In the early 1970s, the Cleveland musicians rallied against the appointment of conductor Lorin Maazel.

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Mr. JOHN ROUTENBERG (Violinist): Out of the hundred orchestra people, two people voted for Maazel.

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And I think there were 11 or 12 votes that said anybody but Maazel.

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He says the musicians took an informal vote that showed very little support for Maazel.

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Mr Maazel told reporters that the Philharmonic had not been given such an enthusiastic reception in a long time.

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Mr. MAAZEL: You know, when we received this very warm and enthusiastic reception, we felt that, indeed, there may be a mission accomplished here.

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Mr Maazel introduced the composer as his late predecessor, Leonard Bernstein.

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Maazel was hired, and we learned to live with it.

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Maazel wasn't the only New Yorker moved by the event.

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Last week, Mr. Bronfman joined the Emerson String Quartet at New York's Carnegie Hall for an all-Brahms program, and this week he partners with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall in four performances of the composer's Piano Concerto No. 1.

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