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Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, July 19, 1976.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Folder 477; Box 51, CD 021
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Austin, Art, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.
- Toscanini, Arturo.
- NBC Symphony Orchestra.
- 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
- Contained In:
- Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 477; Box 51, CD 021.
- Place of Publication:
- July 19, 1976.
- Biography/History:
- Producer, NBC Orchestra broadcasts.
- Summary:
- Art Austin discusses broadcasts of the NBC Orchestra with conductors Toscanini and Stokowski during the 1940s, especially Stokowski's preparation, cooperation with the sound engineers, rearrangement of the orchestra and his orchestrations. He also mentions Koussevitzky and Stravinsky and a Life magazine crew photographing Stokowski.
- Notes:
- Recorded on July 19, 1976 in New York, N.Y.
- Original copy: cassette tape 20; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 21; service copy: one compact disk CD 021. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.
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