Editing Carnegie Hall (section)

=== Orchestral performances ===
[[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 9, opus 95, "From the New World"]] by [[Antonín Dvořák]], performed on December 16, 1893, was the first world premiere at Carnegie Hall.<ref name="Page p. 19" /> By the 1900s, conductors such as [[Richard Strauss]], [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]], [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], [[Alexander Scriabin]], [[Edward Elgar]], and [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] were staging or performing their own music at Carnegie Hall.<ref name="Page pp. 19-20" /> In its early years, Carnegie Hall hosted the New York Philharmonic and Symphony, as well as the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Philadelphia Symphonic Orchestra]], and other visiting orchestra companies.<ref name="nyt-1920-07-04" /> In particular, the Boston Symphony Orchestra regularly performed at Carnegie Hall after its first concert in 1893, and [[Leopold Stokowski]] of the Philadelphia Symphonic Orchestra regularly performed at the hall for six decades.<ref name="Page p. 20" />

The hall also hosted recitals by solo performers such as pianists [[Arthur Rubinstein]] and [[Mieczysław Horszowski]], who both debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1906 and continued performing there until 1976 and 1989, respectively.<ref name="Page p. 20" />

The [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by [[Arturo Toscanini]], frequently recorded in the Main Hall for [[RCA Victor]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gold|first=Gerald|date=1990-03-21|title=All of Toscanini's Recordings to be Issued|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/21/arts/all-of-toscanini-s-recordings-to-be-issued.html|access-date=2023-03-06}}</ref> On November 14, 1943, the 25-year-old [[Leonard Bernstein]] had his major conducting debut when he had to substitute for a suddenly ill [[Bruno Walter]] in a concert that was broadcast by [[CBS]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Page|first=Tim|author-link=Tim Page (music critic)|date=September 20, 1985|title=At 67, Bernstein Comes Home to Carnegie Hall|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/20/arts/at-67-bernstein-comes-home-to-carnegie-hall.html|access-date=March 6, 2023}} See also [[:File:1943 Nov 14 NYPhil Bernstein.jpg|Playbill]] and [[:File:1943 Nov 14 NYPhil Bernstein.ogg|CBS announcement]], concert on November 14, 1943.</ref> In late 1950, the NBC Symphony Orchestra's weekly broadcast concerts were moved there,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Taubman|first=Howard|author-link=Howard Taubman|date=December 27, 1950|title=Toscanini to Lead N.B.C. Broadcasts; First of New Symphony Series Starting on Jan. 27 Will Be a Verdi Memorial|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/12/27/archives/toscanini-to-lead-nbc-broadcasts-first-of-new-symphony-series.html|access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref> remaining until the orchestra disbanded following Toscanini's retirement in April 1954.<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Francesconi | first=Gino | title=The Maestro Retires |magazine=[[Playbill]]| date=April 1, 2004 | url=https://playbill.com/article/the-maestro-retires | access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Taubman|first=Howard|author-link=Howard Taubman|date=April 5, 1954|title=Toscanini Quits Symphony, May Close 68-Year Career; Announcement at the End of His Sunday Concert Comes as Surprise|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/04/05/archives/toscanini-quits-symphony-may-close-68year-career-announcement-at.html|access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref>