1954-1963
Cortadella, Santiago (Spain 1886- )	double bass	1923-1924
Cortese, Francesco	Principal harp (also harp of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1901
Costanzo, Frank	violin	1941-1982
Costello, Marilyn (Ohio 1925-1998)	harp 1945-1946, Principal harp 1946-1992 succeeding Edna Phillips (selected by Eugene Ormandy as second harp to Edna Phillips while Costello was still a student at the Curtis Institute)   Studied initially as a pianist in Cleveland, Ohio and took up the harp at age 14 194. Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1949.	1945-1992
Courtney, (Edward) Neil (1932- ) photo from Neil Courtney, n.d.	double bass 1962-1988, Assistant Principal bass 1988-2010 (also Rochester Philharmonic about 1951-1954 while studying at the Eastman School, U.S. Marine Band 1954-1957, National Symphony of Washington DC Principal bass 1958-1962, one of the founders of Philadelphia Chamber Players)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus 1954. Active in Musicians for Social Responsibility and the Concert for Humanity. Composed works including Trio for Bass, Trumpet and Piano performed in the Philadelphia Orchestra chamber music series.	1962-2010
Cramer, David (Ohio about 1954- )	flute 1981-1982, Assistant Principal flute 1982-1984, Associate Principal flute 1984-present. (also active in Network for New Music Ensemble)   As a student Eastern Music Festival - North Carolina, and also studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1975. Also active in music festivals, including the Tanglewood Festival and the Central City Colorado Opera Festival.	1981-present
Cras, Roman (or Romain) (Belgium 1867- )	horn (also Chicago Symphony horn 1904-1907, a theater musician in New York City in 1910s, fourth horn of the Cleveland Orchestra 1922-1923, 1926-1929)	1919-1920
Curnow, Miyo Kono wife of Jeffrey Curnow (New York 1969- )	violin (also Dallas Symphony second violin 1995-1997, first violin 1997-2000)   Studied at the Juilliard School pre-college and college divisions, Indiana University, San Francisco Conservatory MMus.	March, 2002-present
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Curnow, Jeffrey husband of Miyo Kono Curnow (Pennsylvania 1959- ) Curnow in his great video "What's Bothering Jeff?"	Associate Principal trumpet (also New Haven Symphony Principal trumpet 1983, Dallas Symphony 1995-2001, New York Trumpet Ensemble and Empire Brass Quintet in 1980s)   Studied at Temple University BMus. Graduate studies at Wichita State University, where he also taught; now teaching at the Curtis Institute and Temple University. See his great video about the orchestra scene "What's Bothering Jeff?" on youtube (you will love it)	2001-present
Curtiss, Sidney (New York 1931- )	viola (also New Orleans Symphony Assistant Principal Viola, National Symphony of Washington DC Assistant Principal Viola, Marlboro Music Festival)   Studied at the High School of Music and Arts, New York City and Philadelphia Conservatory of Music.	1960-2002 (assistant principal, 1988-2002)
Czaplinski, Henri (Poland about 1889- )	violin   Studied with Ottokar Sevcik (1852-1934). Taught violin at the Hamburg Conservatory in Toronto in 1922-1923 and at Princeton University while in Philadelphia. Returned to Poland in 1933, where he was imprisoned by the Russian authorities then occupying Poland. Released in 1941 171.	1924-1927
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D names alphabetically	names such as de Pasquale and D'Amelio are listed alphabetically as if they were "dep" and "dam" So: Dalschaert, D'Amelio, Dandois, Deak, de Gomez, D'Orio	As specified by the MLA Handbook
Dabrowski, Stanislaw	violin	1923-1956
Dalschaert, Cathleen C. O'Carroll wife of Stephane Dalschaert (Australia 1930- )	violin (also New Orleans Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra 1960-1967)   Studied at the Royal Schools of Music, London 1950-1952. Patricia O'Carroll and Maureen O'Carroll were musicians in the New Zealand National Orchestra. As a student, Cathleen O'Carroll gave recitals with the young Joan Sutherland. Cathleen O'Carroll Dalschaert and Stephane Dalschaert toured together in Europe and then Joined the New Orleans Symphony in the late 1950s, the Cleveland Orchestra together 1960-1967 and then the Philadelphia Orchestra.	1967-1991
Dalschaert, Stephane husband of Cathleen O'Carroll Dalschaert (Belgium 1930-2007)	violin (also Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra - Brussels Concertmaster, New Orleans Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra 1960-1967)   Born into a musical family with his 7 siblings all playing instruments, he studied at the Brussels Conservatoire. Well-known as a crafter of violin bows.	1967-2007
D'Amelio, Benjamin Augusta (Italy 1883-after 1943) came to Philadelphia at age 1	violin (also violin in the Schubert Majestic theater in Philadelphia prior to the Philadelphia Orchestra)   Director of the Music Department for many years at Catholic Girls High School, Philadelphia.	1919-1924
Dandois, Marcel Joseph (Belgium 1890-1970)	English horn (also Cincinnati Symphony Principal oboe about 1930-1955 and long-time Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music teacher)   In December, 1928 in mid-season, Leopold Stokowski dismissed Victor Leoncavallo as English horn, and hired Marcel Dandois. Dandois's contract was not renewed the next season, and between 1928 and 1932, during four seasons, Stokowski went through five English horns. In 1932-1933, Stokowski appointed Robert Bloom as English horn.	December 1928-1929
Deak Stephen - born Stephan Stanley Imre De'ak (Hungary 1892-1975)	cello (also Cincinnati Sympony in 1920s 174. Deak was conductor of the Hagerstown Symphony - Maryland 1935-1938. This orchestra later became the Potomac Symphony)   Studied at the Royal Academy of Music - Budapest under David Popper (1843-1913) whose biography Deak wrote in 1973. Taught at the Curtis Institute 1927-1930 173 where he also gain a BMus in the Curtis Institute Class of 1930. During the 1930s, Deak taught at the Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore 1930-1938. Beginning in 1938 and perhaps into the 1960s, Stephen Deak taught in the music faculty of the University of Southern California.	1925-1927
DeAlmeida, Cvnthia Louise Koledo (Vermont 1959- )	Associate Principal oboe (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Oboe 1991-present)   Studied at the University of Michigan BMus, Temple University - Philadelphia MMus. In Pittsburgh, premiered the Leonardo Balada Oboe Concerto with Lorin Maazel in 1993. Also recorded the André Previn Oboe, Bassoon and Piano with the composer.	1989-1991
de Boer, Jules	violin	1901-1902
Dechert, Georg	trombone	1901-1904
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de Clerck, George	viola	1912-1919
DeCray, Marcella (Pennsylvania 1928-2011)	harp (also Metropolitan Opera harp about 1948-1952, San Francisco Symphony about 1963-1993, San Francisco Opera 1963-1993 and San Francisco Ballet 1980-2005. While in San Francisco was a founder with Charles Boone and Jean-Louis LeRoux of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in 1973)   Studied in France with Henriette Renié (1875-1956) and then at the Julliard School in 1948, but did not complete since she had been hired by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. While in Philadelphia, was active in teaching at the Peabody Institute - Baltimore and the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado.	1952-1963
de Gomez, Victor	cello	1916-1919
de Lancie, John Sherwood (California 1921-2002)	oboe 1946-1948, Associate Principal oboe 1948-1954 (with Tabuteau), Principal oboe 1954-1977 (also Pittsburgh Symphony in 1940-1942)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1940. John de Lancie met Richard Strauss in Germany in 1945 and suggested to Strauss to write his first and only Oboe Concerto. Ironically, it was not until 10 years after his retirement that de Lance first performed the Strauss Concerto for Oboe.	1946-1977
Delli Gatti, Frank	viola/violin	1920-1921 (viola), 1921-1923 (violin)
Del Negro, Ferdinand Gaetano "Del" (New York 1896-1986)	bassoon and contrabassoon 1922-1962, Principal bassoon 1944-1945 (also during World War 1, Del Negro served on the presidential yacht "Mayflower". Del Negro came to Philadelphia to play in the Fairmount Park summer concerts in 1921, leading to his hiring into the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 1922-1923 season)   Although his father Luca Del Negro (1873-1940) was a tuba player in the New York Symphony and New York Philharmonic, Ferdinand Del Negro was said to be self-taught on the bassoon 30.	1922-1962   40 seasons, but not a record
Demers, Paul R. (Maine about 1972- )	bass clarinet (also National Symphony of Washington DC, Baltimore Symphony, 'The President’s Own' Marine Band, Washington, DC 1997-2001, a member of Network for New Music - Philadelphia)   Studied at DePaul University BMus, MMus.	March 2006-present
Dennis, Carrie (New York 1977- )	Assistant Principal viola (also Berlin Philharmonic Principal viola 2006-2008, Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal viola September 2008-present)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2002 and BA 1999. Active in summer festivals including Verbier Festival - Switzerland, Grand Tetons Music Festival - Wyoming, Barga Chamber Music Festival - Italy.	2002-2006
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de Pasquale, Francis (Pennsylvania 1921- )	cello   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1944.	1943-1972
de Pasquale, Gloria (Indiana about 1950- ) wife of William De Pasquale	cello (also Associate Principal cello Buffalo Philharmonic)   Studied at the New England Conservatory BMus 1971, MMus 1973. Also a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Members' Board.	1977-present
de Pasquale, Joseph (Philadelphia 1919- ) Married to the niece of Serge Koussevitzky's wife, Natalya Ushkov Koussevitzky.	Principal viola (also during World War 2, de Pasquale played in the US Marine Band and Orchestra, Boston Symphony Principal viola 1947-1964, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal viola 1964-1996)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942. Succeeded Jean Lefranc at the end of 1946-1947 as Principal viola of the Boston Symphony beginning in 1947-1948 season. Jean Cauhapé remained in the second chair of the BSO viola section.	1964-1996
de Pasquale, Robert (Pennsylvania 1928- )	violin 1964-1966, Assistant Principal second violin 1966-1988, Associate Principal second violin 1988-1997 (also New York Philharmonic violin 1957-1964)   Founded Academy of Community Music in Ambler, suburban Philadelphia, to aid children develop music skills.	1964-1997
de Pasquale, William (Pennsylvania 1933- )	violin 1963-1966 violin, 1966-1995 Associate Concertmaster, Second Concertmaster 1995-2005. (also New Orleans Philharmonic Concertmaster 1958-1966)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1954.	1963-2005
de Pasquale brothers in about 1970: (left to right) William de Pasquale, Robert de Pasquale, Joseph de Pasquale, Francis de Pasquale.
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DePue, Jason (Ohio 1976- ) brother of Zach De Pue	violin (also New York String Seminar Concertmaster, founder of the Guarneri Quartet Room - Philadelphia, plays with his violin brothers Alex, Wallace, and Zach in the DePue Brothers Band)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2000	2002-present
DePue, Zachary (Ohio 1980- ) brother of Jason DePue	violin (also Concertmaster Indianapolis Symphony September, 2007-present, plays with his violin brothers Alex, Jason, and Wallace in the DePue Brothers Band, also plays in Time for Three Nicolas Kendall violin and Ranaan Meyer double bass)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Curtis Institute Class of 2002.	2002-2007
de Santis, Louis (Italy 1880-prior to 1960)	Principal clarinet (also Chicago Lyric Opera early 1920s, Saint Louis Symphony in about 1924-1926, Cleveland Orchestra Principal clarinet 1926-1929. At the end of the 1929-1930 season, Leopold Stokowski made sweeping changes to the Philadelphia Orchestra roster, including replacement of several Principals, including Principal clarinet Daniel Bonade. Stokowski hired Louis deSantis, but this lasted only one season 1930-1931. de Santis then was CBS radio orchestra Principal clarinet under Howard Barlow. Member of the Philadelphia region WPA Orchestra in early 1940s)	1930-1931
Devaux, Eugène (Belgium 1865-before 1930)	oboe (also Chicago Symphony oboe 1893-1894, Pittsburgh Symphony oboe during 1900s, Boston Festival Orchestra under Emil Mollenhauer in 1904, Sousa Band 1900-1905, Philadelphia Orchestra second oboe 1910-1911)   Eugène Devaux was considered to replace Alfred Doucet as Principal oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 1913-1914 season, but Stokowski had hear bad reports concerning his professional habits 163, so Attilio Marchetti was selected instead.	1910-1911
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Deviney, Christopher J. (Florida 1965- )	Principal percussion (also Houston Symphony percussion, also active in Network for New Music Ensemble)   Studied at Florida State University BMus, Temple University MMus.	2003-present
Díaz, Roberto (Chile 1960- )	viola (Minnesota Orchestra under Sir Neville Marriner 1984-1985, Boston Symphony 1985-1990, Principal viola National Symphony of Washington under Rostropovich 1990-1996, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal viola 1996-2006, then President Curtis Institute of Music 2006-present)   Studied at the Chile Conservatory where his father taught, then at New England Conservatory 1978, and Curtis Institute Class of 1984.	1996-2006
Di Camillo, Armand (1918?- )	violin (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal second violin about 1935-1946)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935.	1946-1982
Diestel, William A. (or Wilhelm) (Germany 1869-1926) William Diestel with Alfred Lorenz behind him in 1913	Principal viola (also Chicago Symphony violin 1895-1897, Chicago Symphony viola 1905-1908, Principal viola Philadelphia Orchestra 1908-1915, Chicago Grand Opera 1915-about 1919, Chicago-based Spierling Quartet: Theodore Spierling first, Otto Roehrborn second, William Diestel viola, Hermann Diestel cello in 1893-1905)   Taught at the Spiering Violin School of Chicago.	1908-1915   William Diestel died March 29, 1926 in Chicago at the relatively young age of 56.
