Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 27, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-2019, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chang, Yi-an.

McPhee, Colin, 1900-1964.

McPhee, Colin.

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965.

Varèse, Edgard.

Varèse, Louise, 1890-1989.

Varèse, Louise.

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

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.

8 leaves

1 folder

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 101; Folder 538; Box 52, CD 037.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 27, 1976.

Summary:

Chou descibes listening to Stokowski recordings; meeting Colin McPhee in New York; studying with Edgard Varèse and working on translations with Louise Varèse for his composition Landscapes; submitting his score to Stokowski; corresponding with Stokowski; discussing Tibetan and Chinese music with him; Stokowski's interest in his other works; and Chou's opinion of Stokowski's Bach transcriptions.

Chou also relates how his wife Yi-an Chang auditioned for Stokowski for his Hollywood Bowl concerts in 1945.

Daniel's research notes include photocopies of 8 items from Stokowski to Chou, 1950-1953, and 2 items from Chou to Stokowski, 1960, folder 101.

Notes:

Recorded on Sept. 27, 1976 in New York, N.Y. in Oliver Daniel's office at BMI.

Original copy: cassette tape 32; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 37; service copy: one compact disk CD 037. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.

Transcript in folder 538.