Mitch Miller was an American oboist, conductor and record producer, later famous as a popular-music executive and television personality.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Bernard Herrmann’s 1945 programme of English music, including Elgar, Handel and Vaughan Williams.

Miller’s presence here belongs to his earlier classical and orchestral life, before his later fame in the American record industry.

His page is justified by secure identity and historical interest. Miller gives the Herrmann shelf a curious double life: oboe reed first, show-business baton later.