Dieterichs, Fritz	Principal clarinet	1901-1913
Di Fulvio, Louis	oboe	1925-1958
Di Natale, Joseph	violin	1917-1918
Dodge, William F.	violin	1906-1907
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Dodson, Glenn A. (Pennsylvania 1931-2007)	Principal trombone (also US Marine Band in Washington, DC, New Orleans Symphony 1956-1965, Santa Fe Opera in the summers during 1950s and 1960s, Chicago Symphony Assistant Principal trombone 1965-1968, then to Philadelphia Orchestra 1968-1995)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1953.	1968-1995
Doell, Carl (Germany 1871-after 1930)	First Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Later became a violin teacher in Philadelphia and later in Atlantic City, NJ.   He emigrated to the US in 1899 to Philadelphia, where he joined the faculty of the Philadelphia Musical Academy 159.	1900-1901
Donatelli, Philip A. (Italy 1885-1954)	tuba (played in bands in Philadelphia and Atlantic City, NJ prior to the Philadelphia Orchestra.	1923-1948
Donath, Frederick	viola/keyboard	1923-1924
Donath, Paul	violin	1903-1904, 1907-1917
Donner, Max	violin	1907-1908
d'Orio, John	fourth horn (also Cleveland Orchestra 1920-1921)   In the 1920-1921 season in which John d'Orio played, the horn lineup was Wendell Hoss, Morris Speinson, Alphonse J. Pelletier, John d'Orio and Robert H. Brown.	1907-1918, 1921-1928, 1931-1932
Doucet, Alfred	Principal oboe	1902-1913
Dreyfus, George	violin	1953-2001
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Druian, Joseph (Russia 1916- )	cello for 44 seasons.  Born in Russia, but grew up in Havana, older brother of Rafael Druian (1922-2002), Concertmaster of New York Philharmonic and Cleveland Orchestra.   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1939.	1944-1988
Dubinsky, David (Ukraine 1878- )	violin 1900-1901, 1908-1912, Principal second 1912-1929 and viola 1901-1902 also Personnel manager 1915-1929. (also manager of the New York City Stadium concerts in 1930s. Also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)   In the spring of 1929, Mischa Mischakoff and David Dubinsky resigned from the Philadelphia Orchestra because of "rudeness" by Leopold Stokowski 7,8.	1900-1902, 1908-1929
Dubinsky, Vladimir (Russia 1873-1938) died during an orchestra rehearsal in Syracuse, NY	Principal cello (also Minneapolis Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic)   Studied at the Moscow Conservatory in about 1888 at the same time as Serge Koussevitzky.	1906-1907 (principal)
Dupuis, André Jean Auguste (France 1888-after 1940) André Dupuis and his wife Germaine in an old family photo	oboe (also Minneapolis Symphony, played at the Stanley Theater, Philadelphia after the Philadelphia Orchestra, then San Francisco Symphony in 1920s and 1930s)	1916-1918
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Earley, Robert W. (1955- )	second trumpet (also l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Associate Principal trumpet 1982-1991, Opera Company of Boston Principal trumpet)   Studied at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music BMusEd 1977, New England Conservatory MMus 1979.	1992-present
Ebann, William Benedict (Germany 1873-after 1930)	Principal cello   Ebann came to the US at age 9 and studied at the Cincinnati College of Music.  He later went to study in Berlin, and on his return he taught cello at the Cincinnati College of Music 1897-1898. He also taught at the New York German Conservatory of Music, later named the New York College of Music 1908 into the 1930s.	1901-1902
Eckstein, Sol (Solomon) "Solly" (Pennsylvania 1870- )	bass clarinet (also clarinet and bass clarinet of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900, played in the John Philip Sousa Band 1910-1911)   Eckstein was also a regular extra or substitute clarinet with the Philadelphia Orchestra in the seasons of 1907-1916.	1900-1901
Edwards, Renard (Pennsylvania 1944- )	viola (also played in the orchestra of Broadway shows)   Studied at the Settlement Music School with Leonard Mogill, and the New School of Music - Philadelphia. Active teaching in the Philadelphia International Music Festival, an intensive instrumental study program at Bryn Mawr College.	1970-present
Eiler, Oscar John (Wisconsin 1883-after 1950)	also Statler Hotel orchestra - Cleveland 1910, Cleveland Orchestra Principal cello 1918-1919, cello 1919-1921, active in the Philharmonic Quartet - Cleveland during 1917-1928, which membership changed during its life, but which at that time was Sol Marcosson first, Charles Rychlik second, Johann Beck viola, Oscar Eiler cello, also the Russian Trio: Ninia Mesirow piano, Michel Wilkomlrsky violin and Oscar Eiler cello in 1930s, Civic Opera Company of Chicago, Cincinnati Orchestra, Nashville Symphony)   Studied cello in Germany with Carl Schroeder (1848-1935).	1912-1914
Einhorn, Bruno	cello	1913-1917
Eisenberg, Benjamin	violin	1918-1919
Eisenberg, Irwin	Assistant Principal second violin, 1964-1966, violin 1946-1964, 1966-1967 (also Stringart String Quartet in 1950s including Jacob Krachmalnick first, Irwin Eisenberg second, Gabriel Braverman viola, and Hershel Gorodetzky cello)	1946-1967
Eisenberg, Maurice	cello	1917-1919
Elkan, Henri	viola	1920-1928
Elkind, S.	double bass	1921-1922
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Elst, Otto	trombone	1906-1916 (principal)
Emery, Kenneth B.	flute   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1943.	1943
Eney, Frank Gilbert (Maryland 1907-1975)	double bass (also Philadelphia Grand Opera orchestra)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1933. Frank Gilbert Eney was also a chess grand master in the 1940s.	1943-1972
Engel, Rudolph	viola 1904-1931, fourth trumpet 1908-1931 (succeeded by Melvin Headman)	1904-1931
Epstein, David	viola	1922-1938
Epstein, Leonard (Pennsylvania 1894-1974)	viola	1920-1924, 1945-1960
Epstein, Meyer B.	violin	1923-1924
Euler, Christian	viola	1984-1991
Ezerman, D. Hendrik father-in-law of Elsa Hilger	cello   long-time teacher at the Philadelphia Musicial Academy	1901-1902
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Fabris, Pasqual	violin	1924-1927
Fahsbender, Rudolph	double bass	1920-1923
Falk, Julius (Philadelphia 1877-after 1944)	violin   Studied at Philadelphia Musical Academy graduated 1899. Studied in Vienna and Prague 1903-1906. Presumably of some means, since he bought a Stradivarius in Paris in December 1906, now known as the 1723 "Julius Falk Stradivarius". Upon his return, Falk pursed a solo career in New York and Philadelphia, but did not succeed in breaking through in this competitive arena. Falk later was an orchestra musician in Philadelphia theaters in the 1920s and 1930s, and later in Atlantic City, New Jersey where he also played for the radio.	1900-1903
Fanelli, Vincent, Jr. (New York 1881-1966) Vincent Fanelli in 1913	Principal harp (also Kalamazoo Symphony 1932-1961)   Studied with his father, Italian harpist Vincent Fanelli Sr. (1855-after 1920). Developed hand problems which cause him to stop playing During 1930-1932. Fanelli taught 1908-1912 at the Institute of Musical Art (later Juilliard), New York.	1913-1930
Farago, Marcel (Romania 1924- )	cello (also the Budapest Municipal Orchestra about 1947-1948, Capetown Municipal Orchestra - South Africa 1952-1954, Porto Alegre Orchestra - Brazil Principal cello 1954-1956). Also and active composer.   Studied in Bucharest in 1946-1947, and later in Paris.	1956-1994
Farnham, Allan	violin 1931-1947, keyboard 1931-1940	1931-1947
Fasshauer, Carl Albin (Pennsylvania 1894-1980)	violin (also Chicago String Quartet: ( Herman Felber Jr. first, Carl Fasshauer second, Robert Dolejsi viola, John Lingeman cello)   Relocated to Chicago from Philadelphia where he was active in chamber music including the Chicago String Quartet.	1912-1918
Fasshauer, John L. (Germany 1858-after 1921)	double bass (taught at the Philadelphia Musical Academy 1899-1900)	1900-1905, 1907-1921
Fawcett, James W.	viola 1962-1967, Assistant Principal viola 1967-1988, Associate Principal viola 1988-1994	1962-1994
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Fay, David (England about 1961- ) but grew up in Ottawa, Canada.	double bass (also National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1982. See the great picture at left of Duane Rosengard (l) and David Fay in the Palace of Catalan Music - Barcelona (but not all touring is so picturesque).	1984-present
Fearn, Ward O.	horn	1942-1965
Feher, Milton (New York 1906-1986)	violin (also the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Noack String Quartet, Sylvain Noack first, Milton Feher second, Sven Reher viola, Kurt Reher cello)   Studied with his Hungarian musician father, with Leopold Lichtenberg (1861-1935), and at the Juilliard School, Class of 1924.	1930-1936
Fehling, Henry W.	violin	1900-1901 (principal second)
Feldman, Harry	violin	1923-1924
Ferguson, Paul	viola	1930-1970
Ferir, Emile	viola	1918-1919 (principal)
Ferrara, Antonio (Italy 1888- )	violin	1916-1920, 1921-1923, 1924-1928
Ferrara, Luigi	violin	1917-1918, 1919-1929
Feustel, William (Pennsylvania 1868- )	cello (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900, was a theater musician in Philadelpha in the 1910s and 1920s)	1900-1901
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Fillsack, Paul (Germany 1873- )	mostly played second violin, but also clarinet (also orchestra of the Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey)	1901-1924
Filosa, Albert J. Jr. (New York 1942- )	viola (also Summers at Yale Summer School of Music and Art, and New Haven Symphony - Connecticut 1965 - 1971, Baltimore Symphony viola 1971-1973, second chair viola 1972-1973)   Won AFM scholarships to the AFM Congress of Strings in Puerto Rico and Michigan State. Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus with Distinction and Performer's Certificate. Fulbright Scholar 1964-1965 studying in Salzburg, Austria and while there a member of Camerata Academica, Akademie Mozarteum. Also Goethe Institut, Bad Reichenhall, Germany advanced diploma in German language 1965.	1973-2009
Fischer, John A.	flute 1909-1950, piccolo 1909-1948	1909-1950
Fischer, Carlo (District of Columbia 1872- )	cello (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal cello about 1901, Cincinnati Symphony Principal cello 1903-1906, Minneapolis Orchestra 1906-1911)   Studied at the Hochschule für Musik - Frankfurt with Hugo Becker.	1902-1903
Fisher, Kimberly (Canada about 1969- )	violin 1992-2001, Principal second violin 2001-present (also Victoria Symphony)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1991. She is a co-founder of the Strings International Music Festival, beginning in 1997, an outreach musical program for youth. She also teaches at the Temple Music Preparatory School.	1992-present
Fisher, Philip	assistant first trumpet   Fisher studied with Harry Glantz, with whom he developed a mouthpiece.	1945-1946
Fishzohn, Louis	violin	1925-1929
Fisnar, John	bassoon	1922-1950
Fizzell, T.	flute	1907-1908, 1910-1912
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Fogg, Clarence	viola	1900-1902, 1903-1904, 1906-1908
Folgmann, Dr. Emil Ernst Erich (Germany 1889-after 1946)	cello (also Boston Symphony cello 1912-1918, Philadelphia Orchestra cello 1919-1920, 1921-1927, Lester Ensemble with Hermann Weinberg in 1930s after both left the Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor Philadelphia Civic Symphony 1936)   In 1933, Flogmann received his PhD. from the University of Pennsylvan and in 1930s and 1940s practiced as psychologist in Philadelphia (!) Perhaps music lovers should have their head examined.	1919-1920, 1921-1927
Foscolo, Marco	violin	1925-1926
Franke, Cornelius	Associate Concertmaster (also Chicago Symphony violin 1902-1903)	1901-1902
Frantz, Leonard	viola	1944-1960
Frazer, John H.	cello	1925-1928
Frengut, Leon	viola	1931-1936
Frey, George O.	tuba/trombone	1922-1923 (tuba), 1923-1924 (trombone)
Frey, Nathan	viola	1921-1924
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Fries, Robert M.	Co-Principal horn	1963-1965
Friese, Alfred	percussion	1901-1905 (librarian, 1903-1904)
Froelich, Max	cello	1918-1920
Fruncillo, John	viola (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900). also permanent member viola with the Victor Orchestra under Josef Pasternack (1881-1940).	1900-1901
Fuchs, Paul	bassoon and contrabassoon (also in 1904 Boston Festival Orchestra organized by Emil Mollenhauer)	1902-1908
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Gabowitz, Louis	violin	1928-1939
Garaffoni, Mario	double bass	1924-1929
Gardner, Randy C. (1952- )	second horn   Studied at Indiana University School of Music BMus. Since 1996, teaches at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music: Chair of the Winds and Percussion Department.	1975-1997
Garfield, Bernard Howard (1924- ) you can always recognize that black bassoon	Principal bassoon (also Bernard Garfield, with John Barrows founded the New York Woodwind Quintet in 1946 55. Little Orchestra Society of New York Principal bassoon 56. Orchestra of the New York City Ballet Principal bassoon 1950-1957.   Studied at the Royal College of Music in London in 1945 while in the US Army, receiving an ARCM degree. Then at New York University BA in English Literature, and at Columbia University MMus.	1957-1999   42 seasons, but not a record !
Gastel, Edgar A. (Pennsylvania 1879- )	violin (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)   Studied with his German musician father Emil Gastel (1837-before 1920) and music teacher mother Emma Roeder Gastel (1851-1930)	1900-1901
Gastel, Erwin E. (Pennsylvania 1874-1941)	cello (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900, Moore Theater - Seattle in 1910s, Seattle Symphony cello under Karl Krueger late 1920s and early 1930s)   Studied with his German musician father Emil Gastel (1837-before 1920) and music teacher mother Emma Roeder Gastel (1851-1930). Moved to Seattle, Washington in 1910 where was a theater musician, and played with the Seattle Symphony.	1900-1901
Gauthier, Roger	oboe	1925-1926
Geffert, Edward William (Illinois 1880- )	second trombone (also Chicago Symphony trombone 1921-1929 and 1939-1941, Principal trombone 1929-1939)   Brian Frederiksen in his fine book on Arnold Jacobs quotes Frank Crisafulli: "...Geffert, who was ailing, did not want the responsibility of being first chair and actually asked that I play first..." 157	1917-1921
Geib, Fred	tuba	1904-1905
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Geist, Judy	viola   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1974.	1983-present
Geller, Noah	violin (active in student orchestras: Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.   Studied at Merit School of Music - Chicago and the Juilliard School BMus, MMus 2008. Involved in contemporary music, giving premier of Eugene O’Brien Two Inventions for Violin and Cello.	January 2008-present
Geoffrion, Victor	double bass	1922-1927
Gerhard, Charles Edward (Pennsylvania 1877-1953)	bass trombone 1900-1901, 1904-1909, 1922-1946 trombone 1921-1922. (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1901, 1904-1909, 1921-1946
Gershman, Paul	violin	1931-1932
Gesensway, Louis	violin   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1929.	1925-1930, 1931-1971
Gibson, William McHargue (Oklahoma 1916-2002)	second trombone (also National Symphony of Washington Principal trombone 1939-1940, Indianapolis Symphony Principal trombone about 1942-1945, New York City Center Symphony Principal trombone about 1945-1946, Pittsburgh Symphony about 1946-1955, Opera Company of Boston Principal trombone after 1977.)   Gibson studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1939.	1940-1942
Giese, Waldemar	double bass	1929-1943
Gigliotti, Anthony M. (Pennsylvania 1922-2001) father of Mark Gigliotti	Principal clarinet (also Orchestra of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Little Orchestra Society of New York 1948-1949)   Studied with his father Joseph Gigliotti, a well-known clarinet soloist and teacher and at the Curtis Institute Class of 1947.	1949-1996   Following Anthony Gigliotti, the Philadelphia Orchestra went several seasons without finding a Principal clarinet with whom they were satisfied
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Gigliotti, Mark D. (Pennsylvania 1954- ) son of Anthony Gigliotti	Assistant Principal bassoon 1982-1984, Associate Principal bassoon 1984-1992, Co-Principal bassoon 1999-present (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal bassoon, Philharmonic of den Hague Principal bassoon)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1979. Has recently branched out into conducting.	1982-present
Gilbert, Yoko	violin	1978-1979
Ginsburg, Abraham	violin	1924-1925
Giurato, Angelo (Pennsylvania 1871-1967)	violin (also a theater orchestra musician in Philadelphia in the 1910s)	1900-1901
Glantz, Harry (Hersch) (Ukraine 1896-1982)	Principal trumpet (also From New York Russian Symphony Orchestra Society Principal trumpet 1911-1915, San Francisco Exposition Orchestra Principal trumpet 1915, New York Symphony Principal trumpet 1919-1922, San Francisco Symphony Principal trumpet 1922-1923, New York Philharmonic Principal trumpet 1923-1942, NBC Symphony Principal trumpet 1942-1954)   Studied with Max Bleyer, Christian Rodenkirchen, and Gustav Heim, all of whom were at various times Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trumpets. After retirement, he taught at the University of Miami Graduate School of Music 1972-1982.	1915-1917
Glass, Beaumont	violin	1910-1917
Glassman, Joseph	double bass	1917-1918
Glaze, Martha L. (Glaze-Zook) (Pennsylvania 1948- )	horn   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1973. Now teaches at the Settlement Music School - Philadelphia.	1974-1986
Goberman, Max	violin	1929-1934
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Godlis, Abraham "Al" (Ukraine 1911-1978)	trombone (also New York City session player in the 1950s)   Student of the legendary teacher Max Schlossberg (1873-1936) Godlis was part of the great 1931-1938 Philadelphia Orchestra trombone section of Abraham Godlis, Paul Lotz. and Charles Gerhard)	1932-1939
Goldfuss, Abram	violin	1918-1921
Goldstein, Ernest L.	violin   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942.	1948-1979
Goldstein, Jerome	violin	1917-1921
Gomberg, Robert brother of Boston Symphony Principal oboe Ralph Gomberg and New York Philharmonic Principal oboe Harold Gomberg (Massachusetts 1912-1980)	violin   Studied at the Curtis Institute (as did brothers Harold, Leo, and Ralph, and sister Margret) Class of 1933.	1931-1940
Gorodetsky, Aaron	violin	1920-1964
Gorodetsky, Hershel	cello (also in early 1950s Stringart String Quartet including Jacob Krachmalnick first, Irwin Eisenberg second, Gabriel Braverman viola, and Hershel Gorodetzky cello)	1948-1956
Gorodetzer, Harry	cello   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1938.	1936-1985
Gorodetzer, Samuel	double bass (also Portland Symphony - Maine 170)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1947.	1954-1983
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Goslee, George F.	Principal bassoon	1945-1946
Gottlieb, Victor	cello   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935.	1935-1936
Govatos, Barbara S. (Rodescu) (1958- ) Barbara with Delaware Chamber Music Festival students as a string quartet	violin (also Music Director of the Delaware Chamber Music Festival, from 1990, served as Assistant Concertmaster of the Maggio Musicale Festival Orchestra - Florence in 1998, active in the Academy Chamber Players)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus, MMus.	1982-present
Granat, (Juan) Wolfgang (Germany 1918-1998)	viola (also Liberty Bell Trio)   Granat's obituary said "...[he] once serenaded a Senate committee to lobby against the orchestra's mandatory retirement age..." 154. Since he was nearly 73 at his retirement, it would seem he prevailed. Left Nazi Germany in 1939 to play in Switzerland, Argentina and Cuba.	1956-1991
Gravagno, Emilio J. "Lee" (Illinois 1934- )	double bass (also New Orleans Symphony 1960-1962, Baltimore Symphony 1962-1967)   Studied at Southeastern Louisiana College, DePaul University, Curtis Institute Class of 1958.	1967-2010
Gray, Alexander	viola   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1928.	1926-1951
Gray, John	cello   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935.	1927-1959
Grayson-Standley, Julia	violin	1964-1995
Grebe, Charles G.	cello (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1901, 1903-1904, 1908-1917
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Greenberg, William S.	viola	1923-1965
Greims, Frederick P. (England 1870- )	cello (later in 1920s and 1930s was a violin maker in New York City)	1900-1901
Greims, Herbert Spencer (Maryland 1876- )	viola (in 1913 was an orchestra musician in New York City)	1901-1902
Grevesmuhl, Hermann	violin (was a concerto soloist with the Orchestra in 1903)	1902-1903
Griffin, Charles	viola   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1967.	1968-1984
Grika, Larry Arnold (Illinois 1932- )	violin (also the Lyric Opera - Chicago, the Cincinnati Symphony and in summers, the Santa Fe Opera)   Studied at the Chicago Musical College - Roosevelt University. While in the Philadelphia Orchestra, was active in the Members’ Committee and Chairman of the Negotiation Committee.	1964-2005
Grisez, Georges (France 1884-1946 died during Baltimore Symphony concert)	principal clarinet (also Société des Concerts du Conservatoire Orchestra 1903-1904, Boston Symphony Principal clarinet 1904-1914, Georges Longy Club while in Boston, member of the New York Chamber Society in 1921, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet 1922-1923, Minneapolis Symphony Principal clarinet about 1923-1934, NBC Symphony 1938, Baltimore Symphony 1939-1946)   Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, prix in about 1903.	1922-1923
Grolle, Johann	violin	1902-1905, 1907-1911
Grossi, Arnold	violin	1969-2004
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Grossman, Rudolf	cello	1901-1902
Grover, Harry F.	viola	1918-1919
Gruner, William (Germany 1881-1971)	Principal bassoon, 1906-1907, bassoon 1907-1917 and 1929-1951 (also bassoon for the Victor Talking Machine Company 1917-at least 1929 including on Blue Seal and Red Seal disks. Much of this recording was with the Victor Orchestra under Josef Pasternack (1881-1940). also Music Director of the Delaware County Music Club - Pennsylvania and the Concert Society of Upper Darby - Pennsylvania in the 1920s 185)   Came to Philadelphia from Germany in 1906 to become Principal double bass at the request of Fritz Scheel.	1906-1917, 1929-1951
Grunschlag, David (Poland 1914-1996)	violin (also briefly in a string trio, shown at left with Irving Segall viola, Marcel Farago cello and David Grunschlag violin)   Studied with Adolf Bak (1878-1943) in Vienna and Willie Hess (1859-1939) at the Akademische Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. Bak and Hess had both played in the Boston Symphony, Bak in the first violins, and Hess as Concertmaster. Also studied with Bronislaw Huberman and was one of the musicians saved by Huberman, convincing Grunschlag to leave Nazi Germany in 1936 for Huberman's Palestine Symphony. Grunschlag was later the Concertmaster before relocating to the Philadelphia Orchestra 165.	1959-1984
Grupp, David (Russia 1898-1975)	Timpani 1946-1947, Principal timpani 1947-1951(also NBC radio staff orchestra in New York City about 1929-1937, then with Toscanini's NBC Symphony 1937-1946)   Studied with his musician father, Sam Grupp in this Russian-Jewish musical family (brothers Lewis, Morris and Jack were also musicians) Also a sessions musician in New York City, recording actively in 1930s through 1950s.	1946-1951
Guetter, (Julius) Walter (Pennsylvania 1895-1937) nephew of Adolf Guetter, Boston Symphony Principal bassoon	Principal bassoon 1922-1937 (also Chicago Symphony bassoon 1915-1916, Chicago Principal bassoon 1916-1918, 1919-1922, for the Philadelphia Orchestra, Walter Guetter played briefly for the Philadelphia Orchestra in early 1915, upon return from Germany, then auditioned for CSO in Summer 1915, and joined Chicago in September, 1915. Moved to Philadelphia Orchestra in 1922-1923 season)   Studied with uncle Adolf Guetter at Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory - Berlin 1910-1914. Walter Guetter, sickly during 1930s, died of cancer May 1, 1937 aged only 42.	1922-1937 (died during season)
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Gusikoff, Benjamin "Benji" (New York 1900-1956?) father Morris Gusikoff	cello	1920-1956
Gusikoff, Charles (New York 1897-1966)	Principal trombone 1931-1954, 1955-1957, Co-Principal 1954-1955 as well as euphonium - see picture at left with Gusikoff and a double bell euphonium, rarely used in today's orchestra. (also Sousa Band in 1918, Cleveland Orchestra Principal trombone 1919-1920)   From the musical Gusikoff family; Saul Caston was also a Gusikoff (born Solomon Gusikoff Cohen).	1931-1959
Gusikoff, Isadore (New York 1901-1962)	Principal cello 1935-1939, cello 1921-1935	1921-1939
Gusikoff, Michel (or Mishel) (New York 1893-1978)	Concertmaster (also Russian Symphony of New York Concertmaster 1915-1916, St. Louis Symphony Concertmaster 1917-1926, New York Symphony Concertmaster 1927-1928, later a successful New York City sessions musician)   Studied with Franz Kneisel, Concertmaster, Boston Symphony 1885-1903 and founder of the Kneisel Quartet.	1926-1927
Gussen, William H. (Pennsylvania 1871-1920)	violin   Studied in Germany under Gustav Hollaender (1855-1915) at the Stern Conservatory, Berlin about 1889-1892. Gussen with his pianist wife Edna taught at the Birmingham College Conservatory of Music - Alabama from 1903-1920, where he died age only 49. Edna Gockel Gussen (1871-1937), trained at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music under Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924), and continued teaching until her death.	1900-1901
Guyon, William H. (Pennsylvania 1863-1929)	flute, piccolo (also San Francisco Symphony) Guyon was later a musician in Los Angeles and in Salt Lake City, Utah until his death.   Recorded the piccolo for the Gramophone Company and Odeon 1904-1909.	1907-1909
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Haas, Jennifer (Delaware )	violin (also active in the Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1995.	2001-present
Haferburg, Carl	viola	1901-1904
Haffner, Barbara	cello	1966-1973
Hahl, Emil	viola	1902-1919
Hainen, Elizabeth S. (Ohio 1966- )	Principal harp (also Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra - Washington, D.C.)   Studied at Indiana University Performance Certificate 1987, and later degrees in 1991. The Philadelphia Orchestra has commissioned a harp concerto from Chinese composer Tan Dun (1957- ), which is planned for its premier by Elizabeth Hainen in 2013.	1994-present (principal)
Haines-Eitzen, John A. (1964- )	cello (also Columbus Symphony - Ohio, also active in a quartet made up of Paul Roby first, Hirono Oka second, David Nicastro viola, John Haines-Eitzen cello)   Studied at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music BMus and Performer's Certificate. Teaches at Cornell University.	1995-2006   departed to teach at Cornell.
