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Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Aug. 6, 1976.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Folders 4-7; Folder 470; Box 51, CD 024
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Reginald, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990.
- Garbo, Greta.
- Hertz, Alfred, 1872-1942.
- Hertz, Alfred.
- Jacobs, Sophia Yarnall, 1902-.
- Judson, Arthur Leon, 1881-1975.
- Judson, Arthur Leon.
- N.W. Ayer & Son.
- Victor Talking Machine Company.
- Philadelphia Orchestra.
- Local Subjects:
- Jacobs, Sophia Yarnall, 1902-.
- 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.
- 19 leaves
- 4 folders
- Contained In:
- Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folders 4-7; Folder 470; Box 51, CD 024.
- Place of Publication:
- Aug. 6, 1976.
- Biography/History:
- Born in 1905; manager Philadelphia Orchestra; assistant general manager Metropolitan Opera; died 1988.
- Summary:
- Allen discusses his parents' relationship with Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra and his earliest memories of Stokowski on board ship to Europe in 1913 with Alfred Hertz. Allen discusses his own career in advertising with the Victor Talking Machine Company and N.W. Ayer; his work as manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra after Arthur Judson left; his working relationship with Stokowski; the Orchestra's transcontinental tour; his translation of the libretto of Berg's Wozzeck; and an anecdote about helping Greta Garbo avoid the press on a trip to California. He mentions Harry Batten, Phil Beard, Sophia Yarnall Jacobs, Olga Samaroff Stokowski, Stokowski's daughter Sonya, Stokowski's secretary Miss McGinty, and Stokowski's performance of Varèse's Amériques at the Academy of Music of Philadelphia.
- Daniel's research notes include photcopies of 11 items from Stokowski to Allen, 1917-1938, and proof sheets from Philadelphia Orchestra programs written by Allen, Folders 4-7.
- Notes:
- Recorded on Aug. 6, 1976 in New York, N.Y. in Oliver Daniel's office.
- Original copy: cassette tape 22; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 24; service copy: one compact disk CD 024. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.
- Transcript, Folder 470.
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