The very first?

Is it a programme? Is it a poster? In any case, when classified among our "Get the programme!" documents, it takes the number one spot. Dated December 13th, 1914, it shows the details of a concert in Lübeck by the Verein-Orchester conducted by Furtwängler for the benefit of the Red Cross. Nobody knew then that this institution would have much to do over the next four years...

Portrait by his mother, ca. 1915

1 March 2023

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