The New Orleans Symphony horn section, ca. 1955.
Back row:
Vince Orso (second horn)
Louis Piton (assistant principal)
Joseph de Angelis (third)
Front row:
Samuel Ramsay (fourth)
Robert Elworthy (principal)
Robert Elworthy later was principal horn of the Minneapolis Symphony.
Louis Piton probably joined the orchestra in the 1944-45 season as
second horn. He was fourth horn 1949-52 and assistant principal
1952-56, after which he left the orchestra. It appears that when
Christopher Earnest replaced Piton in the middle of the 1955
season the seating was re-ordered to be Elworthy (principal),
Orso (assistant principal), Ramsay (second), de Angelis (third), and Earnest (fourth).
Thanks to Christopher Earnest and Norman Schweikert for their
assistance.
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