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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Centennial

Index The Metropolitan Museum of Art Centennial

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Centennial was a series of events and initiatives celebrating the 100th anniversary of the charter of the Museum occurring between 1969 and 1971. [1]

23 relations: Aaron Copland, Aline B. Saarinen, Arthur K. Watson, Şahan Arzruni, Barbara Goldsmith, Brooke Astor, C. Douglas Dillon, Calvin Tomkins, Cinémathèque Française, David Ogilvy (businessman), Frank Stanton (executive), Henri Langlois, Henry Geldzahler, Jayne Wrightsman, Jeremiah Goodman, Leonard Bernstein, Marietta Peabody Tree, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Center, Roswell Gilpatric, Virgil Thomson, Walter Piston, William Schuman.

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music.

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Aline B. Saarinen

Aline Bernstein Saarinen (March 25, 1914 – July 13, 1972) was a well-known critic of art and architecture in the United States, an author and a television journalist.

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Arthur K. Watson

Arthur Kittredge "Dick" Watson (April 23, 1919 – July 26, 1974) served as president of IBM World Trade Corporation and United States Ambassador to France.

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Şahan Arzruni

Şahan Arzruni (Շահան Արծրունի; born 8 June 1943) is an Armenian classical pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, lecturer, writer and producer, residing in New York City.

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Barbara Goldsmith

Barbara Goldsmith (May 18, 1931 – June 26, 2016) was an American author, journalist, and philanthropist.

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Brooke Astor

Roberta Brooke Astor (née Russell; March 30, 1902 – August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer who was the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, which had been established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, son of John Jacob Astor IV and great-great grandson of America's first multi-millionaire, John Jacob Astor.

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C. Douglas Dillon

Clarence Douglas Dillon (born Clarence Douglass Dillon; August 21, 1909 – January 10, 2003) was an American diplomat and politician, who served as U.S. Ambassador to France (1953–1957) and as the 57th Secretary of the Treasury (1961–1965).

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Calvin Tomkins

Calvin Tomkins (born 17 December 1925) is an author and art critic for The New Yorker magazine.

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Cinémathèque Française

The Cinémathèque Française is a French film organization that holds one of the largest archives of film documents and film-related objects in the world.

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David Ogilvy (businessman)

David Mackenzie Ogilvy (23 June 1911 – 21 July 1999) was an advertising tycoon, founder of Ogilvy & Mather, and known as the father of advertising.

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Frank Stanton (executive)

Frank Nicholas Stanton (March 20, 1908 – December 24, 2006) was an American broadcasting executive who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then as vice chairman until 1973.

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Henri Langlois

Henri Langlois (13 November 1914 – 13 January 1977) was a French film archivist and cinephile.

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Henry Geldzahler

Henry Geldzahler (July 9, 1935 – August 16, 1994) was a Belgian-born American curator of contemporary art in the late 20th century, as well as a historian and critic of modern art.

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Jayne Wrightsman

Jayne Wrightsman (born Jane Kirkman Larkin, October 21, 1919) is an American philanthropist, fine arts collector and widow of philanthropist and art collector, Charles B. Wrightsman (1895–1986).

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Jeremiah Goodman

Jeremiah Goodman (October 22, 1922 – September 7, 2017) was an illustrator who signs his work with his first name only.

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Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist.

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Marietta Peabody Tree

Marietta Peabody Tree (April 17, 1917 – August 15, 1991) was an American socialite and political supporter, who represented the United States on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, appointed under the administration of John F. Kennedy.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States.

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New York City Center

New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama,. The name "City Center for Music and Drama Inc." is the organizational parent of the New York City Ballet and, until 2011, the New York City Opera. and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater,White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot; AIA Guide to New York City, 4th Edition; New York Chapter, American Institute of Architects; Crown Publishers/Random House. 2000.;. p.267.) is a 2,257-seat Moorish Revival theater located at 131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan, New York City.

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Roswell Gilpatric

Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric (November 4, 1906 – March 15, 1996) was a prominent New York City corporate attorney and government official who served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1961–64, when he played a pivotal role in the high-stake strategies of the Cuban Missile Crisis, advising President John F. Kennedy as well as Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy on dealing with the Russian nuclear missile threat.

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Virgil Thomson

Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic.

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Walter Piston

Walter Hamor Piston Jr, (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University.

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William Schuman

William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art_Centennial

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