Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 20, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Luening, Otto, 1900-1996, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.

Cowell, Henry.

Nikisch, Arthur, 1855-1922.

Nikisch, Arthur.

Ussachevsky, Vladimir, 1911-1990.

Ussachevsky, Vladimir.

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 703; Box 52, CD 032.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 20, 1976.

Summary:

Luening describes hearing Stokowski conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in the 1920s and meeting him around 1928 when Stokowski performed Schoenberg's Die glückliche Hand for Martha Graham mentioning Stokowski's mastery of the score and control of the orchestra. He discusses their correspondence regarding Luening's compositions; Stokowski conducting the New York Philharmonic in a concert of contemporary music featuring MacDowell, Béla Bartók, Daniel Gregory Mason, Henry Cowell, Doug Moore and Luening. He also discusses the 1952 series of concerts at the Museum of Modern Art featuring music for the tapesichord including compositions by Ussachevsky and Luening, with an introductory speech by Stokowski; and mentioning Elliott Carter and Lou Harrison.

Luening also mentions playing under conductors Nikisch, Fürtwangler, Wolf-Ferrari, Volkmar Andreae, Robert Denzler, and Richard Strauss, and compares Nikisch's sound with Stokowski's.

Notes:

Recorded on Sept. 20, 1976 in New York, N.Y. at Oliver Daniel's office.

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.