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Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, February 26, 1990.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 59
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Siegel, Sophie, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Oral histories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audiocassette : analog, stereo, Dolby processed
- 58 leaves
- Contained In:
- Eugene Ormandy Oral History Collection.
- Place of Publication:
- February 26, 1990.
- Biography/History:
- Friend of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ormandy; wife of Adrian Siegel, violoncellist (1922-1959) and official photographer of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
- Summary:
- Siegel discusses matters related to Eugene Ormandy's personal life, including his marriages, family, and children. She describes the transitions from Leopold Stokowski to Eugene Ormandy, and Ormandy to Ricardo Muti as music directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as other historical background of the orchestra. Anecdotes and opinions are offered concerning several artists, including Stokowski, Ormandy, Arturo Toscanini, Artur Rubinstein, Marian Anderson, Virgil Thomson, Howard Hanson, Van Cliburn, Seiji Ozawa, and Claude Monteux.
- Notes:
- Copyright held by 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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