Hale, Leonard	horn	1954-1969
Halfmann, Virginia A. (New York 1944- )	violin (also Rochester Philharmonic while studing at Eastman, Detroit Symphony in late 1960s-1972)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus 1965.	1972-2010
Hall, Raymond J.	cello	1920-1923
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Haltnorth, Erich	violin/viola	1901-1902 (violin), 1904-1924 (viola)
Haltnorth, H.	violin (also in 1904 Boston Festival Orchestra organized by Emil Mollenhauer)	1903-1904
Hamer, A. Sidney	cello	1918-1922
Hamer, Charles F.	cello	1919-1920
Han, Daniel (Kentucky 1976- )	violin (also Fort Worth Symphony until late 2005, Minnesota Orchestra 2005-2006)   Studied at University of Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music Preparatory and at Boston University, BMus, MMus.	2006-present
Handke, Paul (Germany 1867-1944)	Philadelphia Orchestra trumpet, perhaps invited by Fritz Scheel for two seasons: 1901-1902 and Principal trumpet 1902-1903. (also Munich Hofoper trumpet 1894-1899, Vienna Hofoper and Vienna Philharmonic 1899-1900 190. Chicago Symphony Principal trumpet 1903-1907, Second trumpet 1907-1912, Librarian 1916-1943. In Philadelphia, played in the Spring Bethlehem Bach Festival one hour outside Philadelphia, and the the Cincinnati May Festival in 1903)   Studied in Munich with Albert Meichelt Sr., father of Albert Meichelt Jr., who also was a Philadelphia Orchestra colleague for two seasons 1902-1904. When Paul Handke emigrated to the U.S. in 1901, he brought with him his hand transcriptions of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major composed in 1796.	1901-1903
Hara, Burt (California 1963- )	Principal clarinet (also Alabama Symphony Principal clarinet in the mid-1980s, Minnesota Orchestra 1987-1988, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet 1996-1997, then returned to Minnesota Orchestra 1997-present)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1984.	1996-1997
Harlow, Richard (Michigan 1954- )	cello (also Toledo Symphony Assistant principal cello, Dearborn Symphony, Flint Symphony)   Studied at the University of Michigan BMus.	1976-present
Harnack, Ch.	percussion	1903-1904
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Haroz, Nitzan Har (Israel 1969- )	Principal trombone (also New York Philharmonic Assistant Principal trombone 1993-1995 although listed in the New York Philharmonic roster through the end of 1995-1996, Rishon LeZion Symphony - Israel, Israel Defense Forces Orchestra first trombone)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus 1993. Also established with his mother, harpist Adina Haroz, the Duo Haroz. Also in January, 2005, Haroz performed the Nino Rota Trombone Concertos with the Curtis Symphony conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.	1995-present
Harper, Robert S. (1915-1991)	trombone 1943-1946, bass trombone 1946-1981, with Principal trombones Charles Gusikoff, Henry Charles Smith, Tyrone Breuninger, and Glenn Dodson. (also Indianapolis 1938-1943, Assistant Principal trombone of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1943-1945, then US Army, then Philadelphia Orchestra bass trombone 1946-1981 167)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1938	1943-1981 38 seasons in the trombone section
Harpham, George A. (about 1947- )	cello 1969-1977, Assistant Principal cello 1977-1988, Associate Principal cello 1988-1990 (also Pasquale String Quartet with William De Pasquale first, Robert De Pasquale second, Joseph De Pasquale viola, George Harpham cello)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1969. Taught at the Philadelphia Music Academy and Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts.	1969-1990
Hartmann, F. H. (probably Pennsylvania 1859-)	second trombone for one season: the first season of the Philadelphia Orchestra (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900, also US Marine Band)	1900-1901
Hartmann, H.	double bass	1900-1901
Hase, Albert	double bass	1901-1904
Hase, Albin	double bass	1904-1906, 1920-1946
Haubenreisser, Otto	violin	1905-1909
Headman, (Frank) Melvin, Jr. (Pennsylvania 1908-1971)	fourth trumpet   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935. Melvin Headman, Robert McGinnis, and Robert Bloom entered the Philadelphia Orchestra directly from the Curtis Institute in 1930 upon the decision of Leopold Stokowski, although they 'officially' graduated in the Curtis Class of 1935.	1930-1944 (did not complete the 1943-1944 season)
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Heifetz, Benar (Mogilyov, Russia now Belarus 1899-1974)	Principal cello - Benar Heifetz was Principal cello at the beginning of the 1939-1940 season, but in November, 1939 Samuel Mayes was appointed Co-Principal cello with Heifetz by Eugene Ormandy. (also NBC Symphony 1943-1954. From 1943-1954, the NBC Symphony featured a first Viola stand of Carlton Cooley and Milton Katims (1909-2006) and a first cello stand of Frank Miller and Benar Heifetz. Also cello of the Kolisch Quartet, Rudolf Kolisch, first, Felix Khuner, second, Eugene Lehner, viola and Benar Heifetz 1927-1939)   Studied with with Julius Klengel (1859-1933), perhaps at the Leipzig Conservatory.	1939-1943 (Principal, 1939; Co-Principal, 1939-1943)
Heim, Gustav Friedrick (Germany 1879-1933)   Died in New York City after a sudden illness October 30, 1933 age only 54	principal trumpet (also Orchestra of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition trumpet 1904, Trumpet for an amazing number of orchestras: Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trumpet 1905-1907, Boston Symphony third trumpet 1914-1915 then Principal 1915-1920, Detroit Symphony Principal trumpet 1920-1921, New York Philharmonic Principal trumpet 1921-1923, Cleveland Orchestra Principal trumpet 1923-1924, New York Symphony trumpet 1925-1928, American Symphonic Ensemble of New York Principal trumpet 1929-1930)   Studied at then music school in Schleusingen, Germany from 1893-1897.	1905-1907
Heine, Adolf	violin	1903-1904
Helleberg, John brother of August Helleberg	bassoon	1900-1901
Heller, Herman	violin   Studied at Philadelphia Musical Academy graduated 1899.	1900-1902
Henkelman, Peter Lambertus (Netherlands 1874-1949)	Long-term English horn of the orchestra, playing for the first decade with Alfred Doucet and Karl Stiegelmayer, and then with Marcel Tabuteau and the Raho brothers, Edward Raho and Lewis Raho. (also New York Symphony beginning 1925-1926 season)   Listen to the beautiful extended English horn solo with viola played by Peter Henkelman, English horn, with Romain Verney , viola in 1925 Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches opus 10: in the Village.  Click here to listen to (download) the 1925 Ippolitov-Ivanov 'In the Village'	1901-1925
Henneberg, Otto	horn   In March, 1930, Leopold Stokowski was criticized for dismissing four players for being 'stale' 152, of which Henneberg was one. During his career with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the horn section was: Anton Horner, Joseph Horner, Albert Riese, and Otto Henneberg.	1905-1930
Hennig, Rudolph (Germany 1844-1904)	Principal cello (also Walnut Street Theater Orcestra in 1866, helped found the Philadelphia Musical Academy in 1869, Beethoven String Quartet (William Stoll Jr. first, Edwin A. Brill second, Richard Schmidt viola, Rudolph Hennig cello) and the Mendelssohn Quintette Club of Boston. Theodore Thomas Orchestra Principal cello 1872-1879, Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra in 1867 and 1868)   Studied at the Leipzig Conservatory. See, at left the famous Thomas Eakins painting "The Cellist" of Rudolph Hennig practicing in 1896.	1900-1901
Henry, Dayton M.	violin	1918-1958
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Hering, Sigmund (then Austro-Hungary, now Ukraine 1898-1986) one of many Hering studies and etudes - Hering was one of the most published teachers for the trumpet, other brass and woodwinds.	Assistant Principal (second trumpet) 1925-1952, fourth trumpet 1952-1964 (also Cleveland Orchestra Principal Trumpet 1922-1924)   Studied at the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna 1915-1921. Hering student Wilmer Wise (Brooklyn Symphony) wrote that Hering studied both double bass and trumpet at the Curtis Institute. Hering is listed as a Curtis graduate Class of 1930, when he would have been 31 years old and already in the Philadelphia Orchestra for 5 seasons. Trumpet scholar Dr. Thomas R. Erdmann wrote that Hering "...was perhaps the most influential trumpet teacher in America during the mid 20th century...He is the most published trumpet pedagogue in the world..." 156 . Sigmund Hering for more than fifty years taught at the Settlement Music School - Philadelphia.	1925-1964
Hess, Patricia Weimer	cello	1979-1993
Hewitt, Stevens	oboe	1965-1989
Heynen, Achille	bassoon	1901-1902
Hildebrandt, Charles  (Germany 1845- )	bassoon (also Principal bassoon of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1903-1904, 1907-1908
Hilger, Elsa (Austria, now Czech 1904-after her 100th birthday)	cello 1935-1944, Associate Principal cello 1944-1969 (first woman musician of a major US orchestra other than the few orchestral harpists, after Dorothy Passmore, cello of the San Francisco Symphony in 1925. Second woman musician of the Philadelphia Orchestra following Edna Phillips, harp and followed by Lois Putlitz, violin in the next season).   Studied at the Vienna Conservatory 1912-about 1916. Came to the US in 1920 and toured as a trio with her violin and pianist sisters during 1920s.	1935-1969
Hilsberg, Alexander (Poland 1900-1961)	violin 1926-1935, Concertmaster 1935-1951 (also Guarnerius Quartet with Alexander Hilsberg first, David Madison second and Samuel Lifschey viola, van den Berg cello in 1930s, Associate conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 1940s. Conductor of the semi-professional Reading Orchestra - Pennsylvania, New Orleans Symphony Music Director 1952-1961)   Studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory 1911-1912.	1926-1951
Himmer, Hans	cello	1904-1914
Hinger, Fred D.	percussion/timpani	1948-1951 (principal percussion), 1951-1967 (principal timpani)
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Hoffman, Jacob	percussion	1950-1952
Hoffman, Melvin	trombone	1929-1932
Hood, John (Texas about 1956- )	double bass (also North Carolina Symphony 1977-1978, National Symphony of Washington DC 1978-1982, the Santa Fe Opera summer 1978)   Studied at the Interlochen and the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.	1982-present
Hornberger, Harry J.	violin	1900-1904
Horner, Anton (Bohemia, now Czech 1877-1971) brother of Joseph Horner	Principal horn 1902-1929, Co-Principal 1929-1931, third horn 1931-1946 (also Pittsburgh Symphony under Victor Herbert Principal horn 1898-1902, Panama-Pacific International Exposition orchestra - San Francisco 1915)   Studied with his horn playing father Frank Horner 161 and with Friedrich Gumpert (1841-1906) at the Leipzig Conservatory 1890-1894 24. Anton Horner was an early advocate of the double horn working with his teacher, Friedrich Gumpert, and passed this on to his many Curtis Institute students.	1902-1946
Horner, Joseph P. (Bohemia, now Czech 1882-1944) said to be a suicide. Brother of Anton Horner	second horn (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900. After the 1900-1901 season at the Philadelphia Orchestra, joined the Pittsburgh Symphony under Victor Herbert 1901-1902, where his brother Anton Horner had previously been Principal horn. Returning to the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1902, the horn section was: Anton Horner, Joseph Horner, Albert Riese, and Otto Henneberg. )   Studied with his horn playing father Frank Horner 161 and at the Vienna Conservatory about 1896-1898 161.	1900-1901, 1902-1938
Huber, Ernest	double bass	1919-1920
Huster, A.	violin/trombone	1901-1902
Hutinet, L.	trombone	1916-1917
Huxley, Roland	violin	1906-1908
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Iglitzin, Alan	viola	1960-1966 (assistant principal, 1964-1966)
Ingle, John G.	violin	1900-1901
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Jaeger, William	trumpet	1900-1901
Jaffe, Charles	violin	1934-1935
Jakob, Joseph A.	horn	1909-1910
Janson, Glenn E.	horn	1962-1975, 1995-1997
Jantsch, Carol (Ohio 1985- )	Principal tuba (substituted in the Philadelphia Orchestra during 2005-2006 season as a trial)   Studied at the University of Michigan BMus. Also Interlochen Arts Academy - Michigan. See her interesting website www.caroljantsch.com	2006-present
Jarrow, Solomon Elias (Russia 1862- )	viola (also taught at the Philadelphia Musical Academy)	1905-1906
Jocher, Lewis Christopher (Pennsylvania 1873- )	double bass (also played in theater orchestras, toured South America in the 1920s)	1900-1901, 1903-1904, 1907-1913
Johnson, Gilbert D. (1927-2002)	Co-Principal trumpet 1958-1959 with Samuel Krauss, Principal trumpet 1959-1975 (also New Orleans Philharmonic Principal trumpet about 1951-1958)   Studied at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford BMus, then at the Curtis Institute Class of 1950. After retiring from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Gilbert Johnson was Professor of Trumpet, University of Miami 1975 until his death in 2002.	1958-1975
Johnson, Kirsten	Associate Principal viola   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1997.	2007-present
Jones, Mason (New York 1919-2009)	horn 1938-1939, Co-Principal horn 1939-1941, 1945-1946, Principal horn 1946-1978. Also Personnel Manager 1963-1986   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1938. When Mason Jones returned from his World War 2, he found was in competition with James Chambers for the Principal horn position of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Jones prevailed, and James Chambers went on to a successful career as Principal horn with the New York Philharmonic 1946-1969.	1938-1978
Jordan, Clarence	violin	1924-1925
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Kaderabek, Frank John (Illinois 1929- )	Principal trumpet (also West Point Band during Korean war, Dallas Symphony 1952-1957 and Grant Park Symphony during summers, Chicago Symphony third trumpet 1958-1966, Detroit Symphony Principal trumpet 1966-1975, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trumpet 1975-1995.   Studied at the Chicago Musical College about 1945-1948.	1975-1995
Kaehler, Ernst	violin (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1901, 1907-1913
Kahn, Gordon	viola	1925-1962
Kalendareva, Elina (Uzbekistan 1967- )	violin (also Moscow Conservatory Quintet, Moscow Ars Viva Chamber Orchestra, Society Hill String Quintet - Philadelphia)   Studied at the Moscow Conservatory MMus.	2002-present
Kang, Juliette (Canada 1976- )	First Associate Concertmaster  (also Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra Washington DC Principal second violin 1999-2000, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 2001-2003, went to Philadelphia as Associate Concertmaster in 2005)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1991, also Juilliard School MMus 2001. Married to cellist Thomas Edward Kraines Curtis Institute Class of 1992, and also Juilliard School MMus 2001.	2005-present
Kaplan, Maurice	viola (also String Art Quartet, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra in summers)   Studied at the Metropolitan School of Music - Chicago 1913.	1920-1932
Kaplow, Maurice	viola	1956-1957, 1958-1963
Karella, Clarence	tuba	1948-1949
Kastner, Alfred	harp 1901-1902, Principal harp 1903-1904	1901-1902, 1903-1904
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Kates, Philip (Pennsylvania 1963- )	violin (also Liebesfreud, a Philadelphia-based Sting Quartet: Geoffrey Michaels first, Philip Kates second, David Giles viola, Charles Forbes cello)   Also Chair of the Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians' Education Committee.	November 1980-present
Kaufman, Schima	violin	1925-1962
Kayaloff, Yasha	violin	1925-1948
Kearney, Joseph E.	viola	1903-1904
Keller, Oscar	clarinet	1902-1904
Kendall, Yumi H. (Colorado 1981- )	Assistant Principal cello (also member of the Dryden String Quartet, with her brother Nicolas Kendall, violin, her cousin Daniel Foster, Principal viola National Symphony and Nurit Bar-Josef, Concertmaster the National Symphony of Washington DC)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2004.	2004-present (assistant principal)
Kesselman, Robert (Pennsylvania 1957- )	double bass (also Pittsburgh Symphony 1980-1987. also active in Network for New Music Ensemble)   Studied at Temple University and the Curtis Institute Class of 1980.	1987-present
Keyser, George William	viola	1908-1919
Khaner, Jeffrey (Canada 1958- )	Principal flute (also Atlantic Symphony - Halifax, Nova Scotia Principal flute, Pittsburgh Symphony Co-Principal flute, with Bernard Goldberg 1981-1982, Cleveland Orchestra Principal flute 1982-1990)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus 1980.	1990-present
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Kihlman, Carl	violin	1903-1919
Kim, David (Illinois 1963- )	Concertmaster (also Associate Concertmaster Dallas Symphony 1997–1999, Diaz Trio, with Roberto Díaz, viola and Andres Díaz, cello 1991-1996. Kim was founder of Kingston Chamber Music Festival at the University of Rhode Island in 1999)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus degrees. Recorded a beautiful album of classic hymns on Paul Jones Music label The Lord is My Shepherd. Visit his interestin website www.davidkimviolin.com	May, 1999-present
Kincaid, William (Minnesota 1895-1967) A young William Kincaid in about 1920	Principal flute (also New York Symphony 1914-1919, playing with his teacher Principal flute Georges Barrère, New York Chamber Music Society 1920-1921, Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet 1950-1960)   Studied at the Institute of Musical Art (Juilliard School) with Artist's Diploma in 1913. Taught several generations of flutists at the Curtis Institute 1928-1960.	1921-1960
Kindler, Hans (Netherlands 1892-1949) died following surgery, perhaps a suicide	cello 1914-1916, Principal cello 1916-1920 (also Charlottenburg Opera - Berlin Principal cello 1910, then Philadelphia Orchestra, Music Director Reading Symphony (Pennsylvania) for 8 seasons in late 1920s.  Founded the National Symphony of Washington DC in 1930, Music Director until 1949 in spite of constant lack of finances and frequent musician turnover. also a member Rich Quartet: Thaddeus Rich first, Harry Aleinikoff second, Romain Verney viola and Hans Kindler cello)   Studied at the Rotterdam Conservatory.	1914-1920
Kirschen, Jeffry M. (Pennsylvania 1952- )	third horn (also Utah Symphony Co-Principal horn 1984-1993, Seattle Opera Principal horn, Dallas Symphony Assistant Principal horn, National Ballet of Canada Principal horn)   Studied at Temple University and the Curtis Institute Class of 1977.	1989-present
Klein, Herold R. (1945- )	violin (also Indianapolis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, US Army Band Strolling Strings. Also active with community orchestras as Concertmaster - Trenton Symphony Orchestra and Lansdowne Symphony)   As a student, studied at the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan and at Wayne State University in 1962.	1971-2011
Kliachko, Samuel (Russia 1883-1941)	cello (also Principal cello Pittsburgh Symphony 1930s, also Pennsylvania radio KDKA staff orchestra in 1930s. Also Shapiro String Quartet: Max Shapiro first, William Loesel second, Francis Kelyle viola, Samuel Kliachko cello 1930s)   Studied at the St. Petersberg (Russia) Conservatory. While Principal cello of the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1930s, taught at the Pittsburgh Musical Institute.	1920-1922
Klupp, Karl (Germany 1874-1954)	horn	1901-1904
Knecht, Albert Aloysius (Pennsylvania 1884-1954)	saxophone (also played saxophone for the John Philip Sousa Band about 1905-1917 including the 1910-1911 around-the-world tour. also the Arthur Pryor Band, Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, W. Paris Chambers Band, the American Saxophone Quartet. later was proprietor of a musical instrument store in Philadelphia and President of the Pennsylvania Bandmasters Association)   Studied with his German musician father Jacob Knecht (1836-1917)	1917-1920
Kneisel, Carl (Austria 1882- ) does not seem related to Franz Kneisel of the Boston Symphony and Kneisel Quartet	cello   After leaving the Philadelphia Orchestra, Carl Kneisel taught at the Temple University School of Music - Philadelphia under Dean Thaddeus Rich .	1908-1917, 1919-1922
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Knorr, Frederic Hayes (Pennsylvania about 1868- )	double bass (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)   Studied at Lehigh University Class of 1888.	1900-1901
Koch, Henry (Germany 1852- )	horn (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900, John Philip Sousa Band solo - Principal - horn during 1890s 169)   Shown at left in his John Philip Sousa Band uniform in about 1893.	1900-1901, 1907-1912
Koehler, A.	trumpet	1903-1904
Koehler, George	saxophone	1917-1920
Koen, John Franklin (Texas 1966- )	cello (also as a student El Paso Youth Symphony, also Friends Chamber Music Society 1990-1993, member of the Mondrian Ensemble and of the Network for New Music, Lansdowne Symphony - Pennsylvania Principal cello)   Studied at the New School of Music - Philadelphia 1984-1985, and the Curtis Institute Class of 1990. Also active in music festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival - Germany. Teaches at the Boyer College of Music - Temple University.	1990-present   On sabbatical September 2005 - March 2006, going to Bulgaria where he was soloist with the New Symphony Orchestra of Sofia.
