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Who were the first four regular conductors for the Philadelphia Orchestra?

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Who were the first four regular conductors for the Philadelphia Orchestra?

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Fritz Scheel was the first conductor in 1899. Karl Pohlig was the second conductor in 1907, he resigned June 10, 1912. Leopold Stokowski was the third conductor until 1936. Eugene Ormandy was the fourth. Source: Those Fabulous Philadelphians: The Life and Times of a Great Orchestra, 1969, p.