Howard B. Mitchell

(1911-1988) born at Lyons, Burt County. Cellist, orchestra conductor, associated with National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC from 1941 serving as its conductor from 1941 and music director from 1949 to 1965, led orchestra on first foreign tour, later was principal conductor of Uruguayan national broadcasting service in Montevideo, recipient of several awards for service to American music. Consult Current Biography (1952) 428-429 and Living Musicians, Sup 1 (Wilson, 1957) 109-110 and New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Vol 3 (1986) 248 and New York Times obituary, June 23, 1988, p. D-27.

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