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Weisgall trained at Camp Ritchie. A 1943 newspaper report identifies him as a technical sergeant assigned to London as a liaison between the United States and governments in exile. While serving in the Army, he conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall on 29 July 1943 before an audience of about 6,000 for the premiere of his overture "American Comedy 1943," which he had begun while training at Camp Ritchie. The performance was reported as the first time an American had conducted the BBC orchestra in its promenade-concert series.

After the war Weisgall became a professor and continued composing and conducting. He taught at Queens College, the Juilliard School, and the Jewish Theological Seminary~~, and died on Long Island, New York, in 1997~~.

After the war Weisgall became a professor and continued composing and conducting. He taught at Queens College, the Juilliard School, and the Jewish Theological Seminary.

== Research notes ==

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 Weisgall trained at Camp Ritchie. A 1943 newspaper report identifies him as a technical sergeant assigned to London as a liaison between the United States and governments in exile. While serving in the Army, he conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall on 29 July 1943 before an audience of about 6,000 for the premiere of his overture "American Comedy 1943," which he had begun while training at Camp Ritchie. The performance was reported as the first time an American had conducted the BBC orchestra in its promenade-concert series.
-After the war Weisgall became a professor and continued composing and conducting. He taught at Queens College, the Juilliard School, and the Jewish Theological Seminary, and died on Long Island, New York, in 1997.
+After the war Weisgall became a professor and continued composing and conducting. He taught at Queens College, the Juilliard School, and the Jewish Theological Seminary.
 == Research notes ==