Which jazz-influenced orchestral piece did Walter Johannes Damrosch conduct the world premiere performances of?
An American in Paris An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced orchestral piece by the American composer George Gershwin, written in 1928. Inspired by the time Gershwin had spent in Paris, it evokes the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s and is one of his best-known compositions.
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It was founded in 1946 by American occupation forces as the "RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester" (RIAS being an acronym for "Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor" / "Radio In the American Sector"). It was also known as the American Sector Symphony Orchestra. In 1956, the orchestra was renamed the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ("Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin"). In 1993, the orchestra took on its present name. The Orchestra's first principal conductor was Ferenc Fricsay.