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  • Standing: William Smith, Anthony Gigliotti, Gerald Carlyss, Mason Jones, Charles E. Owen, Murray W. Panitz, Gilbert Johnson, Bernard Garfield, John de Lancie, Marilyn Costello, Glenn Dodson, Roger M. Scott, Abe Torchinsky
  • Seated: Norman Carol, Irvin Rosen, Eugene Ormandy, Joseph de Pasquale, Samuel Mayes

    (by Adrian Siegel in 1971)
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble



The First Chair Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra (Ormandy Era Only)
Reference: Herbert Kupferberg, "Those Fabulous Philadelphians," Scribners, 1969

Concertmaster
1935-51 Hilsberg, Alexander
1951-58 Krachmalnick, Jacob
1958-59 Madison, David
1959-66 Brusilow, Anshel
1966-94 Carol, Norman
(1995-98 Ofer, Erez)
(1999-present Kim, David)

Viola
1925-55 Lifschey, Samuel
1954-56 Zaratzian, Harry
1956-63 Cooley, Carlton
1963-64 Schoen, William
1964-96 de Pasquale, Joseph
(1996-2006 Diaz, Roberto)
(2006-present Change, Choong-Jin)

Cello
1935-39 Gusikoff, Isadore
1939-43 Heifetz, Benar
1936-48 Mayes, Samuel
1948-51 Olefsky, Paul
1951-64 Munroe, Lorne A.
1964-73 Mayes, Samuel
1973-2005 Stokking, William
(2005-2006 Baltac?gil, Efe)
(2006-present Ni, Hai-Ye)

Bass
1914-48 Torello, Anton
1949-95 Scott, Roger
(1995-present Robinson, Harold)

Flute
1921-60 Kincaid, William M.
1960-61 Pellerite, James
1961-89 Panitz, Murray W.
(1990-present Khaner, Jeffrey)

Oboe
1915-54 Tabuteau, Marcel
1954-77 de Lancie, John
1977-present Woodhams, Richard

English Horn
1930-36 Bloom, Robert
1936-59 Minsker, John
1959-95 Rosenblatt, Louis
(1995-present Masoudnia, Elizabeth Starr)

Clarinet
1931-40 McGinnis, Robert
1940-43, 1949 Portnoy, Bernard
1943-51 McLane, Ralph
1949-96 Gigliotti, Anthony M.
(1996-97 Hara, Burt)
(1999-2003 Caviezel, Samuel)
(2003-present Riccardo Morales)

Bassoon
1922-37 Guetter, Walter
1937-57 Schoenbach, Sol
1957-99 Garfield, Bernard H.
(2000-present Daniel Matsukawa)

Trumpet
1918-45 Caston, Saul
1945-58 Krauss, Samuel
1958-75 Johnson, Gilbert
1975-95 Kaderabek, Frank
(1995-present Bilger, David )

Horn
1902-29 Horner, Anton
1929-31 Caputa, Domenico
1935-38 Berv, A. Isadore
(1930-35 co-principal)
1938-42 Mayer, Clarence
(1931-35, 1939-41 co-principal)
1941-46 Chambers, James
(1945-46 co-principal)
1946-78 Jones, Mason
(1939-41, 1945-46 co-principal)
1963-65 Fries, Robert (co-principal)
(1978-2005 Miller, Nolan)
(2005-2006 Lang, Jeffrey)
(2006-present Montone, Jennifer)

Trombone
1931-57 Gusikoff, Charles
1957-67 Smith, Henry C., III
1967-68 Breuninger, Tyrone
1968-95 Dodson, Glenn
(1995-present Haroz, Nitzan)

Tuba
1923-48 Donatelli, Philip A.
1948-49 Karella, Clarence (?)
1949-72 Torchinsky, Abe
1972-2005 Krzywicki, Paul
(2006-present Jantsch, Carol)

Timpani
1903-46 Schwar, Oscar
1946-47 Shulman, Leonard
1947-51 Grupp, David
1951-67 Hinger, Fred D.,
1967-88 Carlyss, Gerald
(1989-present Liuzzi, Don S.,)

Percussion
1924-48 Podemski, Benjamin
1948-51 Hinger, Fred D.
1954-72 Owen, Charles E.
1972-03 Bookspan, Michael
(2003-present Deviney, Christopher)

Harp
1930-41, 1942-46 Phillips, Edna
1941-42 Wainwright, Lynne
1946-92 Costello, Marilyn
(1994-present DePeters, Elizabeth Hainen)




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