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===Josef Krips===
In the fall of 1963, [[Josef Krips]] (1902–1974) became music director.  He quickly became known as a benevolent autocrat, and would not tolerate sloppy playing.  He soon began to refine the performance of the musicians, particularly of the standard German-Austrian repertoire.  One of his innovations was an annual tradition on New Year's Eve, "A Night in Old Vienna", which was devoted to music of [[Johann Strauss II|Johann Strauss]] and other Viennese masters of the nineteenth century. Similar concerts continued into the 2000s, though the format has changed in recent years.  Krips would not make recordings with the orchestra, insisting they weren't ready.  He did agree to allow [[KZDG|KKHI]] to broadcast some of the Friday evening concerts.  He also paved the way for his successor when he invited [[Seiji Ozawa]] to guest conduct the orchestra; Ozawa impressed critics and audiences with his fiery Bernstein-like conducting, particularly in the performances of the [[Mussorgsky]]-[[Ravel]] ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]'', the [[Tchaikovsky]] Fourth Symphony, and ''[[Symphonie Fantastique]]'' by [[Hector Berlioz]].  Krips retired at the end of the 1969–70 season and only returned once, to guest conduct the orchestra in Stern Grove, before his death in 1974.