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Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 3, 1976.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Box 52 Folder 759 CD 030
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Edna, 1907-2003, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Berezowsky, Nicolai, 1900-1953.
- Berezowsky, Nicolai.
- Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.
- Rachmaninoff, Sergei.
- Rosenbaum, Samuel R.
- Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.
- Toscanini, Arturo.
- Wallenstein, Alfred.
- Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962.
- Walter, Bruno.
- All-American Youth Orchestra.
- School District of Philadelphia, Pa.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Oral histories (document genres)
- 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
- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 28 leaves
- Contained In:
- Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 759; Box 52, CD 030
- Place of Publication:
- Sept. 3, 1976.
- Summary:
- Edna Phillips discusses her career as a harpist with the Philadelphia Orchestra beginning in 1930; Stokowski's choice to include women musicians in the Orchestra; his ability to build an orchestra; performing Alban Berg's Wozzeck; Stokowski's rehearsals; comparisons between Toscanini and Stokowski; an anecdote about Bruno Walter and Albert Wallenstein; Carlos Chávez as a conductor; Stokowski's relationship with Rachmaninoff; and traveling with the All-American Youth Orchestra in 1940. She describes Stokowski conducting the orchestra of the School District of Philadelphia in 1960 when he returned to guest conduct in Philadelphia and his ability to get a great sound from young players, and she discusses her husband Samuel Rosenbaum's relationship with Stokowski as a member of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She also mentions Steffy Goldner Ormandy, Eugene Ormandy, Martha Graham, George Szell, Fritz Reiner, Edward Bok, Nicolai Berezowsky, and the Salzedo Harp School. Daniel and Phillips also discuss BMI (some of the conversation is not recorded) and mention the young composer Donald Jenni.
- Notes:
- Recorded on Sept. 7, 1976 in Philadelphia, Pa.
- Original copy: cassette tape 27; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 30; service copy: one compact disk CD 030. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.
- OCLC:
- 155861105
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