Koenig, H.	violin	1903-1904
Koert, Jan (Netherlands 1853-1911)   Jan Koert died in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 2, 1911, age only 57 159	violin 1900-1901, Associate Concertmaster 1901-1902, Principal viola 1902-1908 (also Ostend, Belgium orchestra Second Concertmaster with Eugène Ysaÿe as Concertmaster in early 1880s. also Rubinstein Quintet in Paris 1880s. New York Symphony Principal viola 1894-1895, then third chair violin, and finally NY Symphony Concertmaster 1895-1898.   Studied violin in Rotterdam, Netherlands.	1900-1908
Kohler, Hugo	cello	1902-1903
Kohon, Benjamin (then Russia, now Ukraine 1890-1984)	bassoon (also Russian Symphony 1907-1908, New York Philharmonic Principal bassoon 1908-1912 including under Gustav Mahler, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal bassoon under Stokowski 1912-1915. Joined Diaghilev's Ballet Russe American tours in 1915 and 1916; under Ansermet in 1915, recorded Schumann Columbia Graphophone. US Navy Band during World War 1. In 1919, joined the National Symphony of New York which in 1921 merged with the New York Philharmonic so Kohon was again Principal bassoon until 1942)   Began bassoon instruction in 1901 at age 11 with his father Marcus Kohon, also a bassoonist.	1912-1915
Korb, Anton	violin	1901-1906
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Kosman, Elkan (Netherlands 1871-returned to Europe before World War 1)	Concertmaster (also Crystal Palace Orchestra - London Concertmaster 1894, Kosman String Quartet in Philadelphia: Elkan Kosman first, Edwin Brill second, Howard Rattay viola, Rudolph Hennig cello)   Toured as violin soloist in England 1894-1899, but with secondary orchestras and venues. Not rehired in Philadelphia following the 1901-1902 season, Kosman pursued a solo violin career in New York City, still with mixed reviews and results, again proving a solo career is hard.	1901-1902
Koussewitzky, Fabien (Russia 1893-1967)   Nephew of Serge Koussevitzky, adopted the stage name of "Fabian Sevitzky"	double bass (also conductor of Indianapolis Symphony 1937-1955, Music Director Greater Miami Philharmonic Orchestra 1960-1967. While in Philadelphia, Sevitzky organized the Philadelphia Chamber String Simfonietta - his spelling)   Studied double bass at the institute run by the Moscow Philharmonic.	1923-1930
Koutzen, Boris (then Russia, now Ukraine 1901-1966)	violin (also Moscow State Opera orchestra 1918, State Philharmonic Orchestra of Petrograd while Serge Koussevitzky was still conducting, NBC Symphony under Toscanini 1937-1945)   Studied at the Moscow Conservatory in 1918-1922, and the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik in 1922 with Karl Klingler. Taught at Vassar College 1944-1966.	1924-1927
Krachmalnick, Jacob Morris (then Russia, now Ukraine 1922-2001)	Concertmaster 1951-1958 (also St. Louis Symphony for several months in 1942 before being drafted, Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Concertmaster 1946-1951, 1960-1961, Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster 1951-1958 and left suddenly after disagreements with Ormandy, Concertgebouw Orchestra Concertmaster 1958-1960 before returning to Cleveland, New York Philharmonic on Japan tour Spring 1962, briefly Concertmaster Dallas Symphony about 1963, San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Opera Concertmaster 1964-1970, Stringart String Quartet while in Philadelphia)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1941. Jacob Krachmalnick was said by his colleagues to be a difficult and sarcastic leader.	1951-1958
Krauss, Samuel G. (Ohio 1909-1992)	trumpet 1944-1945, Principal trumpet 1945-1958, Co-Principal trumpet 1958-1959, second trumpet 1959-1967, fourth trumpet 1967-1974, but did not complete the 1973-1974 season. (also National Symphony - Washington, D.C. Principal trumpet 1935-1936, St. Louis Symphony Principal trumpet 1936-1944)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1934.	1944-about January 1974
Krayk, Stefan (Poland 1914-1999)	violin   Studied at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik with Carl Flesch (1873-1944) in about 1931. After the Philadelphia Orchestra, taught at Oberlin College - Ohio, and then for nearly 30 years at University of California Santa Barbara 1950-1977.	1946-1947
Kreisler, Hugo (Austria 1883-1931) brother of Fritz Kreisler Fritz Kreisler on piano with Hugo Kreisler cello	cello (also Vienna Philharmonic, Fitzner Quartet: Rudolf Fitzner first, Max Weissgärber second, Hugo Kreisler cello, Wiener Konzertverein Quartet, Baltimore Symphony)   Recorded a series of famous disks with Fritz Kreisler including Rubinstein - Melody in F, Fritz Kreisler Apple Blossoms, Marche Miniature Viennoise, Syncopation and Liebesleid, Chaminade Sérénade espagnole, Drigo Arlekinada, and a composition by Hugo Kreisler Viennese Folksong Fantasy with Fritz Kreisler accompanying at the piano, recorded for HMV in the 1920s.	1906-1907
Krell, John	piccolo	1952-1981
Kresse, Emil (Germany 1874-about 1963)	violin 1901-1945, Principal timpani 1901-1903, Principal percussion 1903-1904   Long term teacher at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, which later became the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. Although primarily a violinist, Kresse played timpani in a number of concerts in the 1930s when Oscar Schwar was ill. Kresse played several instruments, including the cornet.	1901-1945
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Kresse, George (Georg) (Germany 1882- ) not clear if related to Emil Kresse	violin (also seems to have played in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw under Mengelberg)	1901-1903, 1906-1907
Kriens, Christian	viola	1902-1904
Krueger, E.	violin	1903-1905
Krueger, Richard	bassoon 1901-1906, 1907-1908, 1909-1912, Principal bassoon 1915-1922 (also in 1904 Boston Festival Orchestra organized by Emil Mollenhauer, Panama-Pacific International Exposition orchestra - San Francisco 1915)	1901-1906, 1907-1908, 1909-1912, 1915-1922
Kruger, Otto	violin	1905-1917
Krummeich, Paul	violin	1903-1907
Kruse, William, Jr.	bassoon	1920-1921
Krzywicki, Paul M. (Pennsylvania 1944- )	Principal tuba (also Youngstown Symphony, US Military Academy Band, New York Brass Sextet, Cambridge Brass Quintet, Portland Symphony - Maine, Buffalo Philharmonic, also conductor of Network for New Music Ensemble)   Studied at Indiana University BMus, MMus. Paul is also President of Philadelphia Orchestra Retirees & Friends.  You can read more and find out how to contribute and support your great orchestra musicians at www.philorch.org/porf.html	1972-2005
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Ku, Rachel (Taiwan )	viola (active in Network for New Music Ensemble. also active in summer music festivals: Marlboro Festival - Vermaon, Sarasota Music Festival - Florida, Taos Festival and Angel Fire festivals - New Mexico, International Music Festival - Italy)   Studied at the Curtis Institute BMus Class of 2004, New England Conservatory MMus 2009.	2004-present
Kudisch, Alexis	violin	1918-1919
Kumme, Julius Gustav (Pennsylvania 1877-after 1924)	viola and librarian   Studied with his Prussian father Herman Kumme, as did his musician brother Herman Kumme Jr.	1900-1901
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La Monaca, Joseph (Italy	second flute	1910-1940
Lackmuth, Max	oboe / English horn (also second oboe and English horn of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900). He was also a regular theater musician in the 1900s. Lackmuth was also a regular sub with the Philadelphia Orchestra 1911-1913.	1900-1901
Lambert, Lisa-Beth L. (Maryland 1972- )	violin (also National Symphony of Washington, D.C. 1995-2001)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1993 and Cleveland Institute of Music. Lisa-Beth Lambert and Lambert Orkis programmed s cycle of Mozart violin sonatas over two seasons in Washington, DC and Philadelphia.	2001-present
Lambert, Robert (1917-2003)	trombone 1946-1948, Assistant Principal trombone 1948-1952, Associate Principal trombone 1952-1955 (also Chicago Symphony Principal trombone 1955-1965, appointed by Fritz Reiner to succeed Frank Crisafulli)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942. Robert Lambert told an amusing story about the brass instrument maker Vincent Bach (and also Boston Symphony trumpet 1914-1915 ): Lambert said that when he spoke to Bach about any problem with his instrument, Bach's hearing aid would function poorly, but that when Bach's instruments were being praised, Bach heard perfectly !)	1946-1955
Lampink, L.	cello	1902-1903
Lannutti, Charles (Italy 1898-1976)	horn (also Principal horn Baltimore Symphony 1930s, Hagerstown Civic Band - Maryland in 1940s)   Brother Nicholas Lannutti (1889-1991) was a long-lived orchestra oboist and English horn player in the Philadelphia area who taught Louis Rosenblatt.	1942-1963
Lang, Jeffrey (New Jersey about 1975- )	Associate Principal / section horn (also Principal horn American Symphony - New York, Israel Philharmonic Principal horn. Also was Principal horn of Disney`s Beauty and the Beast on Broadway)   Studied at Temple University and the Juilliard School BMus. Married to Finnish cellist Elina Snellman-Lang. Visit his interesting website at www.jeffrey-lang.com	2007-present
Lanza, Joseph (Pennsylvania 1933-2006) brother of Louis Lanza	violin 1958-1988, Assistant Principal second violin 1988-2006. Succeeded his cousin Robert De Pasquale as Assistant Principal second, with Robert moving up one chair to become Associate Principal second violin.   Father of Joseph Lanza, Concertmaster of Orchestra London - Ontario.  Cousin of the four de Pasquale musicians.	1958-2006 (48 seasons) died during the season May 16, 2006.
Lanza, Louis (Pennsylvania 1936- ) brother of Joseph Lanza	violin (also National Symphony of Washington DC 1961-1964)   Studied at the Juilliard School. Cousin of the four de Pasquale musicians.	1964-present
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Lapetina, Frank M. (Italy about 1859-1930?)	viola (also a theater musician in Philadelphia in the 1910s)	1900-1901
Lapitino, Francis Joseph (New York 1880-1949) Neapolitan Trio (l to r): Francis J. Lapitino, Clement Barone flute, Howard Rattay violin	Principal harp (from 1904-1926 frequently recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, including as part of the groups called the Florentine Quartet, with fellow Philadelphia Orchestra musicians Alexander Schmidt violin, Alfred Lennartz cello, Clement Barone flute, Francis J. Lapitino harp and also the Neapolitan Trio of Howard Rattay violin, Clement Barone flute, Francis J. Lapitino harp, and accompanying leading Victor artists including Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Giovanni Martinelli, Amelita Galli-Curci, Alma Gluck, Emilio de Gogorza and Geraldine Farrar. also also permanent member harp with the Victor Orchestra under Josef Pasternack (1881-1940). )	1911-1913
Latisch, Emile (Germany 1872- )	double bass (also Cincinnati Symphony)	1910-1917
Lazzaro, Vincent, Jr. (Pennsylvania 1898-1996)	double bass	1921-1964
Le Barbier, Henri C. (Alsace-Lorraine 1873-after 1940) Alsace-Lorraine was then part of Germany and later returned to France after WW1	Principal trumpet (also Concertgebouw Orchestra Principal trumpet 1904-1909, Minneapolis Symphony 1912-1920, 1923-1936)	1909-1914
Leavitt, Earl (New York 1919-1999)	second trombone (also Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 1950s)	1945-1948
Lehnhoff, Sheppard I. (Illinois 1905-1978)	viola (also Chicago Symphony viola 1930-1945 and 1953-1978, also a founder of the the Fine Arts Quarter which initially was: Leonard Sorkin first (1946–1982), Joseph Stepansky second (1946–1954), Sheppard Lehnhoff viola (1946–1952) and George Sopkin cello(1946–1979). also founded the Lehnhoff Trio: Samuel Magad violin, Sheppard Lehnoff viola, John Bandy cello 184)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1930.	1929-1930 while still a Curtis student
Lein, Morris	trumpet	1923-1925
Leman, John W. F. (Maryland 1880-about 1955)	viola (also conductor of the Steel Pier orchestra Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1917, conductor of the Ocean City Pops Orchestra, New Jersey, conductor Philadelphia Civic Symphony 1937-1939, conductor of Philadelphia Women's Symphony 1930s)	1908-1918
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Lemisch, Milu (Romania 1847-after 1910)	viola (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)   Emigrated to Philadelphia in August, 1887 following the pogrom in his home town of Jassy, Roumania.	1900-1901
Lennartz, (Mathieu) Alfred (Germany 1878-after 1943)	cello (from 1911-1929 frequently recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, including as part of the groups called the Florentine Quartet, with fellow Philadelphia Orchestra musicians Alexander Schmidt violin, Alfred Lennartz cello, Clement Barone flute, Francis J. Lapitino harp and also the Venetian Trio. also permanent member cello with the Victor Orchestra under Josef Pasternack (1881-1940). Lennartz was later a theater orchestra musician in Philadelphia)	1902-1916
Leoncavallo, (Aniello) Victor (Italy 1898-1981) Also used the stage name of "John Leoncavallo"	English horn. (also New York Symphony oboe in early 1920s, Teatro Nacional - Cuba, Minneapolis Symphony Principal oboe, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) To hear the beauty of Leoncavallo's English horn solo in the 1928 Albéniz Iberia - 'Fête Dieu à Seville' click here.   In December, 1928 in mid-season, Leopold Stokowski dismissed Victor Leoncavallo as English horn, and hired Marcel Dandois. Dandois's contract was not renewed the next season, and between 1928 and 1932, during four seasons, Stokowski went through five English horns. In 1932-1933, Stokowski appointed Robert Bloom as English horn.	1926-1928
Lester, Leon (West Virginia 1910-2003)	bass clarinet. Succeeded Lucien Cailliet as bass clarinet upon his retirement in 1966. Three Philadelphia Orchestra bass clarinets in 89 seasons: Lucien Cailliet 1916-1938, Leon Lester 1938-1966, Ron Reuben 1967-2005 (with a one year gap for contractual reasons).   Came from a mostly non-musical family in rural West Virginia, and studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1934.	1938-1966
Leventhal, B. F.	viola	1911-1923
Levin, Dmitri (Belarus 1952- )	violin (also Minsk Opera and Ballet Principal second violin, Pittsburgh Symphony violin and Co-Principal second violin 1979-1984 also the Rachmaninov Trio: Luba Agranovsky piano, Dmitri Levin violin, Robert Cafaro cello)   Studied at Central Music School - Moscow and the Moscow Conservatory.	1984-present
Levy, Harry	violin	1918-1919
Lewin, Morris	cello	1928-1952
Lewis, Arthur	viola	1967-1968
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Lifschey, Samuel (New York 1889-1961)	Principal viola (also New York Symphony viola during WW1, Maverick Festival at Woodstock, New York during the summers in early 1920s, Cleveland Orchestra Principal viola 1921-1923, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal viola for thirty seasons, 1925-1955. Also Detroit String Quartet in 1920s, Guarnerius Quartet with Alexander Hilsberg first, David Madison second and Samuel Lifschey viola, van den Berg cello in 1930s)   Studied violin under Arnold Volpe (1869-1940) in New York City in the 1910s.	1925-1955
Light, Herbert M. (Pennsylvania 1936- )	violin (also US Army Band - Washington, DC, Baltimore Symphony, a founding member of the New Philadelphia Quartet)   Studied at Philadelphia Musical Academy.	1960-present
Lind, Loren N. (Hawaii 1944- )	flute (also Honolulu Symphony, Philadelphia Lyric Opera)   Studied at the University of Hawaii. Teaches at Temple University - Philadelphia.	1974-present
Lindemann, Robert (Germany 1884-1977) Robert Lindemann in 1921	Principal clarinet (also Saint Paul Symphony Orchestra Principal clarinet 130, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet 1913-1917 but not rehired by Stokowski, New York Symphony Principal clarinet 1918-1919 or perhaps later, Chicago Symphony Principal clarinet 1923-1949 until retired by Rafael Kubelik. Also played in the Chicago Woodwind Quintet in the 1930s)   Studied first with his father Eduard Lindemann in Germany, before relocating to the US in 1911.	1913-1917
Lipkin, Arthur B.	violin	1922-1949
Liuzzi, Don Stephen (Massachusetts 1959- )	Principal timpani (also Pittsburgh Symphony percussion 1982-1989, and while a student the Flint Symphony, Michigan Opera Theater Orchestra)   Studied at the Settlement Music School - Philadelphia, the University of Michigan BMus, Temple University MMus.	1989-present
Livoti, George (Massachusetts 1900-1977)	violin	1923-1924
Lloyd, Peter (Pennsylvania 1956- )	double bass (also Minnesota Orchestra Principal Bass 1986-2007 under Edo de Waart, Eiji Oue, and Osmo Vanska)   Studied first at the Settlement Music School - Philadelphia and then at the Curtis Institute Class of 1978. Active in summer music festivals, including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont, Chamber Music Northwest - Oregon, Music From Angel Fire - New Mexico, the Vail Valley Music Festival - Colorado and the Pacific Music Festival - Japan. Teaches at Northwestern University and the Jacobs School of Music - Indiana University.	1978-1986
Loeben, Gustave Albert, Jr. (Pennsylvania 1899-after 1960)	viola 1919-1954, keyboard 1927-1932, 1940-1941, 1945-1946.   Notable for his celesta playing in the 1926 and 1934 recordings of Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite.	1919-1954
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Lorenz, Alfred (Germany 1878- )	viola 1901-1943, except Principal viola 1917-1918, Assistant Concertmaster 1941-1943. (also the Schmidt Quartet, Emil Schmidt first, Louis Angeloty second, Alfred Lorenz viola, William Schmidt, brother of Emil, cello 1914-1921, in 1904 Boston Festival Orchestra organized by Emil Mollenhauer).	1901-1943
Lorenz, Franz	cello	1909-1917
Lotz, Paul P. (Germany 1870-1945)	First Principal trombone of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1900-1901, returned as trombone 1907-1909, then bass trombone 1909-1922, second trombone 1922-1940, personnel manager and utility trombone 1940-February 1945. (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1901, 1907-1945   died during 1944-1945 season February 18, 1945
