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Existing in Germany from 1952 to 1962, this orchestra is still remembered. Clarinetist Jerry Mattson expresses it aptly: "I don't normally live in the past, but I have yet to come across anyone with a comparable experience to hark back to. Those were strange and wonderful years."

Nürnberg

The orchestra played here
on May 22, 1957

7ASO People
in the News
(Updated 12/12/10
John Canarina)

John Canarina
Donald Draganski
David Irving
Lewis Kaplan
Jack Monchecourt
Charles Rosen
Myron Rosenblum
Al Tiberio

Lost Sheep List
(Updated 4/15/12)

remove Charles Perlee

In Memoriam
(Updated 5/6/12)

Richard Schreck

Books About the Orchestra or Orchestra Members:

Uncle Sam's Orchestra: Memories of the Seventh Army Symphony, by John Canarina (bass and conductor in 1959-60), 1998. 50 b/w illus., musical examples, 224 pages, 6 x 9, $65. Available via Print on Demand from Boydell & Brewer, 668 Mount Hope Avenue Rochester, NY 14620-2731, 585-275-0419. Former 7ASO members should be able to get a 25 per cent discount.

Kenneth Schermerhorn: He Will Always Be the Music, by Martha Rivers Ingram with D. B. Kellogg, 2006. 65 photos, 391 pages; $24.99. (Ken played trumpet and conducted in 1953-55). Available online from Amazon and other sellers.

Also of interest are several books that include stories about the orchestra, by David Amram, Michael Colgrass, and John Sant'Ambrogio.

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