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Kaye Conducts the Yale Symphony

Kaye Conducts the Yale Symphony (053.00.00)

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In the spring semester of 1976, Sylvia Fine taught a course at Yale University on the history of musical comedy, a topic that would lead to her PBS special Musical Comedy Tonight. Because of her relationship with the university, the Yale School of Music requested that Danny Kaye conduct the orchestra. In April of 1976, Kaye led the Yale Symphony in a concert to benefit scholarships.
In the spring semester of 1976, Sylvia Fine taught a course at Yale University on the history of musical comedy, a topic that would lead to her PBS special <em>Musical Comedy Tonight</em>. Because of her relationship with the university, the Yale School of Music requested that Danny Kaye conduct the orchestra. In April of 1976, Kaye led the Yale Symphony in a concert to benefit scholarships.