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Enrico Leide (1887-1970), a native Italian, was a concert cellist, music instructor, and orchestra conductor. He began his career as a music conductor in New York in 1907. He moved to Atlanta in 1920 to conduct music at the new Howard Theater. From 1920 to 1930 he conducted the first Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. From 1939 to 1945, he served as the director of the Brenau Music Conservatory in Gainesville, Georgia. From 1947 to 1949, he conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and later served as the head of the American Symphony in New York until 1960.