Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Oct. 1, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

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.

13 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 888; Box 52, CD 034.

Place of Publication:

Oct. 1, 1976.

Summary:

Thomson discusses Stokowski's performances of Thomson's works; his attention to studying scores; his card catalog of scores he had studied and wished to perform; his Bach transcriptions; changes in Stokowski's conducting after age 50; and Toscanini's performances and attitudes towards Stokowski and Thomson. Thomson also mentions Lucia Davidova, Greta Garbo, Evangeline Johnson, and a story from Olga Samaroff about Stokowski's "intense Polishness."

Notes:

Recorded on Oct. 1, 1976 in New York, N.Y. at Thomson's apartment in the Chelsea Hotel.

Original copy: cassette tape 30; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 34; service copy: one compact disk CD 034. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.