Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 22, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Schuman, William, 1910-1992, 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.

6 leaves

2 folders

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folders 383-384; Folder 799; Box 52, CD 037.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 22, 1976.

Summary:

Schuman recalls discussing his Symphony no. 3 with Stokowski and his impression that Stokowski was interested only in color, not in structure. He remembers attending Stokowski's rehearsal of his Prayer in Time of War, and Stokowski's attention to the composer's ideas for performance; he discusses Stokowski's knowledge of acoustics; Stokowski's letters to Schuman; his great contributions to twentieth-century music; mentions the Contemporary Music Society, and compares Koussevitzky and Stokowski.

Daniel's research notes include photocopies of 33 items of correspondence between Stokowski and Schuman, 1948-1968, and a list of Schuman's works, folders 383-384.

Notes:

Recorded on Sept. 22, 1976 in New York, N.Y. at Oliver Daniel's office.

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 799.