Talk:Suzette Forgues Halasz

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NBC Symphony[edit]

This is interesting, but I think it's mistaken that Suzette Forgues played in the NBC Symphony. There is a reference in her obituary to the "NBC Orchestra" but I have found no other reference to her being a member of the orchestra. In any case the obit doesn't give any dates for her being in the orchestra. Further, I'm not sure there ever any women in the NBCSO at all. If you look at the NBC telecasts from 1948 to 1952 there are no women in the cello section or any other part of the orchestra. Even the four harps used in the 1951 Wagner program are all played by men. This NBC personnel list doesn't list her [1], and although its not 100% reliable, if she had been the only woman in the NBCSO that would have been a very notable fact and probably would have been much discussed. Maybe she played for NBC in some other capacity, perhaps on the West Coast. I could be wrong, but I'm going to remove the NBC reference for now until some stronger evidence can be found that she was a member of the orchestra. Best, Markhh (talk) 17:59, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I took that last bit off a blog (my bad) and the error is my fault. I suspect that if she wasn't playing for Toscanini, she played for one of the session orchestras at NBC. Whatever it was, it would have had to have been in NYC given her NYCO obligations.4meter4 (talk)

Thanks! That makes sense. She was an interesting personality. I've enjoyed learning more about her here and in the links. Markhh (talk) 18:49, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I enjoyed writing the article. Yes she was an interesting person. I wish I could find some more detailed biographical accounts of her life. I'm surprised her husband is still a red link too.4meter4 (talk) 18:56, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]