Lucas, Heinrich	viola	1901-1902
Luck, Arthur (Pennsylvania 1892-1976) Arthur Luck in Detroit supervising a performance of one of his compositions for band	double bass (also, following service in the US Navy Band in World War 1, joined the Detroit Symphony 1919-1954, playing double bass 1919-1954 and percussion 1923-1942 and 1952-1954, as well as orchestra librarian)   Arthur Luck's responsibilities at orchestra librarian of the Detroit Symphony lead to his creation of a music business: Luck’s Music Library, Inc.	1914-1918
Ludwig, Irving father of Michael Ludwig, Philadelphia Orchestra violin and Boston Symphony viola Mark Ludwig (Pennsylvania 1928- ) Irving Ludwig as conductor	violin (also following retirement from the Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor of the Lansdowne Symphony in suburban Philadelphia 1991-present)   Studied at the Settlement Music School - Philadelphia.	1949-1951, 1954-1990
Ludwig, Michael (Pennsylvania 1967- ) son of Philadelphia Orchestra violin Irving Ludwig, and brother of Boston Symphony viola Mark Ludwig	violin 1991-1993, Associate Concertmaster 1993-2006 (also Buffalo Philharmonic Concertmaster 2006-present)   Studied first with his violinist father Irving Ludwig, and then at the Curtis Institute Class of 1982. He recorded the premier of the Piano Trio in F Major by Marcel Tyberg (1893-1944) for NAXOS, and of the Red Violin Concerto by John Corigliano (1938- ) with JoAnn Falletta conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic.	1991-2006
Lusak, Owen (Canada 1918-1999)	violin (also National Symphony of Washington DC)	1944-1984
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Mackey, (Charles) Stanley (Pennsylvania 1877-1915)	tuba (also personnel manager 1905-1915, librarian, 1907-1915 succeeded as tuba by Andrew Thomae. also Director of the Philadelphia Band, (also a member - playing double bass and tuba - of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)   Died suddenly age only 38 of blood poisoning in the Philadelphia Hospital September 26, 1915 "...despite heroic efforts made to save his life through blood transfusion..." At his funeral the Philadelphia Orchestra and Stokowski performed the Beethoven Funeral March from Symphony no 7.	1900-1904, 1905-1915
Madison, David Tevye (Pennsylvania 1907-1992)	violin 1927-1941, Assistant Concertmaster 1941-1959, Associate Concertmaster 1959-1972. (also Guarnerius Quartet with Alexander Hilsberg first, David Madison second and Samuel Lifschey viola, van den Berg cello in 1930s)   Studied privately in New York City with Leopold Auer. Fifty one seasons with the Philadelphia Orchestra, starting at age 20.	1927-1978
Maedler, Robert	double bass	1902-1907
Maestre, Emilio (Spain 1888-1983)	cello (also a theater musician in New York City at New Bedford Theater and others)   Studied cello with his Catalan father José Maestre.	1922-1924
Malach, E.	double bass	1918-1919
Mansfelt, Theodore	cello	1904-1905
Maquarre, André (Belgium 1875-1933) brother of Daniel Maquarre	principal flute (also Boston Symphony Principal flute 1898-1918, then Philadelphia Orchestra Principal flute 1918-1921. He was dismissed by Stokowski in April, 1921 during a rehearsal 21. Georges Longy Club while in Boston, New York Chamber Music Society Principal flute 1921-1922, Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal flute from 1922-1929.)   Studied with his flutist father, Clement Maquarre, then Paris Conservatoire Premiere prix for flute in 1893. André Maquarre returned to France in about 1930 and became a member of La Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, a government-organized company responsible for the management of authors and composers rights and copyrights, where he died in 1936.	1918-1921   Partial season in 1920-1921 dismissed by Stokowski in April
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Maquarre, Daniel (Belgium 1881-after 1930) brother of André Maquarre	Principal flute (also Lamoureux Orchestra and Colonne Orchestra - Paris Principal flute 1900-1902, Boston Symphony flute 1903-1909, New York Symphony Principal flute 1918-1919, National Symphony of New York 1920-1924 58, with the National Symphony of New York merging with the New York Philharmonic in 1921. Late 1920s, Daniel Maquarre was an independent musician in New York City, including for growing live radio broadcasts.  Radio performances included of the Classical Trio: Stefano de Stefano harp, Luclen Klrsch cello and Daniel Maquarre flute 179)   Studied with his flutist father, Clement Maquarre, then Paris Conservatoire, where he won a first 'Accessit', or runner-up flute prize in 1894 and Premier Prix in about the 1899 Concour.  Daniel Maquarre may have departed from the Boston Symphony due to a scandal.  According to newspaper accounts, Daniel Maquarre was arrested in San Francisco in 1909 "... upon telegraphic advices from Boston Police where he la wanted upon an Indictment charging him wlth a serious offense for eloping with Mrs. Matilda Lenom..." 176.  Matilda Lenom was the wife of Clément Lenom , fellow Belgian and second oboe of the Boston Symphony 1901-1925.  (No doubt a juicy story and scandal at the time. Clément Lenom remarried that same year). Daniel Maquarre seems to have returned to France in about 1930.	1910-1918
Marchetti, Attillio (Italy 1883-1965)	Principal oboe (also La Scala, Milan Principal oboe under Arturo Toscanini, Costanzi Theater, Rome - later renamed the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma of which Ricardo Muti is now Music Director - Principal oboe under Luigi Mancinelli (1848-1921), Chicago Opera Principal oboe, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal oboe 1913-1915 during Stokowski's second season with the Philadelphia Orchestra.  Then, concert groups such Maine Music Festivals during 1920s.) In the 1950s, he was active in the importing of woodwinds into the U.S.   According to correspondence, Leopold Stokowski wanted to recruit the Belgian oboe Henri de Busscher (1880–1975) as Principal oboe to replace Alfred Doucet, but could not due to union problems. Stokowski settled on Marchetti, but with the intention of only retaining him for a season 163. In fact, Marchetti lasted two seasons until Marcel Tabuteau was hired.	1913-1915
Maresh, Ferdinand or Fernando (Ohio 1918-1986)	Assistant Principal bass 1967-1970, double bass 1970-1986 (also All-American Youth Orchestra of 1940, Cleveland Orchestra 1941-1942, 1945-1948, Philadelphia Orchestra 1967-1986)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1940. Wrote the interesting book Transatlantic passenger steamships to Philadelphia in 1985. Maresh died suddenly November 29, 1986.	1948-1986
Marquardt, John (Johann) (Germany 1859-after 1930)	Concertmaster 1902-1903 (also first violin Boston Symphony 1886-1889, Philharmonic String Quartet based in Cleveland 1889-1891, Chicago Symphony 1892-1893, Concertmaster Tivoli Opera House - San Francisco 1900-1902, Concertmaster Philadelphia Orchestra 1902-1903)   Studied violin at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik in late 1870s.	1902-1903
Martin, Christopher (Georgia 1975- )	Associate Principal trumpet (also Atlanta Symphony Principal trumpet early 2001-2005, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Principal trumpet 2005-present)   Eastman School of Music BMus 1997. Martin can be heard in the 2003 Grammy Award recording by the Atlanta Symphony of the Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony conducted by Robert Spano.	1997-2001
Martonne, Herman (Hungary 1879-1970)	violin (also New York Philharmonic including under Mahler 1905-1910, string quartet with Alexander Saslavsky first, Herman Martonne second, A. Bernstein viola, Herbert Riley cello about 1912-1915)   Studied at the Vienna Conservatory about 1897-1900.	1917-1920
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Masoudnia, Elizabeth Starr (Pennsylvania 1965- )	English horn (active in Network for New Music Ensemble)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1985. In April 2005, Masoudnia played the premiere of Nicholas Maw Concerto for English Horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra.	1995-present
Matsukawa, Daniel (Argentina 1968- )	Principal bassoon (also St. Louis Symphony Principal bassoon, Memphis Symphony Principal bassoon, National Symphony of Washington DC Principal bassoon 1997-2000)   Studied at pre-college division of Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music. He then entered the Julliard School for two years before studying at the Curtis Institute, graduating in the Class of 1992.	2000-present
Mayer, Clarence	Principal horn 1938-1942, Co-Principal horn 1931-1935, 1939-1941, horn 1926-1931, 1941-1965   Taught at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music	1926-1965
Mayer, Gustav brother of Henry Mayer (Pennsylvania 1879-after 1943)	percussion   Studied with his musician father Henry Mayer Sr. (1845-after 1922) of Württemberg, Germany as did his older brother Henry Mayer, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal percussion player.	1916-1923
Mayer, Henry, Jr. brother of Gustav Mayer (Pennsylvania 1873-1963)	Principal percussion 1908-1909, percussion 1907-1908, 1911-1916, 1917-1923   Studied with his musician father Henry Mayer Sr. (1845-after 1922) of Württemberg, Germany. His brothers were also orchestra musicians, Gustav with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Albert Mayer with Philadelphia theater orchestras.	1907-1923
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Mayes, Samuel Houston (1917-1990) married to Winifred Schaefer Mayes	Philadelphia Orchestra cello 1936-1948, Co-Principal cello 1939-1943, Principal cello 1943-1948 and 1964-1973 (also Boston Symphony Principal cello 1948-1964, Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal cello 1974-1975)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1937, played in the Philadelphia Orchestra cello section prior to graduation. Met and married Winifred Schaefer while in Boston. Samuel Mayes had a genuine American west background: one of his grandfathers was a Cherokee chief, and two Oklahoma counties were named for his forbearers, Rogers County and Mayes County.	1936-1948, 1964-1973
Mayes, Winifred Schaefer Winograd (Washington 1919- ) married to Principal cello Samuel Mayes, Samuel and Winifred 1956	cello 1964-1970, Assistant Principal cello 1970-1977 (also Boston Symphony cello 1957-1964)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942.  First woman to be a Boston Symphony string player. Winifred had been married to Arthur Winograd (1920-2010), cellist of the Juilliard String Quartet. Samuel and Winfred met at the Boston Symphony, where Winifred's sister Lois Schaefer was a piccolo of the Boston (and Chicago) Symphony.	1964-1977
McComas, Donald Earl Jr. (Montana 1932-2011) Donald McComas with Seymour Rosenfeld behind	trumpet 1964-1967, Assistant Principal trumpet 1967-1973, Associate Principal trumpet 1973-1997 (also during the Korean War, McComas played in the US Army Band at Fort Myer, Virginia. Also the Buffalo Symphony, the National Symphony of Washington DC)   Studied at the University of Michigan BMus, Catholic University - Washington DC MMus. He taught at the New School of Music - Philadelphia, Temple University - Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Bible College.	1964-1997
McGinnis, Robert E. (Pennsylvania 1910-1976)	clarinet 1930-1931, Principal clarinet 1931-1940 (also Cleveland Orchestra Principal Clarinet 1940-1941, during World War 2, 1942-1945 U.S. Navy Band, Cleveland Orchestra Principal Clarinet again 1945-1946. In the 1947-1948 season, McGinnis was Principal clarinet of the NBC Symphony under Toscanini, then New York Philharmonic as Principal clarinet 1948-1960, Co-Principal clarinet (with Philip Fath) with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1964-1969.   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935. Robert McGinnis, Melvin Headman, and Robert Bloom entered the Philadelphia Orchestra directly from the Curtis Institute in 1930 upon the decision of Leopold Stokowski, although they 'officially' graduated in the Curtis Class of 1935. 1930 was the year that Stokowski dismissed many Philadelphia Orchestra musicians, including Principal clarinet Daniel Bonade, seeking youth.	1930-1940
McLane, Ralph (Massachusetts 1907-1951) Unfortunately, Ralph McLane died during his last 1950-1951 Philadelphia season of cancer on February 18, 1951, age only 43 .	Principal clarinet   Studied with Gaston Hamelin , Principal clarinet of the Boston Symphony both in Boston and in Paris after Koussevitzky had fired Hamelin. Ralph McLane gave the premiere performance of the Aaron Copland Clarinet Concert in New York City on November 24, 1950.	1943-1951
Meichelt, Albert Jr. brother-in-law of Philadelphia trumpet Paul Handke (Germany about 1868- )	trumpet - probably second trumpet (also Royal Hoftheater Munich where his father Albert Meichelt was first trumpet 1885-1912 27. Came to Philadelphia for two seasons probably recruited by Fritz Scheel who scouted for musicians for the Philadelphia Orchestra each summer in Germany)   Studied with his father Albert Meichelt Sr. (1850-1914) as he grew up in Munich, Germany.	1902-1904
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Melatti, Nicola	violin	1922-1924
Meriz, Emilio Marin (Spain 1881-1975)	violin (also Sigmund Beel String Quartette: Slgmund Beel first, Emilio Meriz second, Nathan Firestone viola, Wanceslso Villalpando cello in San Francisco in 1910s in chamber music and orchestral concerts)   Most of Meriz's career was as a musician in San Francisco. He may have played in the San Francisco Symphony under Henry Hadley.	1917-1918
Mertz, Herbert G.	violin	1919-1920
Messias, John	cello	1901-1902
Meyer, Harry W.	violin	1904-1915
Meyer, John A.	violin (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1901
Meyer, Paul	violin	1914-1921
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Michaux, Henry Joseph (Belgium 1882- )	Principal viola 1915-1917, viola 1917-1940	1915-1940
Miller, Charles S.	violin	1918-1919, 1943-1964
Miller, Frank (Maryland 1912–1986) Frank Miller in 1947	cello (also Minneapolis Symphony Principal cello 1935-1937, NBC Symphony Principal cello 1938-1953, conductor conduct the Florida Symphony 1954-1959, Chicago Symphony Principal cello 1959-1960 and 1961-1985, Chicago Symphony String Quartet for 35 years, conductor of the Evanston Symphony - Illinois)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1933 - played in cello section of the Philadelphia Orchestra even before graduation. Miller was cousin of Leonard Rose (1918-1984).	1930-1935
Miller, Max	violin	1962-1977
Miller, Nolan (Pennsylvania 1939- )	horn 1965-1966, Associate Principal horn 1966-1978, Principal horn 1978-2005.   Studied at Lebanon Valley College, PA and at the Curtis Institute Class of 1965.	1965-2005
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Minsel, Robert	horn	1901-1904 (principal, 1901-1902)
Minsker, John	English horn	1936-1959
Mischakoff, Mischa (Russia 1895-1981) born Mischa Isaakevich Fischberg, part of the musical Fishberg-Glantz family. Mischakoff as Concertmaster Warsaw Philharmonic 1921	Concertmaster (also Blüthner Orchestra, Berlin 1912, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Concertmaster 1913-1914, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra 1920, Warsaw Philharmonic Concertmaster 1921, New York Stadium concerts Orchestra 1922, New York Symphony Concertmaster 1924-1927, Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster 1927-1929, Chicago Symphony Concertmaster 1930-1937, NBC Symphony 1937-1952, Chautauqua Symphony Concertmaster 1926-1964, Detroit Symphony Concertmaster 1952-1968 - wow)   Studied at the Imperial Conservatory, St. Petersburg. In the spring of 1929, Mischa Mischakoff and David Dubinsky resigned from the Philadelphia Orchestra because of "rudeness" by Leopold Stokowski 7,8.	1927-1929
Modess, Oskar Max (Germany 1868-after 1930) Oskar Modess, with wife Anna, sons Walter and Edgar in 1922	Principal bassoon   Modess came to the US to the Chicago Orchestra in 1893, recruited by Theodore Thomas, where he was Principal bassoon 1893-1895. He was the first Principal bassoon of the Philadelphia Orchestra, recruited by Fritz Scheel. After he left the Philadelphia Orchestra, Modess played in New York concerts. Modess joined the John Philip Sousa Band 1910-1911 and went on their 1911 around-the-world tour to England, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In the 1920s and 1930s, he played oboe in New York theatre and hotel orchestras.	1900-1901
Mogill, Leonard (Pennsylvania 1911-1997) Leonard Mogill, right with fellow PO viola Irving Segall on Japan tour 1967	viola   Leonard Mogill grew up in Philadelphia, son of Polish-Jewish immigrants who came to the US in 1900, when Russia still ruled Poland. Leonard Mogill seems to be remembered most as a teacher of viola and violin, even more than his 46 season tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra. An example is the picture to the left showing Mogill with his former student Irving Segall, who became a colleague in the Philadelphia Orchestra viola section.	1935-1981
Molieri, Gaetano	viola	1971-1999
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Mollenhauer, Bernhard	violin	1900-1901
Molloy, John W.	violin	1920-1948
Monasewitch, Grisha	violin	1927-1936
Montanaro, Donald L (Connecticut 1933- ) married to Margarita Csonka Montanaro	Assistant Principal clarinet 1957-1984, Associate Principal clarinet 1984-2005 (also New Orleans Philharmonic, founding member of the Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble, and its Music Director since inception)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1954.	1957-2005
Montanaro, Margarita Csonka (1941- ) married to Donald Montanaro	Associate Principal harp 1986-1994, Co-Principal harp 1994-present (joined the Philadelphia orchestra immediately on graduating from the Curtis Institute. Also a founding member of the Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1963.	1963-present
