Some Premieres
Over the years a large number of famous composers have written for the band. The Goldman Band gave the first complete performance of Percy Grainger's masterpiece Lincolnshire Posy in the summer of 1937. The first performance of Darius Milhaud’s Suite française, Op. 248 was performed by the Goldman Band on June 13, 1945. The first performance of Arnold Schoenberg's Theme and Variations for Full Band, op.43a, was performed by the Goldman Band on June 27, 1946, with Richard Franko Goldman conducting. On June 23, 1947 the band and a chorus of 200 performed the American premiere of Hector Berlioz’s Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale.
The band made numerous recordings for Capitol Records, American Decca, RCA Victrola, and New World Records.
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