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May 27, 1974

The New Yorker cover for May 27, 1974

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ABSOLUTE TRUST

Winthrop Sargeant

PROFILE of Georg Solti, 61, who has been chief conductor of the Chicago Symphony since 1969. In 1970, Solti & the Chicagoans suddenly became known as the …

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