Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Oct. 18, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Serebrier, José, 1938- interviewee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

All-American Youth Orchestra.

American Symphony Orchestra (New York, N.Y.).

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.

23 leaves

1 folder

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 389; Folder 802; Box 52, CD 036.

Place of Publication:

Oct. 18, 1976.

Summary:

Serebrier talks about his musical upbringing in South America and impressions of conductors Erich Kleiber and Fritz Busch; stories about the All-American Youth Orchestra performing in Montevideo, Uruguay; an anecdote about Toscanini conducting in Montevideo; Serebrier's time as a student at the Curtis Institute of Music; and his first meeting with Stokowski when Stokowski conducted Serebrier's Symphony no. 1.

He discusses what he learned from Stokowski's ability to create a unique sound in rehearsals, his preparation for rehearsal; his choice of musicians for an orchestra; his modesty; conducting the American Symphony Orchestra; performing Ives' Symphony no. 4; his social relationship with Stokowski; touring Europe with Stokowski; Stokowski conducting the Royal Philharmonic at age 91. Serebrier mentions Dorati, Monteux, Carvalho, Wallenstein, Fausto Cleva, Bernstein, and Szell, as well as Rudolf Serkin, Ruggiero Ricci, David Katz, Vladimir Horowitz, Gunther Schuller, and others.

Daniel's research notes include a photocopy of 1 item from Serebrier to Stokowski in 1968, articles, and clippings, folder 389.

Notes:

Recorded on Oct. 18, 1976 in New York, N.Y. at Oliver Daniel's office at BMI.

Original copy: cassette tape 31; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 36; service copy: one compact disk CD 036. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.

Transcript in folder 802.