{"id":65,"date":"2021-07-06T19:39:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T19:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/sample-page-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T14:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:14:39","slug":"kmh-letc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/kmh-letc\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the Music: E. H. Letchworth’s Account"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The estate of Edward L. and Mary Seaton Kleinhans had been designated for the construction and maintenance of an urgently needed concert hall in Western New York \u2013 in the Kleinhans’ words \u2013 \u201cfor the use, enjoyment, and benefit of the people of the City of Buffalo.\u201d Conceived and designed in 1937-38 by Eliel Saarinen and his son, Eero Saarinen, Kleinhans’ graceful and sweeping curves remain unique among the great concert auditoriums of the world today.<\/p>\n

However, before the music could begin, the hall had to be built. A true saga developed, with political intrigues that nearly scuttled the effort. The history of “behind-the-scenes” events was thoughtfully preserved in the Fall of 1939 by Edward H. Letchworth, President of the Buffalo Foundation, which directed the expenditures and construction of Kleinhans Music Hall.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2044″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Letchworth essay is an extensive firsthand narrative presented in two parts:<\/h5>\n

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Part 1: The Buffalo Foundation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Part 2: Kleinhans Music Hall<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The estate of Edward L. and Mary Seaton Kleinhans had been designated for the construction and… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2089,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/2089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}