Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 14, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Rollins, Leighton, 1900-1981, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graham, Martha.

Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002.

Elizabeth.

Pacific Coast Music Festival.

Local Subjects:

Pacific Coast Music Festival.

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.

11 leaves

10 folders

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folders 348-357; Folder 781; Box 52, CD 048.

Place of Publication:

Dec. 14, 1976.

Summary:

Leighton Rollins discusses the first concert he saw Stokowski conduct at Carnegie Hall; working with Stokowski on the Pacific Coast Music Festival in 1955, including problems with the budget, sound, and acoustics; Stokowski's plans (including a drawing given to the Lobero Theatre) to build an Auralium for the Festival; his interest in architecture and acoustics.

Rollins also mentions Ronald Colman, Nicky Goldsmith, Glenn Gould, Lotte Lehmann, Gordon Stafford, and Martha Graham performing for the Queen Mum at Covent Gardens.

Daniel's research notes include 1 item, a typed letter signed by Stokowski with Stokowski's sketch of auditorium on the reverse, 1 Aug. 1954; plus carbon copies and photocopies of correspondence among Rollins, Stokowski, and Oliver Daniel regarding the Pacific Coast Music Festival, 1954-1955; plus memos, programs, lists of repertoire, and clippings, in folders 348-357.

Notes:

Recorded on Dec. 14, 1976 in New York, N.Y.

Original copy: cassette tape 40; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 48; service copy: one compact disk CD 048. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.

Transcript in folder 781.