Montone, Jennifer (Virginia 1974- )	Principal horn (also New Jersey Symphony third horn, Dallas Symphony Associate Principal horn 2000-2003, Saint Louis Symphony Principal horn 2003-2008. Also active in chamber music festivals including Bay Chamber Concerts - Maine, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, La Jolla Chamber Music Festival - California, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival - New Mexico, Bellingham Music Festival - Washington, Spoleto Chamber Music Festival - Italy and the Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus in about 1997.	2008-present
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Moon, Marvin (Pennsylvania 1980- )	viola (also Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Boston Symphony 2005-2007)   Studied at Boyer College of Music - Temple preparatory and Curtis Institute Class of 2003.	2007-present
Morales, Dara (Pennsylvania ) sister-in-law of Ricardo Morales	Assistant Principal Second violin (also Northern Kentucky Symphony Concertmaster, Puerto Rico Symphony Principal Second violin, Interim Associate Concertmaster, Utah Symphony Principal Second violin)   Studied at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music BMus, MMus.	summer 2007-present
Morales, Ricardo (Puerto Rico 1972- ) husband of Amy Oshiro	Principal clarinet (also Florida Symphony Principal clarinet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal clarinet 1993-2003. In October, 2010, the New York Philharmonic offered Morales the postion of Principal clarinet, a position which had been open the end of the 2008-2009 season. In April, 2011, the Philharmonic announced that Ricardo Morales would take up the Principal clarinet postion in New York beginning in September 2012, following his final Philadelphia commitments in the summer of 2012. )   Studied at Escuela Libre de Musica, San Juan, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Indiana University.	2003-probably 2012
Moret, Albert R.	violin	1902-1921
Morris, Charles Major (Pennsylvania 1921-1998)	Assistant Principal oboe 1954-1959, oboe 1959-1986 (also Kansas City Symphony in 1950s 170)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1947.	1954-1986
Morton, Frank S.	violin	1906-1907
Mueller, Herman (Germany 1878- )	viola 1910-1917, bassoon 1910-1937	1910-1937
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Mueller, Matthew J. (Germany 1889-1953) Killed by an automobile at the Worcester Festival on October 23, 1953 where the Philadelphia Orchestra was touring.	violin   Emigrated to New York City as a child in 1895. Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1925. Dismissed from the orchestra in March, 1940, but reinstated after much controversy 166.	1922-1953
Mueller, Otto F. (Germany 1870- )	violin (later a theater orchestra musician in Philadelphia)	1907-1914, 1921-1924
Muller, C. H.	double bass	1900-1901
Munroe, Lorne A. (Canada 1924- ) Lorne Munroe in New York	Principal cello (also Cleveland Orchestra Principal cello 1949-1950, Minneapolis Symphony 1950-1951, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal cello 1951-1964, New York Philharmonic Principal cello 1964-1996)   When 14, Lorne Munroe was taken to London by his sponsor, Australian composer/pianist Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960), where he studied with Benjamin and with cello teacher Ivor James (1882-1963) at the Royal College of Music. He also studied at the Curtis Institute in the same class as Paul Olefsky, graduating in 1947.	1951-1964 /td>
Munsch, Georg	clarinet	1901-1902
Murphy, Charlton Lewis (Pennsylvania 1878- )	violin (also a theater musician in the 1910s)   Studied violin in Geneva, Switzerland 1904-1906. Taught at the Philadelphia Musical Academy in the 1920s.	1900-1901
Murray, Edward	viola	1924-1935, 1936-1938
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Nast, Ludwig Max (born Strasbourg, then Germany, later France 1872-1933) Ludwig Nast in 1909	cello (also Kiev Symphony Orchestra - Russia Principal cello, Boston Symphony cello 1904-1919, later Detroit Symphony from about 1920-about 1933, also Mendelssohn Piano Trio: Ray Groff violin, Ludwig Nast cello, Victor Baxter piano in 1910s, also Boston Symphony Sextette whose membership in 1909 was: William F. Krafft first violin, Placido Fiumara second violin, John Mullaly viola, Ludwig Nast cello, Max Kunze bass, who was also group leader 188)   Studied at the Strasbourg Conservatoire.	1902-1904
Nava, Genaro Martinez (or Martinez-Nava) (Mexico 1895- )	viola   brother of Luciano Neva French horn of the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1910s and the Rialto Theater, New York in the 1920s.	1922-1923
Neeter, Philip (Netherlands 1882- )	viola (also St. Louis Symphony in 1930s, also Wendling Sting Quartet: Carl Wendling first, Hans Michaelis second, Philipp Neeter viola, Alfred Saal cello)   In 1921, received the gold medal award from the University of Buenos Aires - Argentina.	1925-1929
Nelson, Angela Zator (Illinois 1975- )	timpani 1999-2003, Associate Principal timpani 2003-present (also active in Network for New Music Ensemble)   Studied at Northwestern University and Temple University Master of Musical Performance 2001. Active in contemporary music, she performed in the premiere of the first five American Songbooks by George Crumb (there are now six), chamber music for percussion, piano, and voice.	1999-present
Ni, Hai-Ye (China 1972- ) photo: Philadelphia Orchestra, n.d.	Principal cello (also Associate Principal cello New York Philharmonic 1999-2006, although she is still listed in the Philharmonic roster through the end of the 2006-2007 season)   Studied at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, then San Francisco Conservatory late 1980s, the Juilliard School about 1990 followed by William Pleeth in London. also active in summer music festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont, the Spoleto Festival - South Carolina, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival - New Mexico, the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado, the La Jolla SummerFest - California, the Kuhmo Festival - Finland, and the Pablo Casals Festival - France.  Hai-Ye Ni performed the music of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939- ) at the Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall in 2004.	September 2006-present
Nicastro, David B. (born in New York, but grew up in the Netherlands 1966- )	viola (also San Francisco Opera Orchestra Associate Principal viola, Kono Quartet - Indiana, also active in a quartet made up of Paul Roby first, Hirono Oka second, David Nicastro viola, John Haines-Eitzen cello)   Studied at Boston University BA English and BMus in violin, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Artists Diploma.	1995-present
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Nicoletta, Frank Anthony (Maryland 1884-1963)	harp (also a theater musician in Philadelphia and at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey.   Taught at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, which later became the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts.	1923-1931
Nowinski, David (or Nowiński) (Poland 1875-perhaps returned to Poland)	violin (also Stanley Theater orchestra - Philadelphia, also Worcester Festival Orchestra - Massachusetts 1915, Cleveland Orchestra under Nicolai Sokoloff 1922-1924)   Taught at the University of Pennsylvania School of Music prior to the Philadelphia Orchestra.	1906-1917
Numazawa, Yayoi (Japan about 1971- ) photo: Philadelphia Orchestra, n.d.	violin   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1989. Won the Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition at Curtis two times.	1995-present
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O'Carroll (Dalschaert), Cathleen C. wife of Stephane Dalschaert (Australia 1930- )	violin   See the entry for Cathleen O'Carroll Dalschaert	1967-1991
Oberstein, Bram	cello	1923-1924
Oesterreicher, Walter	flute/piccolo	1903-1904 (principal)
Ofer, Erez (Israel 1959- )	Concertmaster. A fine violinist, but the post did not work out, and Ofer departed in March, 1998. (also Co-Concertmaster Bavarian State Radio Orchestra 1992, Amernet Quartet 1999-2003.  Berlin Radio Orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin) Concertmaster 2001-present)   Studied in Israel with Ilona Feher (1901-1988), and at Indiana University with Josef Gingold in the late 1970s. Also Freiburg Musikhochschule in Germany and the Juilliard School in 1991.	1995-March 1998
Oka, Hirono (Japan 1957- )	violin (also active in the Delaware Chamber Music Festival, and in Network for New Music Ensemble, also active in a quartet made up of Paul Roby first, Hirono Oka second, David Nicastro viola, John Haines-Eitzen cello)   Studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and the Curtis Institute Class of 1982.	1990-present
Olanoff, Max (Russia 1900-1980)	violin (a concert soloist in New York City 1917-1918, and again in the early 1920s, but with mixed reviews, then played lesser concerts with community orchestras - the solo career was not working, during the 1930s played in radio staff orchestras, with the advantage of 52 week employment, Buffalo Philharmonic 1946-1947)   Studied at the Von Ende School of Music (New York) and with Leopold Auer in New York City (before Auer was at Juilliard or Curtis).	1918-1919
Olefsky, Paul (Illinois 1926- )	Cello 1946-1948, Principal cello 1948-1951 (In 1956, Paul Olefsky is listed as being Principal cello in the Chicago Symphony roster 1, but he seems not to have served with the Chicago Symphony for the entire 1956-1957 season, if he did in fact take the Principal chair.  By February, 1957, Paul Olefsky is again listed as Principal cello of the Detroit Symphony. Detroit Symphony Principal cello 1952-1957. After Detroit his career was devoted to teaching - University of Texas, Austin)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1947.	1946-1951
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Olk, Gustav (Germany 1862- ) brother of Hugo Olk	viola   Studied violin at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik.	1903-1904
Olk, Hugo (Germany 1868-after 1930) brother of Gustav Olk	Associate Concertmaster 1902-1903, Concertmaster 1903-1904. In Chicago Symphony records, Olk is also listed as "Concertmaster" in 1908 but was not - perhaps Olk was briefly Associate Concertmaster to Leopold Kramer in Chicago, just as he was Associate to Concertmaster John Marquardt in Philadelphia 1902-1903.  (also Helsinki Orchestra in 1880s, Kroll Opera Berlin, Kiev Symphony Concertmaster - Ukraine, Philadelphia Orchestra Associate Concertmaster 1902-1903 and Concertmaster 1903-1904, Concertmaster Cincinnati Symphony 1904-1906, Concertmaster St. Louis Symphony 1907-1917, then viola into 1920s)   Studied violin at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik.	1902-1904
Ollstein, Samuel	violin	1920-1922
Orlando, Anthony C. (Pennsylvania 1946- )	percussion 1972-2003, Associate Principal percussion 2003-present (also percussion/timpani Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, Lyric Opera Orchestra, and the Greater Trenton Symphony. active in Network for New Music Ensemble)   Studied at the Philadelphia Music Academy. Also performs ragtime xylophone and contemporary music for marimba and solo percussion concerts. Also contemporary music with Penn Contemporary Players performing George Rochberg and Richard Wernick.	1972-present
Oshiro (Morales), Amy (Illinois 1972- ) wife of Ricardo Morales	violin (also Assistant Concertmaster Grant Park Orchestra - Illinois, Associate Concertmaster Colorado Symphony, violin and Assistant Concertmaster Saint Louis Symphony 1998-January 2008)   Studied at Oberlin Conservatory BMus 1995 and the Juilliard School.	July, 2008-present
Owen, Charles E.	percussion (also US Marine Band about 1934-1954 170)	1954-1972 (principal)
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Paepke, Gustav	violin	1902-1905, 1922-1923
Panitz, Murray W.	flute	1961-1989 (principal)
Park (Chen), Laura (about 1963- )	violin (also Boston Symphony 1991-1997, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Chicago Lyric Opera)   Curtis Institute Class of 1984	1984-1992
Park, Sang-Min	cello	1988-1995
Parme, Frederic	clarinet	1925-1927
Paul, Ferdinand	saxophone	1917-1920
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Pauli, Matyas (or Mathias) Peter (Hungary 1888-after 1943)	double bass (also a Philadelphia theater musician before the Philadelphia Orchestra)	1918-1923, 1926-1942
Pellegrini, Alfonso L. (Italy 1885- )	violin	1919-1920
Pellerite, James John (1926- )	Principal flute (also Indianapolis Symphony Principal flute 1949-1951, Detroit Symphony 1952-1956, L'Orquestra Sinfonica de Puerto Rico Principal flute, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal flute 1960-1961)   Studied at the Juilliard School graduating in 1948. Professor of Flute at Indiana University 1962-1987.	1960-1961 (principal)
Penha, Michel (Netherlands 1888-1982)   Michel Penha in about 1920	Principal cello (also Tollefsen Piano Trio - New York, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal cello 1920-1925, San Francisco Symphony Principal cello 1925-1930, California String Quartet 1925 into the 1940s, Abas String Quartet based in San Francisco, Neah–Kah–Nie String Quartet in Oregon in 1930, also San Francisco String Quartet founded by SFS Concertmaster Naoum Blinder: Naoum Blinder first, William Wolski second, Romain Verney viola, and Michel Penha cello in 1938. Then, theRoussel Trio in Los Angeles 1952. Also MGM Studio Orchestra in Hollywood in 1950s)   Studied at the Amsterdam Conservatoire with Isaac Mossel (1870-1923) graduating in 1905. Penha also studied with Hugo Becker (1864-1941), perhaps at Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium in Frankfurt.	1920-1925
Pepper, Joseph	violin	1948-1951
Petersen, Anna Marie Ahn (Korea 1969- )	viola (also Brandenburg Ensemble and the New York-based Jupiter Symphony (now the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players) Principal violin)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1992. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Ravinia Festival - Illinois, the Casals Festival - Puerto Rico, the Seoul Arts Festival - Korea, Saratoga Chamber Music Festival - New York and Kingston Chamber Music Festival - Rhode Island.	1992-present
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Pfannkuchen, William	bassoon	1906-1907
Pfeiffer, Walter	violin	1910-1919
Pfeuffer, Robert J.	contrabassoon	1962-1991
Pfouts, Earl	Principal Second violin 1911-1912, violin 1912-1918	1911-1918
Phillips, Bert	cello	1959-1990
Phillips (Rosenbaum), Edna (Pennsylvania 1907-2003) thanks to Mary Sue Welsh for this photo	Principal harp (first woman musician of the Philadelphia Orchestra - and at age only 22 - to be followed by Elsa Hilger, cello and Lois Putlitz, violin). (Phillips also was harp briefly with the Roxy Theater orchestra - New York City)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1930. Listen to Edna Phillip's famous recording of Debussy Danses sacrée et profane. Taught at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music 1932-1972. She commissioned the Concerto for Harp by Alberto Ginastera (1956).	1930-1941, 1942-1946   on sabbatical 1941-1942
Pick, Hanns (Switzerland 1883-1957) at University of Michigan	Principal cello   Studied at the Karlsruhe Conservatory - Germany. Taught at the University of Michigan, head of the Cello Department about 1929-1949. also conducting the University orchestra.	1925-1926 (principal)
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Pierson, Herbert	horn	1938-1974
Pieschel, Paul	bassoon	1908-1909 (principal)
Pillischer, Stephen	violin	1924-1925
Pitkowski, Paul	violin	1921-1925
Planert, Paul	double bass	1901-1905
Podemski, Benjamin	percussion	1923-1948, 1951-1954 (principal, 1924-1948, 1951-1954)
Polk, William husband of Kerri Ryan	violin (also Minnesota Orchestra Associate Principal second violin 2005-2007, co-founded the Minneapolis Quartet: Vali Phillips first, William Polk second, Kerri Ryan viola, Joseph Johnson cello 2002-2007. In Minnesota, Polk was also guest Principal Second violin Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)   Studied at Louisiana State University, University of Minnesota. Also active in summer festivals, including the Mainly Mozart Summer Festival - San Diego, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society - Wisconsin 2006.	October, 2007-present
Pollikoff, Max (New Jersey 1904-1984)	violin (also a New York sessions musician including for radio and television commercials. Remembered for sessions such as his playing in the Morton Gould recording of Copland's Billy the Kid and Rodeo)   Studied in Europe and the US under a scholarship from the MacDowell Music Club. Max Pollikoff was an advocate of contemporary and in New York City created Music in Our Time 1954-1974.	1929-1930
Popoff, Alexander	violin	1923-1925
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Pöpperl, Franz	violin and contrabassoon	1901-1902
Portnoy, Bernard (Pennsylvania 1914-2006) (photograph by Zinn, Arthur, and Kufeld, n.d. Courtesy of the Cleveland Orchestra Archives)	Principal clarinet (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal clarinet under Fritz Reiner about 1937-1940, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet 1940-1943, Cleveland Orchestra Principal clarinet 1947-1953, in 1950s,a New York sessions musician, including the Broadway cast recording of My Fair Lady with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, also in New York, played regularly in the WOR Mutual Broadcasting Orchestra)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1937. Taught at both the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute.	1940-1946   In 1943, Portnoy entered the US Merchant Marine, but remained on the official roster of the Philadelphia Orchestra until 1946. After WW2, Portnoy was not returned to the Principal clarinet position, so is listed here as Principal clarinet 1940-1943.
