Which jazz-influenced orchestral piece did Walter Johannes Damrosch conduct the world premiere performances of?
Walter Damrosch Walter Johannes Damrosch (January 30, 1862 – December 22, 1950) was a German-born American conductor and composer. He is best remembered today as long-time director of the New York Symphony Orchestra and for conducting the world premiere performances of George Gershwin's "Piano Concerto in F" (1925) and "An American in Paris" (1928).
Orchestre Lamoureux The Orchestre Lamoureux (] ) officially known as the Société des Nouveaux-Concerts and also known as the Concerts Lamoureux) is an orchestral concert society which once gave weekly concerts by its own orchestra, founded in Paris by Charles Lamoureux in 1881. It has played an important role in French musical life, including giving the premieres of Emmanuel Chabrier's "España" (1883), Gabriel Fauré's "Pavane" (1888), Claude Debussy's "Nocturnes" (1900 and 1901) and "La mer" (1905), Maurice Ravel's "Menuet antique" (1930) and "Piano Concerto in G major" (1932).