Editing New York Philharmonic (section)

===The Maestro, 1930===
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[[File:Copy of toscaniniontour.jpg|thumb|Arturo Toscanini (standing in the center, sporting a bow tie and cap) with the orchestra aboard the S.S ''de Grasse'', embarking on their European tour, 1930. ''New York Philharmonic Archives'']]

The merger had ramifications for the musicians of both orchestras. [[Winthrop Sargeant]], a violinist with the Symphony Society and later a writer for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', recalled the merger as "a sort of surgical operation in which twenty musicians were removed from the Philharmonic and their places taken by a small surviving band of twenty legionnaires from the New York Symphony. This operation was performed by [[Arturo Toscanini]] himself. [[57th Street (Manhattan)|Fifty-seventh Street]] wallowed in panic and recrimination." Toscanini, who had guest-conducted for several seasons, became the sole conductor and in 1930 led the group on a European tour that brought immediate international fame to the orchestra. Toscanini remained music director until 1936, then returned several times as a guest conductor until 1945.

That same year nationwide radio broadcasts began. The orchestra was first heard on CBS directly from Carnegie Hall. To broadcast the Sunday afternoon concerts, CBS paid $15,000 for the entire season. The radio broadcasts continued without interruption for 38 years. A legend in his own time, Toscanini proved a tough act to follow as the country headed into war.