Pottag, Max Paul (Germany 1876-1970)	horn (also the band of the German Navy in 1890s, Hamburg Symphony Principal horn, Philadelphia Orchestra horn 1901-1902, Pittsburgh Symphony 1902-1905, Cincinnati Symphony 1905-1907, Chicago Symphony second horn 1907-1944, fourth horn 1944-1946, Little Symphony Orchestra - Chicago)   Studied with Friedrich Gumpert (1841-1906) at the Leipzig Royal Conservatory as did Anton Horner and Max Hess, graduating in 1899. Max Pottag was a prolific writer and arranger of music for the horn.	1901-1902
Price, Calvin C.	trumpet	1989-1990 (assistant principal)
Price, Irwin L.	trombone	1942-1945
Primavera, Joseph P., Jr. (Pennsylvania 1926-2006) Joseph Primavera in favorite career: conductor of the Philadelphia Youth Orchesta	viola (also Baltimore Symphony viola 1949-1950, Conductor Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 1954-2005)   Studied with his father Joseph Primavera Sr. (1892- ), and Italian immigrant who was a violinist and a violin maker in Philadelphia. During World War 2, studied at the Navy School of Music in Washington, while playing in Navy bands. Also Combs College of Music - Philadelphia BMus in conducting.	1951-1966
Prinz, Milton (New York 1903-1957) Died fighting cancer age only 55	cello (also Toscanini's NBC Symphony 1937-about 1950, New York Philharmonic in the early 1950s. also in the 1950s, a New York City session musician, also in 1930s New York String Quartet: Ottokar Cadek first, Jaroslav Slskovsky second, Ludvik Schwab viola, Milton Prinz cello, also ABC Radio staff orchestra in NYC, Voice of Firestone radio orchestra Principal cello)   Studied with his father Arthur Prinz, an amateur cellist. His sister Pearl Prinz was also a professional cellist in theater orchestras in the New York City area.	1924-1930
Pulis, Gordon M. (New York 1923-1987)	trombone (also Toronto Symphony, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Principal trombone 1946-1956, also New York Philharmonic bass trumpet 1949-1956)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1936 and also with Emory Remington (1891–1971) of the Eastman School.	1939-1946
Putlitz, Lois P. wife of Gabriel Braverman (Nebraska 1910-1961) born in Nebraska but grew up in California	violin / keyboard (one of the pioneering women of the professional orchestral world - third woman musician to join the Philadelphia Orchestra after Edna Phillips, harp and Elsa Hilger, cello. In 1938, the press wrote that the Philadelphia Orchestra was "...the single great orchestra that does not restrict women to the harp section..." 201)   Studied in Germany during the summer of 1925, and then admitted to the Curtis Institute in 1927, graduated in the Class of 1931. Under the sponsorship of the Curtis Institute, made her New York debut at Town Hall March 14, 1928 200.	1936-1962   died September 13, 1962 just prior to the beginning of the 192-1963 season
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Querengaesser (or Querengässer), Karl Theodor (then Germany, now Poland 1878- )	double bass	1901-1915
Querze, Raoul Mario (1934- ) photo: Chris Lee, n.d.	second clarinet and principal saxophone, succeeding Jules Serpentini (also U.S. Marine Band in Washington, D.C, the Baltimore Symphony, the Goldman Band, Aeolus Woodwind Quintet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)   Studied at Manhattan School of Music BMus, and the Curtis Institute Class of 1956.	1962-present
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Rahmig, Paul R. (Germany 1872- )	Principal double bass 1901-1914, double bass 1914-1917, 1919-1920, 1924-1926	1901-1917, 1919-1920, 1924-1926
Raho, Edward (Italy 1873-1952)	oboe (also Russian Symphony of New York oboe and English horn in 1911 186)   In March, 1930, Leopold Stokowski was criticized for dismissing four players for being 'stale' 152, of which Edward Raho was one.  The changes were likely greater than the 4, since 13 musicians did not return the next season.	1913-1930
Raho, Lewis	oboe	1918-1924
Ranti, Richard (Canada 1962- ) photo: Boston Symphony Orchestra, n.d.	bassoon (also also Boston Symphony Associate Principal bassoon 1989-present, he is founding member of the Walden Chamber Players: Tatiana Dimitriades violin, Irina Muresanu violin, Alexander Velinzon violin, Yehonatan Berick violin, Christof Huebner viola, Ashima Scripp cello, Donald Palma bass, Marianne Gedigian flute, Laura Ahlbeck oboe, Thomas Martin clarinet, Richard Ranti bassoon, Clark Matthews horn, Jonathan Bass piano)   Studied as a student at the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Tanglewood Music Center - 1982, and then at the Curtis Institute Class of 1983. He has released his latest bassoon recording on Nonantum Records. He has also recorded for NAXOS. He teaches at the New England Conservatory and Boston University. Active in music festivals, including the Spoleto Festoval - Italy and the Marlboro Festival - Vermont. See Richard Ranti's interesting website http://people.bu.edu/rranti/	1983-1990   (Richard Ranti seems not to have completed 1989-1990 season due to his appointment as Boston Symphony Associate Principal bassoon)
Rapier, Wayne born Elma Wayne Raper Texas 1930–2005) 14	oboe (also US Marine Corps Band, Indianapolis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Principal oboe about 1956-1960, Philadelphia Orchestra Associate Principal oboe 1960-1965, Boston Symphony oboe 1970-1995, Santa Fe Opera during summers, Trio Concertante with Chicago Symphony Principal flute Donald Peck for 20 years)   Studied at the Eastman School, and privately with Marcel Tabuteau in Philadelphia. Like Philip Farkas, Wayne Rapier was an active aircraft pilot, as is Mike Roylance, Boston Symphony tuba.	1960-1965
Rattay, Howard Field (Pennsylvania 1876- )	violin (also Kosman String Quartet: Elkan Kosman first, Edwin Brill second, Howard Rattay viola, Rudolph Hennig cello)   Studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy, graduated in 1899. Then studied in Germany 1900-1902.	1905-1906
Read, Kathryn Annette Picht (Iowa 1953- ) photo: Jean Brubaker, n.d.	cello (also Kalamazoo Symphony Principal cello, Springfield - Massachusetts Symphony, Battle Creek Symphony Principal cello, and the Champagne-Urbana Symphony.   Studied first with her mother and then the University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois BMus, Boston University MMus. Taught at the New School of Music - Philadelphia and at Temple University.	1979-present
Reeder, Deborah F.	cello	1973-1979
Rehrig, Harold W.	third trumpet	1923-1963
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Reiter, Josef	horn	1900-1901 (principal)
Rensch, Albert	oboe	1901-1902 (principal librarian, 1901-1902)
Reuben, Ronald (Pennsylvania 1932- )	bass clarinet; succeeded Leon Lester as bass clarinet. (also Stan Kenton Orchestra jazz tenor saxophone 1958, based in Los Angeles, and with other bands, Pennsylvania Ballet Principal clarinet, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia prior to the PO)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1955, Temple University, Los Angeles City College. He also writes that he was a stand-up comedian in California. Three Philadelphia Orchestra bass clarinets in 89 seasons: Lucien Cailliet 1916-1938, Leon Lester 1938-1966, Ron Reuben 1967-2005 (with a one year gap for contractual reasons).	1967-2005
Reve, Kalman (Austria-Hungary, now Hungary 1894-1979)	violin (also Cleveland Orchestra Second Concertmaster - i.e. Assistant Concertmaster 1930-1932. In 1930s was in summers a cruise ship musician, in 1940s was a New York City Broadway and sessions musician, and played in the Tommy Dorsey orchestra).	1923-1924
Rex, Charles	violin	1972-1980
Rex, Christopher D.	cello	1973-1979
Reynolds, Veda	violin	1943-1967 (assistant concertmaster, 1958-1959)
Rhodes, John	viola	1901-1902
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Rice, L. M.	viola	1902-1903
Rich, Thaddeus (Indiana 1885-1969)   in 1913	Concertmaster (also Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra violin in 1900, age only 16. In Berlin, Opera des Westens Concertmaster at age 19. Also founding member of the Rich Quartet: Thaddeus Rich first, Harry Aleinikoff second, Romain Verney viola and Hans Kindler cello)   Studied at the Leipzig Conservatory 1896-1900. Rich left the Philadelphia Orchestra after 1925-1926 season after a falling out with Stokowski. He then became curator of the instrument collection of Rodman Wanamaker. In the 1930s and 1940s he taught at Temple University, where he was Dean of Music.	1906-1926
Richardson, John	violin	1929-1931
Riese, Albert (Germany 1860-1941)	third horn   Emigrated to New York City in 1883. During his career with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the horn section was: Anton Horner, Joseph Horner, Albert Riese, and Otto Henneberg.	1904-1909, 1910-1931
Rietzel, Herman	oboe	1911-1913
Ritter, Albert	timpani	1902-1903
Ritzke, A.	clarinet	1900-1901
Robinson, Harold "Hal" (Texas 1952- )	Principal double bass (also Albuquerque Symphony Principal bass 1975-1977, Houston Symphony Assistant Principal bass 1977-1985, National Symphony of Washington DC Principal bass 1985-1995)   Studied at Northwestern University and the Peabody Conservatory. His parents were musicians in the Houston Symphony, father Keith Principal bass, mother Dorothe was violin.	1995-present
Roby, Paul E. Jr. (Massachusetts 1966- )	violin 1991-2000, Associate Principal second violin 2000-present (also Baltimore Symphony, National Symphony of Washington DC. Founding member of the Salzau Quartet, also active in a quartet made up of Paul Roby first, Hirono Oka second, David Nicastro viola, John Haines-Eitzen cello)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1988. His father and first teacher, Paul Roby Sr., was Concertmaster and then, like his son Principal second violin of the Terre Haute Symphony - Indiana. In 1997, they performed the Mozart Sinfonia concertante in which Paul Roby Sr. played the viola.	1991-present
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Rodemann, August Hilmar (Germany 1870-after 1930)	Principal flute and assistant conductor. (also conductor of the Tankopanicum Orchestra - now the Delaware Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Principal flute, New York Symphony second flute 1919-1926, then to Syracuse University - New York)   On February 23, 1907, August Rodemann acting as conductor for the contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936), got into and on-stage argument with the singer, and was summarily dismissed 18.	1902-February 1907
Rodenkirchen, Christian (Germany 1858-1915) Rodenkirchen died on February 6, 1915, just days before his 57th birthday.	Principal trumpet 1907-1909, Second trumpet 1911-1915 (also the Cologne Municipal Orchestra in 1880s, in which Frederick Stock also played, the Aamold Concert Company, a mid-west touring orchestra in 1890, Chicago Symphony Principal cornet 1891-1902, New York Symphony Principal trumpet 1903-1904, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal trumpet 1904-1905, New York Philharmonic Principal trumpet 1905-1907, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trumpet 1907-1909, returned to the New York Philharmonic Principal trumpet 1909-1911 under Gustav Mahler, returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra as second trumpet 1911-his early death on February 6, 1915)	1907-1909, 1911-1915   did not complete the 1914-1915 season due to his death on February 6, 1915
Roelofsma, Edmond (Netherlands 1875-1943)	bass clarinet (also Winterthur Orchestra Principal clarinet - Switzerland and Geneva Symphony Principal clarinet, Hamburg Symphony in 1890s. Principal clarinet of the Rotterdam Philharmonic in late 1890 while also teaching at the Rotterdam Royal Conservatory 177. Following the Philadelphia Orchestra, Roelofsma was the New York Philharmonic bass clarinet 1920-1942)   Roelofsma studied violin, piano and clarinet at the Groningen Conservatory - Netherlands.	1902-1920
Roens, Samuel (then Russia now Ukraine 1894-1954)	viola (also New York Symphony probably 1920-1921)   Samuel Roens participated in a well-know Philadelphia Orchestra recording still sold today: Paul White - Sea Chantey for Harp and Strings with Edna Phillips harp, Alexander Hilsberg and Sol Ruden violins, Samuel Roens viola, Samuel Mayes cello, Anton Torello bass recorded for Columbia M-259 in 1945.	1919-1920, 1921-1954   Samuel Roens died while on tour with the Philadelphia Orchestra at a concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 30, 1954 just one week after his 60th birthday 178.
Roeschmann, Benjamin (Germany about 1869- )	violin (also the Symphony Society of Philadelphia 1893-1899, a mostly amateur musician orchestra, conducted by William Wallace Gilchrist 1846-1916)	1900-1901, 1903-1904
Rogister, Jean (Belgium 1879-1964)	viola (also Quatuor Chaumont and in 1925 Quatuor de Liège: Henri Koch first, Joseph Beck second, Jean Rogister viola, Lydie Schor cello)   Studied at the Conservatoire de Liège, Belgium and on graduation in 1900 was appointed Professor of viola at the Conservatoire. Also taught there in the 1920s after returning from Philadelphia. Rogister was a composer, particularly of chamber music said to show influences of Vincent d'Indy.	1923-1924
Rosen, Irvin	violin 1945-1954, Principal second violin 1954-1984	1945-1984
Rosenblatt, Louis (Pennsylvania 1928-2009)	Assistant Principal oboe in the 1959 and later that year succeeded John Minsker as English horn 1959-1995. (also US Army Field Band first oboe during the Korean War, Houston Symphony English Horn 1954-1955, New Orleans Philharmonic 1955-1959)   Studied at the South Philadelphia High School for Boys and at Curtis Institute Class of 1951. Taught at Temple University - Philadelphia for five decades.	1959-1995
Rosenfeld, Seymour	trumpet	1946-1988 (assistant principal, 1952-1955)
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Rosengard, Duane (Illinois about 1961- )	double bass (also Orquesta Sinfónica de Veracruz, Mexico, Rochester Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic)   Studied at Interlochen, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. See the great picture at left of Duane Rosengard (l) and David Fay in the Palace of Catalan Music - Barcelona (but not all touring is so picturesque). Also he has published on Italian double basses from the 16th to 20th centuries.	December, 1986-present
Roth, Manuel	violin/percussion	1924-1972
Rovetti, Marc (Connecticut )	violin 2007-2009, Associate Concertmaster 2009-present (also New World Symphony - Florida, International Contemporary Ensemble, Rothko String Quartet)   Studied at Juilliard BMus, MMus. and New York University Advanced Certificate. Active in contemporary music, he has premiered works such as Augusta Read Thomas Two movements from Spirit Musings at Tanglewood in 2003.	2007-present
Rowe, Booker (Kentucky 1940- ) but raised in Philadelphia	violin (musician trainee of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1970-1971. also Nashville Symphony Orchestra, 1963-1965, New Haven Symphony 1965-1968 while studying at Yale, National Symphony of Washington DC 1969-1970)   Temple University BMus 1963, Yale University MMus 1968. Played the José White Violin Concert with the Royal Ethiopian Philharmonic Orchestra in Washington in 1992.	1971-present
Rowe, George D. (about 1893- )	E-flat Clarinet (also Cleveland Orchestra Associate Principal clarinet, E-flat clarinet 1924-1944, bass clarinet 1927-1928)   Studied clarinet with Paul Mimart of the Boston Symphony and Joseph Schreurs Principal clarinet of the Chicago Symphony. While serving in the Navy during the First World War, he studied with Prosper Mimart (1859-1918) of the Paris Conservatoire. While in Cleveland, taught Cleveland Institute of Music and in summers at the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan. After the Philadelphia Orchestra, taught at the Philadelphia Musical Academy in the 1960s.	1944-1957
Rozanel, Elizer (Poland about 1885-probably during 1960s)	trumpet (also Cleveland Orchestra Principal trumpet 1918-1920)   Elizer (or Eliezer) was one of five brass musician brothers, Louis, David, Morris, Meyer, and Elizer Rozanel who emigrated from Poland, then under Russian rule, to play mostly in New York City orchestras, but also in the case of Elizer in Philadelphia and Cleveland, and David in Cleveland)	1917-1918
Ruden, Sol (New York 1903-1990) Sol Ruden standing left with Toscanini in 1942	violin 1929-1941, 1956-1968, Principal second violin 1941-1953   His father Joseph, a pharmacist, had emigrated from Minsk, Russia (now Belarus) in the 1890s 158. A dedicated follower of Theosophy, which he pursued during travels.	1929-1953, 1956-1968
Ryan, Kerri C. wife of William Polk	Assistant Principal viola (also Minnesota Orchestra Assistant Principal viola 2002-2007, Charleston Symphony Associate Concertmaster in late 1990s. With husband William Polk, while in Minnesota founded the Minneapolis Quartet: Vali Phillips first, William Polk second, Kerri Ryan viola, Joseph Johnson cello)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1998	2007-present
Rykmans, Roelof	double bass	1901-1902
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Saal, Alfred	cello	1904-1906 (principal)
Saam, Frank E.	violin	1958-1997
Saidenberg, Daniel (Canada 1906-1997) Mischakoff Quartet in 1933: left to right: Daniel Saidenberg cello, Mischa Mischakoff first, Milton Preves viola Samuel Thaviu second	cello (also Chicago Symphony Principal cello 1930-1936, Mischakoff Quartet in Chicago starting in 1933: Mischa Mischakoff first, Samuel Thaviu second, Milton Preves viola, Daniel Saidenberg cello. also developed a conducting career: conductor of the Alka Seltzer Radio Hour on NBC radio in 1940, and in 1946 founded and was conductor of the the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra)   Studied at the Paris Conservatoire winning his Prix in about the 1921 Concour. Then he studied at the Institute of Musical Art (later Juilliard) 1925-1930 while still playing in the Philadelphia Orchestra.	1925-1929
Sandby, Herman (Denmark 1883-1966)	Principal cello (the Philadelphia Orchestra was Sandby's only orchestral post)   Studied at the Frankfurt Conservatory 1886-1901. Sandby toured the U.S. during 1903-1904. Several of Sandby's compositions, including a cello concerto were premiered in February, 1916 by Stokowski and the Orchestra. Incidentally, Sandby was a lifelong vegetarian.	1902-1904, 1908-1916
Saputelli, William	cello/percussion	1952-1988 (percussion, 1972-1983)
Sargeant, Emmet R.	cello	1929-1944
Sauder, Adolph	Principal oboe 1900-1901, oboe 1907-1911 (also Principal oboe of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1901 (principal), 1907-1911
Savitt, Jacob (also billed as Jan Savitt) (Russia 1908-1948) Savitt as a band leader in late 1930s	violin (also toured US in late 1930s and early 1940s as Jan Savitt Swing Band, also on NBC network radio)   Studied at the Curtis Institute of Music Class of 1930. One of the musicians who played in the Philadelphia Orchestra while still studying at the Curtis Institute. He became music director of Philadelphia radio stations KYW and WCAU, and was a popular swing band leader on radio and touring at similar venues as Benny Goodman 191. Died October 4, 1948 touring in California of a cerebral hemorrhage, age only 39 192.	1926-1934
Saylor, Herbert F.	violin	1904-1905
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Schaefer, Fritz	viola	1904-1905
Schaeffer, John A.	double bass	1949-1951
Scheel, Julius Heinrich Diedrich (Germany 1860-probably after 1930) Probably younger brother of Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Fritz Scheel	Principal Second violin (also Principal Second violin in 1904 Boston Festival Orchestra organized by Emil Mollenhauer)	1901-1912
Scheele, Paul	viola	1902-1915
Schewe, Reinhold (Germany 1877- )	violin (also Piano Quartet with Henry Albert Lang piano, Frederich Hahn violin, Reinhold Schewe viola, Bertrand Austin cello in early 1900s. after Philadelphia Orchestra he was a musician in the Schubert Theater orchestra - Philadelphia in the 1920s)   Taught at the Philadelphia Musical Academy in the 1910s.	1900-1901, 1907-1916
Schinner, Karl	horn	1901-1902
Schlechtweg, William "Billy" (Pennsylvania 1874-1919) born in Philadelphia to German parents	second trombone (also Ringling Brothers Circus band 1897, Stanley Theater musician, Philadelphia 1915-1919) Philadelphia Orchestra Trombone section during William Schlechtweg's service was Otto Elst, Principal Trombone, Schlechtweg, second trombone, and Charles E. Gerhard and then Paul P. Lotz, bass trombones. Brother Matthew Schlechtweg was clarinet (or their term: clarionet) of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)   Hit by a car and died on April 18, 1919, age 44.	1904-1915
Schlegel, Hans	flute/piccolo	1916-1940
Schmidt, Alexander	violin (from 1908-1929 frequently recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, including as part of the groups called the Florentine Quartet, with fellow Philadelphia Orchestra musicians Alexander Schmidt violin, Alfred Lennartz cello, Clement Barone flute, Francis J. Lapitino harp)	1908-1912
