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Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, May 18, 1990.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 59
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Sokoloff, Vladimir, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Oral histories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audiocassette : analog, stereo, Dolby processed
- 57 leaves
- Contained In:
- Eugene Ormandy Oral History Collection.
- Place of Publication:
- May 18, 1990.
- Biography/History:
- Pianist; keyboard player for the Philadelphia Orchestra 1938-1950; faculty member at Curtis Institute of Music.
- Summary:
- Sokoloff discusses the family background and personal idiosyncrasies of Eugene Ormandy and Ormandy's relations with Philadelphia Orchestra members and soloists, including John de Lancie, Anna Moffo, Richard Lewis, Jascha Heifetz, Oscar Shumsky, Peter Serkin, William Kapell, and Leonard Rose.
- Notes:
- Copyright held by the interviewee and the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Forms part of: Eugene Ormandy Archive.
- Access Restriction:
- Access: Open.
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