Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Jul. 8, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Shall we dance. Walking the dog.

Gershwin, George.

Genre:

Interviews.

Oral histories (literary works)

Sound recordings.

Transcripts.

Physical Description:

1 audiocassette : analog

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape

digital ; 4 3/4 in.

7 leaves

3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 676; Box 51, CD 011.

Place of Publication:

Jul. 8, 1976.

System Details:

analog

magnetic

3 3/4 ips

full (1) track

Summary:

Kostelanetz discusses his relationship with Stokowski as a conductor and as a neighbor in New York; the New York Philharmonic Promenade series; Stokowski's auditions of singers; Stokowski performing Kostelanetz's orchestration of George Gershwin's Promenade at Carnegie Hall; Stokowski's illness in London in ca. 1970; Stokowski rehearsing the orchestra on his 90th birthday; and Stokowski's relationship with his sons Stan and Chris.

Notes:

Recorded at Kostelanetz's home in New York City on July 8, 1976.

Original copy: Cassette tape 8; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 11; service copy: one compact disk CD 011. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.