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Schmidt, Emil Fredrick (Philadelphia 1877- ) brother of William A. Schmidt	viola 1900-1901, violin 1900-1901, 1903-1904, 1908-1923 (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900, also the Schmidt Quartet, Emil Schmidt first, Louis Angeloty second, Alfred Lorenz viola, William Schmidt, brother of Emil, cello 1914-1921)   Studied at the University of Pennsylvania. Father Gustav Schmidt taught at the Philadelphia Musical Academy in the 1880s and 1890s.	1900-1901, 1903-1904, 1908-1923
Schmidt, Georg	viola	1902-1911
Schmidt, Henry W. (Pennsylvania 1898-1988)	violin (also Ann Arbor May Festival orchestra - Michigan. he was personnel manager 1945-1963)   Studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music 195.	1920-1963
Schmidt, Richard (New York 1867-after 1930) does not seem related to William and Emil Schmidt.	Principal viola (also Beethoven String Quartet ( William Stoll Jr . first, Edwin A. Brill second, Richard Schmidt viola, Rudolph Hennig cello. Also he later conducted and played violin in Philadelphia theater orchestras)   Taught at the Philadelphia Musical Academy in 1890s.	1900-1901
Schmidt, William A. (Philadelphia 1883- ) brother of Emil Schmidt	Acting Principal cello (as we would say today) 1935-1936 and February-May, 1939, cello 1903-1904, 1911-1912, 1914-1935, 1936-1946 (except February - May, 1939)   Played a Nicholas Lupoy cello of 1762.	1903-1904, 1911-1912, 1914-1946
Schmitz, Charles M.	cello	1900-1901
Schmitz, Philip	cello	1903-1913, 1919-1925
Schoen, William	viola	1963-1964 (principal)
Schoenbach, Sol	bassoon	1937-1957 (principal)
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Schoenthal, Charles F.	flute	1900-1901 (principal), 1909-1910
Schon, Gerold A. (Illinois 1893-1971) Gerold Schon as Detroit Symphony contrabassoon in the 1946-1947 season. That may be Leonard Sharrow behind Schon.	cello (also Chicago Grand Opera Company orchestra under Joseph Rafaelli prior to Philadelphia, US Marine Band in 1920s. Detroit Symphony cello and bassoon 1927-late 1940s. Gerold Schon seems to have played bassoon, like his father John Schon Sr. and his brother John Schon Jr.)   Studied first with his German-born theater musician father John Schon (Johann Schön 1859- ) who played oboe and bassoon.	1918-1920
Schon, John Casper (Illinois 1885-1966)	bassoon (also prior to Philadelphia, a theater musician in Chicago in the 1910s, also Chicago Grand Opera Company orchestra under Rafaelli prior to Philadelphia. after Philadelphia, bassoon of the Chicago Civic Opera in the 1920s and 1930s until at least 1945)   Studied first with his German-born theater musician father John Schon (Johann Schön 1859- ) who played oboe and bassoon.	1916-1920
Schoppe, Walter	saxophone	1917-1920
Schott, George	cello	1912-1918
Schrader, Fred	Principal trombone 1904-1905, trombone 1905-1906, 1908-1912 (also permanent member trombone with the Victor Orchestra under Josef Pasternack (1881-1940).	1904-1906, 1908-1912
Schreibmann, B.	trumpet	1921-1923
Schuch, Benno	Associate Concertmaster	1901-1902
Schuchholz, Otto	bassoon/contrabassoon	1903-1905
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Schuecker, Edmund (Austria 1860-1911) older brother to famed harpist Heinrich Schuecker (1867-1913) of the Boston Symphony, who also died young. also uncle of Philadelphia Orchestra harpist Joseph Schuecker Edmund Schuecker in 1890	Principal harp (also Park Orchestra - Amsterdam solo harp 1877-1882, Parlow Orchestra - Hamburg 1882-1883, Staatskapelle Orchestra Dresden 1883-1884 198, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra harp 1884-1891 under Carl Reinecke (1860-1911) as was his brother Heinrich Schuecker 197, Vienna Hof Oper in late 1880s, Chicago Orchestra Principal harp 1891-1900, New York Symphony about 1902-1903, Pittsburgh Symphony 1903-1904, Philadelphia Orchestra 1904-1909)   Studied at the Vienna Conservatory 1871-1877 198. Recruited directly to Chicago from Vienna by Theodore Thomas for the first season of the Chicago Orchestra 199.	1904-1909
Schuecker, Joseph E. son of Philadelphia Orchestra harpist Edmund Schuecker (Germany 1886-1938)	Principal harp (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal harp)   Studied 1900-1901 at the Vienna Conservatory with Alfred Zamara (1863-1940) who also taught his fther Edmund Schuecker and unlce Heinrich Schuecker.	1909-1911
Schulman, Julius (Maasachusetts 1915-2000)	violin (also Boston Symphony violin 1960-1970, Pittsburgh Symphony violin, Metropolitan Opera Assistant Concertmaster, New Orleans Symphony Concertmaster, in Boston the Stockbridge String Quartet: Julius Schulman first, William Marshall second, Jerome Lipson viola, Mischa Nieland cello, later a Hollywood studio recording musician)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1938.	1937-1944
Schulman, Leonard	percussion 1945-1953, Principal timpani 1946-1947 (succeeded the great Oscar Schwar as Principal timpani for one season, succeeded in turn by David Grupp as Principal timpani. also New York City Opera Principal timpani after Philadelphia)   Also active in summer music festivals including the Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont.	1945-1953
Schulz, Max	violin (also in 1904 Boston Festival Orchestra organized by Emil Mollenhauer)	1902-1905
Schurig, (Wilhelm) Richard (Germany 1870-1950)	Principal double bass 1900-1901, double bass 1901-1902 under Fritz Scheel (also Los Angeles Philharmonic 1920-1930 under Arthur Rodzinski)   Richard Schurig was also a composer, including the opera The Traitor in 1910.	1900-1902
Schwar, (William) Oscar (Germany 1875-1946) Schwar in 1934	Principal timpani   Came to Philadelphia at the request of Fritz Scheel to become Principal timpani in the fourth season of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Long-term teacher at the Curtis Institute trained two generations of US percussion players.	1903-1946   (43 seasons - died in November, 1946 while on tour with the orchestra)
Schwartz, Isadore "Izzy" (Pennsylvania 1896-1981)	violin and Principal Second violin (after Curtis, also played in Philadelphia radio orchestras at WFIL and KYW 196. active in chamber music, including the Amerita Chamber Players and the Rittenhouse String Quartet)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1931. The concert pianist Susan Starr is daughter of Isadore Schwartz. Active in orchestra - musicians negotiations in the last two decades of his service with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Schwartz loved horses and sometimes shared ownership with Carl Torello.	1945-1985
Sciapiro, Michel M. (then Russia, now Ukraine 1885-1962)	violin (raised as a violin child prodigy, including concerts in Germany before age ten. violin in the Arnhem Symphony - Netherlands. after Philadelphia, pursued composing and from the late 1930s, he was a New York City freelance musician)   Studied briefly with Hugo Heermann (1844-1935) at Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt Germany. Sciapiro also wrote a series of latin-style tango and other music for violin and piano under the name "Michael Fielding".	1914-1915
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Scott, Henry G. (maybe Massachusetts 1944- ) husband of Yumi Ninomiya Scott	double bass (also Baltimore Symphony, Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia, Music Director Main Line Symphony - Pennsylvania 1981-present)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music. Also Heed University Doctor of Psychoanalysis. Also, an active runner.	1974-present
Scott, Roger M. (Pennsylvania 1919-2005)	double bass 1947-1949, Principal double bass 1949-1955. (also All-American Youth Orchestra of 1941, US Marine Band - Washington DC playing baritone horn or euphonium, New York freelance musician in about 1946, Pittsburgh Symphony double bass 1946-1947)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1941.	1947-1995
Scott, Yumi Ninomiya (Japan 1943- ) wife of Henry Scott Yumi Ninomiya Scott and Henry Scott	violin (also Curtis String Quartet 1969-1982, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, Main Line Symphony Concertmaster since 1981)   Studied at Toho Conservatory of Music - Tokyo, and the Curtis Institute Class of 1967. Active in summer music festivals, including the Casals Festival - Puerto Rico since 1994. She teaches at the Curtis Institute, at Temple University, as well as the Temple Music Preparatory courses.	1984-present
Scutt, Kenneth E. (1923-2005)	Associate Principal flute 1962-1976, flute 1961-1962, 1976-1981 (also Kansas City Philharmonic Principal flute about 1950-1955 and was succeeded in Kansas City 1955-1957 by Donald Peck , later Principal flute of the Chicago Symphony, also New Orleans Symphony 1955-about 1961, also Santa Fe Opera during summers)   Studied first with his music teacher mother Enid Mary Powell Scutt in Elyria, Ohio, one year at nearby Oberlin College conservatory - Ohio, then at the Curtis Institute Class of 1950.	1961-1981   Kenneth Scutt retired after being disabled by a lip operation 181.
Seder, Theodore A. (Pennsylvania 1911-1997)	horn (also Cleveland Orchestra horn 1934-1937, Cleveland Principal horn 1933-1934, Detroit Symphony Principal horn prior to the Philadelphia Orchestra, probably about 1937-1939)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1932. Artur Rodzinski knew Seder from Curtis and hired him as Principal horn in Cleveland, before having second thoughts, and demoting him. The Benhard Heiden Sonate for Horn and Piano was written in 1939 for Theodore Seder who at that time was First horn of the Detroit Symphony. Seder later became the Librarian of the Fleisher Music Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia. One of his achievements was completion of a score for the Ives Symphony number 4 which was then given its premier by Stokowski and the American Symphony in April, 1965.	1939-1942
Segall, Irving J. (Pennsylvania 1921-2004)	viola (also WCAU local radio Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony viola)   Studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy in 1939. Active for many years in the Philadelphia Orchestra musicians' orchestra committee, as member or chairman negotiating musician contracts with the orchestra management.	1963-1994
Selinski, Max	violin	1907-1914
Seltzer, Frank	trumpet	1907-1912
Serly, Tibor (Hungary 1901-1978)	viola (also NBC Symphony about 1938-1939)   Studied at the Budapest Conservatory with Zoltan Kodaly. It is said that he compiled the sketches for the Bartok Viola Concerto into a performable composition. Composed his own works, including the Serly Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1929). Serly taught composition at the Manhattan School of Music. He relocated back to England where he died in London on October 8, 1978.	1928-1936
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Serpentini, Ernest	oboe	1924-1926
Serpentini, Jules J.	clarinet	1920-1962
Shahan, (Richard) Michael (Washington, DC 1940- )	double bass 1964-1970, Assistant Principal bass 1970-1987, Associate Principal 1987-present (also National Symphony Washington DC 1962-1964. Co-Music Director Amerita Chamber Players, Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble bass. Plays viola da gamba with American Society of Ancient Instruments, also bass with the Philadelphia Jazz Quintet)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1962. Shahan taught for 35 years at the New School of Music - Philadelphia (which has becomre the Boyer School at Temple University).	1964-present
Shaievitch, David (then Russia, now Belarus 1888- )	flute   Emigrated at age 4 with his family to New York City.	1905-1906
Shamlian, John Victor (Pennsylvania 1920-2006)	third bassoon and second bassoon (also bassoon with the London Symphony Orchestra about 1946-1951)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1943. After retiring, became a well-know repairer of bassoons, as well as maker of reeds. In World War 2, volunteered for the Canadian Navy in order to enter service, and stationed in England, married and remained in London after the war, studying at the Royal Academy of Music.	1951-1982
Shannon, J. Byron	double bass	1920-1924
Shapiro, Vladimir (Russia 1952- )	violin	1979-retired during 2000s
Sharlip, Benjamin (Pennsylvania 1909-1988) Orlando Cole cello, Benjamin Sharlip second, Jascha Brodsky first, Max Aronoff viola in about 1934	violin (also Curtis String Quartet: Jascha Brodsky (1907-1997) first, Benjamin Sharlip second, Max Aronoff viola, Orlando Cole cello (1908-2010) quartet active 1934-1981 when Max Aronoff died. Orlando Cole was son of Philadelphia Orchestra violin Lucius Cole)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1934.	1935-1968
Sharp, Sidney	violin	1945-1946
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Sherbow, Marcus	violin (also a member of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1904
Sherman, Joseph	violin	1923-1925
Showers, Shelley A. (Pennsylvania 1961- )	Assistant/Utility horn (also Cleveland Orchestra acting Principal horn 1995-1997, Utah Symphony Principal horn 1989-1995, Cincinnati Symphony acting Associate Principal horn, New Jersey Symphony horn)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1985; Shelley Showers is also a trustee of the Curtis Institute. She is on the Board of Philadelphia Orchestra Retirees & Friends with Paul Krzywicki.	1998-present
Shulik, Morris	violin	1947-2001 (principal second, 1953-1954)
Shure, Paul C.	violin	1941-1946
Siani, Severino John (Italy 1891-1964)	double bass   Severino Siani was also a composer of salon music of minor success, but which were performed in the 1930s.	1924-1947
Siegel, Adrian	cello 1922-1959 and oboe / oboe d'amore 1937-1953	1922-1959
Siegert, Bernard	cello	1920-1921
Siekierka, Israel Abram (Poland 1891-1960) in 1939	violin (also hotel orchestras 1923-1924 when first arrived in US)   After the orchestra, Siekierka later became an osteopath, but with fatal results: "Dr. Israel Siekierka, 69, who shot and killed a woman patient he had been seeing died Sunday of wounds he inflicted on himself...Siekierka, a former violinist with the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra had been in critical condition since the shootings October 17 [1960]." 162.	1924-1943
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Silberman, Harry	violin	1917-1918
Silverstein, Joseph (Michigan 1932- )	violin for one season. (also Houston Symphony 1950-1953, Philadelphia Orchestra 1953-1954, Concertmaster, Assistant conductor Denver Symphony 1954-1955, Boston Symphony 1955-1956 taking the last chair of the second violins, Concertmaster 1962-1984. Assistant Conductor of the BSO beginning in 1971. Helped found the Boston Symphony Chamber Players in 1962 and served as its Music Director until 1983. Conductor Utah Symphony 1983-1998.   Studied at Silverstein the Curtis Institute 1946-1950, but was expelled from the Curtis Institute in 1950, at age 17. He later said "I was too distracted by girls and baseball  4	1953-1954
Simkin, Meyer	violin	1930-1971
Simkins, Jascha	violin	1920-1923, 1924-1961
Simon, Emile	cello	1907-1914
Simonelli, John	horn	1965-1975
Simons, Gardell Howard (Michigan 1878-1945)	Principal trombone (also NBC Symphony under Toscanini, trombone) Succeeded Otto Elst who moved for one season to the second trombone chair for one season, prior to departing at end of 1915-1916.   Student of Alfred F. Weldon (1862-1914) of Chicago. Gardell Simons seems to have been dismissed by Stokowski who changed 13 players, including 3 section heads at the end of the 1929-1930 season.	1915-1930 (principal)
Sinatra, Frank	timpani/percussion	1945-1946
Singer, Jacques	violin	1930-1937
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Singer, Samuel	viola	1940-1944
Small, J. C.	piccolo	1900-1901
Smit, Josef	cello	1924-1925
Smit, Kalman	violin	1926-1931
Smith, Henry Charles, III	Associate Principal trombone 1955-1957, Principal trombone 1957-1967 (resigned in 1967 to pursue a conducting career: guest conductor Minnesota Orchestra, Principal guest conductor Cedar Rapids Symphony, Music Director South Dakota Symphony for 12 seasons, about 1996-2008)   Studied at Curtis Institute Class of 1955.	1955-1967
Smith, Lloyd (Ohio 1941- ) father of Peter Smith	cello 1967-1988, Assistant Principal cello 1988-2002, Acting Associate Principal cello 2002-2003 season. (also Huntingdon Trio with former wife Rheta Smith oboe, Wister Quartet 1987-present)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1965. Active as a composer, his major compositions include: two string quartets, a cello sonata, a string quintet, a cello octet.	1967-2003
Smith, Peter (Pennsylvania about 1970- ) son of Lloyd Smith, husband of Angela Anderson	Associate Principal oboe (also member of the Conwell Woodwind Quintet)   Studied at the Settlement Music School and the Curtis Institute Class of 1991.	1991-present
Smith, William R.	keyboard	1952-1985 (principal)
Snader, Nathan	violin	1946-1950
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Sokoloff, Isador	cello	1914-1918
Sorlien, Barbara- violin	1963-1999
Sottnek, Max	violin	1909-1913
Speckin, Willy	double bass	1903-1904, 1905-1910
Speil, Alfred	violin (also Assistant Concertmaster in 1904 Boston Festival Orchestra organized by Emil Mollenhauer)	1901-1903
Spoor, Simon Hendrik (Netherlands 1868-1953)	violin (also Boston Symphony Orchestra 1911-1919)   Studied at the Rotterdam Conservatory	1919-1920
Stahl, Jacob	violin	1950-1970
Stange, Gustav	trombone	1902-1904
Stark, Kurt	double bass	1902-1903
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Starzinsky, Ludwig (Germany 1873- )	viola (also in 1904 Boston Festival Orchestra organized by Emil Mollenhauer)   Studied violin in Berlin with Karl Halir (1859-1909)	1901-1910
Steck, V. William	violin	1961-1964
Stein, Robert	cello	1902-1903
Steinke, Bruno	cello	1919-1920
Sterin, Jack	cello	1927-1958
Stewart, M. (Mark) Dee (Indiana about 1936- ) Dee Stewart (left) with Philip Farkas	second trombone (also spring tour of Boston Pops in 1957 as bass trombone, New Orleans Philharmonic 1957 155)   Studied at Ball State University - Indiana BMusEd 1957 155, Northwestern University MMusEd.  Now Chair of the Brass Department at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (Dee Stewart studied with Arnold Jacobs in the mid-1950s); teaching at IU since 1980. Also well worth reading is his book Philip Farkas: Legacy of a Master, published 1990 by Instrumentalist Publishing Company. Also visit Dee Stewart's fine website www.stewartsounds.com	1962-1980
Steyer, Bruno	viola	1924-1925
Stiegelmayer, Karl (probably Germany 1869-after 1920)	Principal oboe 1901-1902, second oboe 1902-1910 (also Chicago Symphony second oboe 1909-1920)   Philadelphia Orchestra records show Stiegelmayer serving in Philadelphia until the end of the 1909-1910 season, but Chicago Symphony records show Stiegelmayer's service beginning in the 1909-1910 season.	1901-1910
Stobbe, William R. (Wilhelm) (Germany 1845- )	percussion (also a Principal timpani and percussion of the Henry Gordon Thunder Orchestra 1899-1900)	1900-1901
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Stockbridge, A. F.	violin	1906-1907
Stokking, William Jr. (New Jersey 1933- )	cello 1960-1966, Principal Cello 1973-2005. (also Cleveland Orchestra 1958-1960, Boston Symphony cello 1968-1971, Cleveland Orchestra Principal cello 1971-1973, following retirement, Princeton Chamber Symphony in 2000s)   Dutch-born father, William Stokking Sr. was a professional violinist, his son his first musical instruction. Studied at the Curtis Institute, graduating in the Class of 1949.	1960-1966, 1973-2005
Stoll, Fred C.	trombone	1907-1912, 1942-1946
Stoll, Leon (Philadelphia 1879- ) son of William Stoll, Jr.	viola   Studied at Philadelphia Musical Academy.	1900-1901
Stoll, William, Jr. (Pennsylvania 1847-after 1910)	violin (also the Beethoven Quartet, William Stoll first, Edward Brill second, Richard Schmidt viola, Rudolph Hennig cello)   Trained by his father, William Stoll Sr. (1816-1907), a violinist and clarinetist 160. William Stoll Jr. was conductor of the Germania Orchestra of Philadelphia between 1888-1895 in what were called "Promenade Concerts" 13.	1900-1901
Storch, Alfons	violin	1904-1906
Strahlendorf, P.	violin/bass clarinet	1901-1902
Strassenberger, Max (Germany 1896- )	double bass	1927-1962
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Streubel, K.	double bass	1901-1902
Stringer, Edward A.	violin	1900-1901
Stroble, Jacob	violin	1900-1901
Stumpf, Peter E. (Connecticut 1964- )	cello 1990-1991. Associate Principal cello 1991-2003 (also Hartford Symphony at age 16, following Philadelphia, Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal cello 2003 to present. Previously active with Boston Musica Viva, and in summers with the Yellow Barn Music Festival and the Musicorda Summer String Program. Also the Johannes String Quartet: Soovin Kim first, Catherine Cho second, C.J. Chang viola, Peter Stumpf cello)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1985, and New England Conservatory Artists Diploma.	1990-2003
Sturm, Julius	cello	1902-1904
Sverdrofsky, Michael	violin	1904-1906 (concertmaster)
Szulc, Bronislaw	horn	1932-1933
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Tabuteau, Marcel (France 1887-1966)	Principal oboe (also Metropolitan Opera Principa