Editing Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (section)

===1952–1976: The Steinberg years===
William Steinberg became the orchestra's music director in 1952.  During the early part of the 1950s, the Symphony played a number of "industry concerts", conducted by Steinberg and sponsored by area industries, specifically the United Steelworkers of America. The sponsorship offset costs for industry workers, and the Symphony performed in more convenient locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.<ref>{{cite book|last1=McCullough|first1=Hax|last2=Brignano|first2=Mary|title=Play On|date=2011|publisher=RR Donnelley Hoechstetter|location=USA|isbn=978-0-9707369-5-6|page=79}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mills Turn to Symphony |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=January 27, 1953 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19530127&id=RrpRAAAAIBAJ&pg=2763,1987882}}</ref> The Symphony continued to bring music to smaller communities in partnership with Manufacturers Heat and Light Company and Columbia Gas during the Steinberg era.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pittsburgh Symphony Completes Series of 121 Performances in 51 Cities|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|date=April 11, 1957|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CNJKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nPIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=996%2C4098333|access-date=2022-02-10}}</ref>

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performed for audiences in Warsaw, Madrid, Berlin, Zagreb, Reykjavik, and 15 other locations throughout Europe and the Middle East during the State Department tour.<ref>{{cite report|publisher=Department of State, Advisory Committee on the Arts|year=1965|title=Cultural Presentations USA, 1964-65|location=Washington, DC|page=10}}</ref>

Many of the orchestra's earlier recordings were made in the [[Syria Mosque|Syria Mosque]] with labels such as [[Capitol Records]] and [[Columbia Records]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra|last=Krokover|first=Rosalyn|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-High-Fidelity/50s/High-Fidelity-1957-Feb.pdf |magazine=High Fidelity|date=February 1957}}</ref> The Pittsburgh Symphony performed at the Syria Mosque from 1926 until 1971. The building was torn down in 1992.

Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony made several recordings for the Command label starting in 1962.  These recordings were made at the [[Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum|Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall]] in Pittsburgh.  The technical superiority of the Command recordings was aided by the company's use of 35mm film as the recording medium.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite web|title=Tape: Two Steinberg Releases|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/02/18/113415678.html?pageNumber=341|work=New York Times|date= February 18, 1962|access-date=2022-02-10}}</ref>

Steinberg conducted his final Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts as music director in 1976, after which he returned for guest-conducting appearances as music director emeritus.<ref>{{cite news |last=Croan |first=Robert|title=Steinberg Finale |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=May 21, 1976 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19760521&id=OAMOAAAAIBAJ&pg=5349,2065648}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Apone |first=Carl |title=Steinberg Cheered as Returning Hero |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Press]] |date=April 30, 1977 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tVgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=alcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6676%2C6015079}}</ref>