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The Florestan Club was a social club in Baltimore, Maryland. They founded the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 1915, ensuring that it was municipally-funded.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra American symphony orchestra based in Baltimore, Maryland

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Members included H. L. Mencken.

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Elliott Galkin was an American music instructor, critic and conductor. He was the music critic of The Baltimore Sun from 1962 to 1977 and the director of the Peabody Institute from 1977 to 1982. He authored a book about orchestral conducting.