Carnegie Hall

/ ˈkɑːnəɡɪ /

noun

1. a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie

Carnegie Hall

1. A concert hall, world-famous for its acoustics, in New York City .

Notes

Carnegie Hall was the home of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for many years. When the orchestra announced in 1959 that it was moving to a new building, plans were made to tear Carnegie Hall down. Because of the efforts of the violinist Isaac Stern and other artists, however, it has been preserved as a concert hall.

Example Sentences

Celia Eydeland, 17Piano since 7, played at Carnegie Hall, music honors program.

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One spring night four years ago my fiancée and I were at Carnegie Hall, listening to the Emerson String Quartet play Beethoven.

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The denouement of her career came on October 25, 1944, when she sold out Carnegie Hall.

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He has lived in the same tiny apartment at the Carnegie Hall studios for half a century.

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His salon in the Carnegie Hall studios was a destination for women in the know.

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There is not the select gathering of musically cultured people that one finds in Carnegie Hall or the Auditorium.

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At times sitting despondently in Carnegie Hall, I am secretly inclined to agree with him.

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In the morning he told her that Vibert announced a concert in Carnegie Hall, the programme made up of his own compositions.

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At a concert in Carnegie Hall four years ago he gave a dramatic demonstration of self-control.

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It was a charming studio, well up near the top of Carnegie Hall, and like most studios, it was artistically furnished.

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