If you went to music school in the 1930s or '40s, you most likely joined a symphony orchestra after graduation or you taught in high school. That's because music schools in the States back then meant formal European training and classical composition, theory and performance. Certain instruments didn't even exist in music schools, most notably the saxoph…
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