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READ | WATCH | PHOTOS: Today Carnegie Hall celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of the CBS television special Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall, featuring Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett. To commemorate this occasion, we reached out to several people involved in the original production, including Ms. Burnett and Ken Welch. Their recollections help tell the story of the special's creation from the other side of the camera, from its genesis through to the night of the taping on March 5, 1962.
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READ | PHOTOS: Jazz—in its earliest form—was first heard at Carnegie Hall 100 years ago today on May 2, 1912, when James Reese Europe and his Clef Club Orchestra presented a "Concert of Negro Music" to benefit the Music School Settlement. 
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READ | PHOTOS: Concluding our series marking the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, we look at the Christian Conservation Congress of the Men and Religion Forward Movement meeting of April 22, 1912—100 years ago today. The date became a memorial for one of the originally scheduled speakers: English journalist and good friend of Andrew Carnegie, William Thomas Stead.
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READ | PHOTOS: Our series marking the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic continues with a focus on the memorial service for Macy's co-owner Isidor Straus and his wife Ida, held at Carnegie Hall less than one month after their deaths.
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READ | PHOTOS: Continuing our series that marks the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, we look at some of the many "near miss" stories that have direct connections to Carnegie Hall.
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