Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Oct. 21, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Koussevitzky, Olga, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951.

Koussevitzky, Serge.

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.

14 leaves

4 folders

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folders 253-256; Folder 678; Box 52, CD 039.

Place of Publication:

Oct. 21, 1976.

Language Note:

In English, Serge Koussevitsky's letters are in French.

Summary:

Olga Koussevitzky discusses Serge Koussevitzky and his relationship with Stokowski; both conductors' support for American composers, including Roy Harris; the Koussevitzky Foundation; and mutual friends and aquaintances. She also mentions Olga Samaroff Stokowski, Evangeline Johnson, and Gloria Vanderbilt.

Daniel's notes include photocopies of 7 items of correspondence between Stokowski and Koussevitzky, 1928; typescript speech by Koussevitzky, 1948; articles, clippings, programs; folders 253-256.

Notes:

Recorded on Oct. 21, 1976 in New York, N.Y. at Olga Koussevitzky's apartment.

Original copy: cassette tape 33; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 39; service copy: one compact disk CD 039. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.

Transcript in folder 678.