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Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Aug. 14, 1976.
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View onlineKislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Folder 602; Box 51, CD 026
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Gomberg, Ralph, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- 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.
- 10 leaves
- Contained In:
- Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 602; Box 51, CD 026.
- Place of Publication:
- Aug. 14, 1976.
- Summary:
- Ralph Gomberg discusses his audition for Stokowski for the All-American Youth Orchestra in 1939; the Orchestra's travel in South America; and Stokowski's aversion to photographers there. He discusses Stokowski's personality, his genius for interpretation, his introduction of new music, and the difficulty of doing that, mentioning Serge Koussevitzky, Saul Caston and others.
- Notes:
- Recorded on Aug. 14, 1976 in Lenox, Mass. at the Tanglewood Festival.
- Original copy: cassette tape 23; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 26; service copy: one compact disk CD 026. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.
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