Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 17, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Halász, László, 1905-2001, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kleiber, Erich, 1890-1956.

Kleiber, Erich.

Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.

Still, William Grant.

Zádor, Eugene, 1894-1977. Columbus.

Zádor, Eugene.

NBC Symphony Orchestra.

New York City Opera.

New York City Symphony.

Orquesta Filarmónica de La Habana.

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.

12 leaves

1 folder

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 183; Folder 621; Box 52, CD 032.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 17, 1976.

Summary:

Halász discusses Stokowski's trip to Havana to conduct the Havana Philharmonic Orchestra, mentioning conductor Erich Kleiber; he recalls meeting Stokowski in 1945 near the time when Stokowski founded the New York City Symphony. He also discusses Stokowski's plans to perform William Grant Stills' opera The Troubled Island; and differences Stokowski had with Birgit Nilsson when Stokowski conducted Turandot.

Halász also discusses his own career as assistant for Toscanini; conducting the NBC Symphony; conducting and repertoire for the New York City Opera; recording Eugene Zador's opera Christoph Columbus with narration by Lionel Barrymore; working with Stokowski at the Empire State Music Festival; and meeting his wife Suzette Forgues.

Daniel's research notes include copies of Halász's correspondence with Leopold Stokowski, 1946, folder 183.

Notes:

Recorded on Sept. 17, 1976 in New York, N.Y. at Daniel's office at BMI.

Original copy: cassette tape 29; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 32; service copy: one compact disk CD 032. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.